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Configure RD Connection Broker server name

ComputerNative Intune settingTS_SD_Loc

Supported on At least Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition

25H2 · 1.0

What it does

This policy setting allows you to specify the RD Connection Broker server that the RD Session Host server uses to track and redirect user sessions for a load-balanced RD Session Host server farm. The specified server must be running the Remote Desktop Connection Broker service. All RD Session Host servers in a load-balanced farm should use the same RD Connection Broker server. If you enable this policy setting, you must specify the RD Connection Broker server by using its fully qualified domain name (FQDN). In Windows Server 2012, for a high availability setup with multiple RD Connection Broker servers, you must provide a semi-colon separated list of the FQDNs of all the RD Connection Broker servers. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the policy setting is not specified at the Group Policy level. Notes: 1. For Windows Server 2008, this policy setting is supported on at least Windows Server 2008 Standard. 2. This policy setting is not effective unless the Join RD Connection Broker policy setting is enabled. 3. To be an active member of an RD Session Host server farm, the computer account for each RD Session Host server in the farm must be a member of one of the following local groups on the RD Connection Broker server: Session Directory Computers, Session Broker Computers, or RDS Endpoint Servers.

What it writes

Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry key: SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services

In Intune

Native Intune setting: Yes — Policy CSP

./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_TerminalServer/TS_SD_LocADMX_TerminalServer on Microsoft LearnADMX-backed: Windows ships this template, so it is set with the template's own values, without an import.Windows builds listed: 10.0.22000, 10.0.19043.1202, 10.0.19042.1202, 10.0.19041.1202.

From Microsoft's Policy CSP DDF files (DDF v2 Files, February 2026), read 18 Oct 2026.

Options

Option	Type	Registry value	Allowed values
Configure RD Connection Broker server nameRequired	Text	`SessionDirectoryLocation`	Up to 128 characters

Configure and deploy

Choose a state and the option values; the output below is generated from the template for exactly that.

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History 5 retained releases

22H2 · 1.015 Jul 2024
- Already present in the first release ChangeIntel keeps.

4 later releases left it unchanged.

Template

Internal name: TS_SD_Loc
Namespace: Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer
Template file: TerminalServer.admx
Release: Windows 11 25H2 · 1.0 · file set de4e49983ebd651f…

Definition, editor controls and support

Definition

<policy class="Machine" displayName="$(string.TS_SD_Loc)" explainText="$(string.TS_SD_Loc_Explain)" key="SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services" name="TS_SD_Loc" presentation="$(presentation.TS_SD_Loc)" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:TS_SD_Node" />
      <supportedOn ref="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:SUPPORTED_WindowsNET_Enterprise" />
      <elements>
        <text id="TS_SD_Loc" maxLength="128" required="true" valueName="SessionDirectoryLocation" />
      </elements>
    </policy>

Editor controls

<presentation id="TS_SD_Loc" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        <textBox refId="TS_SD_Loc">
          <label>Configure RD Connection Broker server name:</label>
        </textBox>
      </presentation>

Supported platforms and category

Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:category:TS_GP_NODE
<category displayName="$(string.TS_GP_NODE)" explainText="$(string.TS_User_Help)" name="TS_GP_NODE" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:WindowsComponents" />
    </category>
Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:category:TS_SD_Node
<category displayName="$(string.TS_SD_Node)" explainText="$(string.TS_SD_Node_Help)" name="TS_SD_Node" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:TS_TERMINAL_SERVER" />
    </category>
Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:category:TS_TERMINAL_SERVER
<category displayName="$(string.TS_TERMINAL_SERVER)" explainText="$(string.TS_TERMINAL_SERVER_Help)" name="TS_TERMINAL_SERVER" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:TS_GP_NODE" />
    </category>
Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:definition:SUPPORTED_WindowsNET_Enterprise
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_WindowsNET_Enterprise)" name="SUPPORTED_WindowsNET_Enterprise" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        
        <or>
          <reference ref="Microsoft.Policies.Products:MicrosoftWindowsServer2003" />
        </or>
      </definition>
Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:unresolved:Microsoft.Policies.Products:MicrosoftWindowsServer2003
<unresolved reference="Microsoft.Policies.Products:MicrosoftWindowsServer2003" />
Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:WindowsComponents
<category displayName="$(string.WindowsComponents)" explainText="$(string.WindowsComponents_Help)" name="WindowsComponents" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:category:TS_GP_NODE
<category displayName="$(string.TS_GP_NODE)" explainText="$(string.TS_User_Help)" name="TS_GP_NODE" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:WindowsComponents" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:TS_GP_NODE">Remote Desktop Services</string><string id="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:TS_User_Help">Controls configuration of Remote Desktop Services technologies that enable access to a server running Windows-based programs or the full Windows desktop</string></strings>
Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:category:TS_SD_Node
<category displayName="$(string.TS_SD_Node)" explainText="$(string.TS_SD_Node_Help)" name="TS_SD_Node" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:TS_TERMINAL_SERVER" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:TS_SD_Node">RD Connection Broker</string><string id="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:TS_SD_Node_Help">Controls configuration of an RD Session Host server that is a member of a load-balanced RD Session Host server farm</string></strings>
Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:category:TS_TERMINAL_SERVER
<category displayName="$(string.TS_TERMINAL_SERVER)" explainText="$(string.TS_TERMINAL_SERVER_Help)" name="TS_TERMINAL_SERVER" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
      <parentCategory ref="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:TS_GP_NODE" />
    </category>
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:TS_TERMINAL_SERVER">Remote Desktop Session Host</string><string id="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:TS_TERMINAL_SERVER_Help">Controls configuration of a Remote Desktop Session Host server</string></strings>
Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:definition:SUPPORTED_WindowsNET_Enterprise
<definition displayName="$(string.SUPPORTED_WindowsNET_Enterprise)" name="SUPPORTED_WindowsNET_Enterprise" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions">
        
        <or>
          <reference ref="Microsoft.Policies.Products:MicrosoftWindowsServer2003" />
        </or>
      </definition>
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.TerminalServer:SUPPORTED_WindowsNET_Enterprise">At least Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition</string></strings>
Microsoft.Policies.Windows:category:WindowsComponents
<category displayName="$(string.WindowsComponents)" explainText="$(string.WindowsComponents_Help)" name="WindowsComponents" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/GroupPolicy/2006/07/PolicyDefinitions" />
<strings><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:WindowsComponents">Windows Components</string><string id="Microsoft.Policies.Windows:WindowsComponents_Help">Contains settings for operating system components.</string></strings>