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We have a Terminal Server that is used by our remote campus locations and VPN users for the purpose of accessing our Electronic Health Record application.

The EHR application has its own built-in username and password system and there's no way to get it to tie in with the current user's credentials for logon.

In this arrangement a user at a remote campus logs into a computer with their domain credentials. When the user needs to use the EHR system they open a shortcut that we've placed on the desktops that opens an RDP session to the terminal server.

Of course they have to type in the same logon credentials again. After this the EHR application will open and prompt for yet another username and password. As you can imagine this leads to serious headaches with people not understanding which password is which.

Out of a staff of people we only have a handful that actually know how to use a computer to save their life. Due to this we're trying to streamline the logon process for those remote users. This brings me to my question:. In a Server TS domain environment, is there a way to force the terminal server to automatically log on using the credentials of the remote users local session instead of prompting for a password?

I see that this can be done on Server , but we're not there. Any GPO's that we can leverage? You can save credentials in the RDP client. If you edit the properties of the client file, expand the options, you can have them add their domain user name, then choose the checkbox to save credentials. I would suggest that to them, but it would really require that I walk them through it every single time. It's not a sustainable option, really, especially considering their password will change in 90 days or less and the process would have to be repeated.

Sometimes I wish for users that could figure these things out on their own, but then I bite my tongue I think you need to look for a single signon solution. I haven't used one, so can't recommend, but I think that is what you are looking for.

Note that this implementation would probably require the use of at least a bit of programming. You can use a logonscript that executes logoff. Nick Kavadias Nick Kavadias Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Podcast Helping communities build their own LTE networks.

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