Load balancing Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS/RDP)

About Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS/RDP)

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS) is an industry leading desktop virtualization platform. It is the successor to Microsoft Terminal Services and facilitates the efficient, flexible and secure deployment of a Windows desktop environment and/or Windows applications, to users both locally and remotely.

Key benefits of load balancing

Here are a few key benefits:

• Ensures the application is always available
• Provides a stable, optimal performance
• Ability to isolate servers which reduces risk when performing upgrades/maintenance
• Scalability

Microsoft’s Enterprise solutions are at the heart of businesses everywhere. Loadbalancer.org is officially certified for all of Microsoft’s key applications which you can find here. More details on the Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (RDS/RDP) components, how it works, and prerequisites for load balancing can be found in our deployment guide, available to view below.