standard role or feature-based installation. Click Next.
5 . The type of deployment must be selected: Standard deployment or Quick Start. In
this example, I use a Standard deployment so that multiple servers can be selected.
Click Next.
6 . The next step is to select the type of deployment. In this case, I select a virtual
machine–based desktop deployment.
7 . Complete the remaining configurations by selecting the servers to be used for the
required RDS roles, which are RD Connection Broker, RD Web Access, and RD
Virtualization Host. You can find the full walk-through at http://technet.microsoft
.com/en-us/library/hh831541.aspx.
After RDS is deployed on the various required servers, the next step to complete the
environment is to deploy the actual VDI collection. This is all performed through
Server Manager:
1 . In Server Manager, navigate to Remote Desktop Services ➢ Collections.
2 . From the Tasks menu, select Create Virtual Desktop Collection, which launches
the Create Collection Wizard.
3 . Click Next on the introduction screen.
4 . Enter a name for the collection and an optional description, and click Next.
5 . Select the Pooled Virtual Desktop Collection option and leave the Automatically
Create And Manage Virtual Desktops option selected. Click Next.
6 . Select the virtual machine that will act as the gold image for the VDI collection.
Remember, this virtual machine must be shut down and has been sysprep’d, as
shown in Figure 11.8.
7 . When the virtual machine template is deployed to the many VM instances in the
collection, the VM instances are customized. You can specify an unattended
answer file that exists or complete settings through the wizard by leaving the
default Provide Unattended Installation Settings option selected. Click Next.
8 . Select the time zone, domain, and organizational unit the VMs in the VDI
collection should use, and click Next.
9 . The next screen, as shown in Figure 11.9, specifies the users who can use the
collection, the number of virtual desktops to be created in the collection, and a
prefix and suffix for the VM instances. Configure the options you require, and click
Next.10 . The next step allows the Hyper-V hosts to be selected that will host the VDI VM
instances by checking the Hyper-V hosts to use. Once selected, click Next.
11 . Select the storage location to be used for the VM instances, which can be a local
location on the Hyper-V hosts, a SMB file share, or a cluster shared volume. Note
that even if you have an alternate storage location configured for virtual machines