I got used to tsconfig.msc and tsadmin.msc (aka Terminal Services Configuration / Terminal Services Administration MMC snapins) from the previous Windows versions and thus profoundly hate the new-style RDMS user interface which is intended as the replacement according to the documentation (Hyper-V as a requirement? Why would I ever need Hyper-V on a terminal server?!).
With Server 2012, they seem to be gone for good. Any way to get them back locally? Although remote connections from Server 2008 R2 machines seems to work using both consoles, I would prefer to have them run locally on the Server 2012 Remote Desktop role holders as well.
I have found a solution to the tsadmin problem. Copy these files from a 2008 server to the Windows 2012/8 computer under
C:\windows\system32:tsadmin.dll
tsadmin.msc
umcRes.dll
wts.dll
Then import the following registry settings:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MMC\SnapIns\FX:{3FCE72B6-A31B-43ac-ADDA-120E1E56EB0F}] "ApplicationBase"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,00,\ 73,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,00,00 "About"="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" "VersionStringIndirect"="@C:\\Windows\\System32\\umcRes.dll,-106" "ProviderStringIndirect"=hex(2):40,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,\ 00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,\ 5c,00,75,00,6d,00,63,00,52,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,\ 00,31,00,30,00,32,00,00,00 "NameString"="Remote Desktop Services Manager" "HelpTopic"=hex(2):25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,00,6f,00,\ 74,00,25,00,5c,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,70,00,5c,00,74,00,73,00,5f,00,6d,00,61,\ 00,6e,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,63,00,68,00,6d,00,00,00 "AssemblyName"="tsadmin" "RuntimeVersion"="v2.0.50215" "Description"="Manage Remote Desktop Services sessions" "DescriptionStringIndirect"=hex(2):40,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,\ 64,00,6f,00,77,00,73,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,\ 00,5c,00,75,00,6d,00,63,00,52,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,\ 2d,00,31,00,30,00,34,00,00,00 "LinkedHelpTopics"=hex(2):25,00,73,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,72,00,6f,\ 00,6f,00,74,00,25,00,5c,00,68,00,65,00,6c,00,70,00,5c,00,74,00,73,00,5f,00,\ 6d,00,61,00,6e,00,61,00,67,00,65,00,72,00,2e,00,63,00,68,00,6d,00,00,00 "NameStringIndirect"=hex(2):40,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,\ 00,77,00,73,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,\ 75,00,6d,00,63,00,52,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,\ 00,30,00,33,00,00,00 "IconIndirect"=hex(2):40,00,43,00,3a,00,5c,00,57,00,69,00,6e,00,64,00,6f,00,77,\ 00,73,00,5c,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,75,00,\ 6d,00,63,00,52,00,65,00,73,00,2e,00,64,00,6c,00,6c,00,2c,00,2d,00,31,00,31,\ 00,31,00,00,00 "FxVersion"="2.0.1.7" "Type"="Microsoft.TerminalServices.Monitor.SnapIn.TSManagerSnapIn, tsadmin, Version=6.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" "FolderBitmapsColorMask"=dword:00000000 "ModuleName"="tsadmin.dll" "Provider"="Microsoft Corporation" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MMC\SnapIns\FX:{3FCE72B6-A31B-43ac-ADDA-120E1E56EB0F}\NodeTypes] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MMC\SnapIns\FX:{3FCE72B6-A31B-43ac-ADDA-120E1E56EB0F}\Standalone]Support
tsconfig.mscsimilar to Stefan's solution fortsadmin.msc1) Add these files (from a 2008 server to the Windows 2012/8 computer under C:\windows\system32):
2) Import the registry settings:
According to this guy's post on TechNet, those tools are gone forever:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/sr-Latn-CS/winserver8gen/thread/1e283abc-a0d5-480c-8fca-814bf912bddf
More info: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29022