Change a RemoteApp Program icon in Windows 2012 R2 RD Web Access, RDS

while working for AX, RDS setup, I had to add one App and change its icon to something meaningful.
so I followed below link, but got strucked on the calculation to get the icon index
https://msfreaks.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/change-a-remoteapp-program-icon-in-windows-2012-r2-rd-web-access/


I have used the powershell command, but with a trick.
I just used the tool (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/iconsext.html) to get the icon out and saved in the desired location.


open the tool and select the Icon, in my case it is Internet explorer.

now copy the icon file and paste in the location "C:\Windows\RemotePackages\CPubFarms\QuickSessionCollection\CPubRemoteApps" and rename as per your app icon. this should reflect in RDS browser.

you can see the icon in RDS server itself, but for modified icons it does not reflect.

select the Remote App and select properties, then see the icon as highlighted.

Microsoft RDS , change password for RDS users

while setting RDS for dynamics AX, I got one requirement for password policy, password should expire in 90 days and then users should be able to change the password by their own.

here is how.
1st you can the policy in AD as usual it happens for policy of 90 days.

then use RDS setting to allow users to change password.

in your RD Web server, open IIS and then Sites->Default Web Site->RDWeb->Pages , then on right side, open Application Settings
now change the value "PasswordChangeEnabled" to true, if it was false.

then only the user will be able to browse the page https://<URL.local>/RDWeb/Pages/en-US/password.aspx

you need to send the link in email before their password expires.
also you can set the link in login page by a minor change in the code, so that user can change password at any time.
the page look like below

 

hope this helps someone surely...

 

Regards,

Sudhanshu