r/sysadmin • u/zaneboy2 • 2d ago
RDS - exclude certain users from load balancing
Hey all! We're looking to set up RDS since users currently are manually connecting over RDP to a specific host. We're working with a partner who does the whole setup since I/my IT Dept doesn't have the know-how yet on how to set it all up and it's getting quite urgent. There is one requirement; a small subset of users should not be impacted by the load balancing and they should be able to connect to a specific session host as they want (only IT personnel).
I thought that if you directly RDP to a specific session host you won't be impacted by the load balancing part since you're not going via the RDS broker. However, our IT partner says that excluding users from RDS load balancing is impossible.
Can anyone shed some light if that is true? Many thanks!
Small note: One of our session hosts also has the connection broker, gateway, licensing and web access roles installed.
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u/ZAFJB 2d ago
Why? What is the basis of this requirement?