When you install the Remote Desktop WebAccess (RD WebAccess) role, either via de Scenario Based Deployment or manually using the Server Manager, the RD WebAccess page becomes available under https://hostname/rdweb (no difference there, compared to Windows Server 2008 (R2). When we browse this URL, the login screen actually looks pretty much the same.
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We can see that the RD WebAccess page in the Developers Preview still needs some work done, as it still states “Windows Server 2008 R2” in the lower-left corner. :-)
When we logon, we are presented with the screen below. Again, not very different compared to Windows Server 2008 R2. A difference that we do see however is “Current folder: /” Is that what we think (and hope) it is? It seems that in upcoming releases, we will actually be able to put RD WebAccess RemoteApps Programs inside (sub)folders! That’s great! I have seen lots of requests and questions on about this on TechNet forum!
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When we look at the source of default.aspx quickly, it seems my thoughts a confirmed! We already see declarations of strings containing errors and messages of a folder hierarchy structure.
const string L_BadFolderErrorTitle_Text = "Folder does not exist. Redirecting...";
const string L_BadFolderErrorBody_Text = "You have attempted to load a folder that does not exist. In a moment, you will be redirected to the top-level folder.";
Also, note that we’re missing a tab here called “Configuration”. Am I perhaps not logged on as an Administrator? Yes, I am. So why is it not showing? It simply isn’t there yet. When we look at the content of the folder that RD WebAccess uses (that is still C:\Windows\Web\RDWeb\Pages) we see the following content:
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Which is different compared to Windows Server 2008 R2 as we can see below.
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We’re missing config.aspx. This configuration is moves to the Server Manager. I'll talk about that more in an upcoming blog post!
There is another new file in the en-US folder called RDWAstrings.xml. When we open this up we’re presented with, as the name suggests, strings that we can modify. A snippet of the code is shown below.
<string id="ControlUpgradeVistaBody_2">.<br/><br/></string>
<string id="SearchingForApps">Searching for available RemoteApp programs... </string>
<string id="CurrentFolder">Current folder: </string>
<string id="ParentFolder">Up</string>
So yes, we can already change the name of the root-folder using the CurrentFolder string :-)
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In my next blog post I will discuss the new functionality that has moved from the "Configuration" tab in the RD WebAccess page to the Server Manager. Stay tuned!
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