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Add-RDServer

Adds an RDS server to a Remote Desktop deployment.

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Microsoft RemoteDesktop reference: Adds an RDS server to a Remote Desktop deployment. The syntax and selected example below are adapted from the pinned Windows Server 2025 reference. Module availability, target configuration and delegated permissions determine whether it can run in your environment. Documentation and parameter text: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; formatting adapted by Cmdlet World. No execution testing is claimed.

Add-RDServer [-Server] <String> [-Role] <String> [[-ConnectionBroker] <String>]
 [[-GatewayExternalFqdn] <String>] [-CreateVirtualSwitch] [<CommonParameters>]

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Required permissions

Use an account with the target resource permissions documented for Add-RDServer. Modifying administrative cmdlets may require elevation or delegated administration. This catalog does not assert that ordinary users can execute the command.

Supported environments

Windows / RemoteDesktop · Windows Server 2025 documentation; feature/module prerequisites apply

Parameters

-ConnectionBroker: Specifies the Remote Desktop Connection Broker (RD Connection Broker) server for a Remote Desktop deployment. If you do not specify a value, the cmdlet uses the FQDN of the local computer.
-CreateVirtualSwitch: Indicates that the cmdlet creates a virtual switch.
-GatewayExternalFqdn: Specifies the external FQDN of the RD Gateway server for this Remote Desktop deployment. Use this parameter when you are adding the RD Gateway role service. The Role parameter value is RDS-GATEWAY.
-Role (required): Specifies an RDS role service name. The acceptable values for this parameter are: - RDS-VIRTUALIZATION. Remote Desktop Virtualization Host (RD Virtualization Host). - RDS-RD-SERVER. Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host). - RDS-CONNECTION-BROKER. RD Connection Broker. - RDS-WEB-ACCESS. Remote Desktop Web Access (RD Web Access). - RDS-GATEWAY. RD Gateway. - RDS-LICENSING. Remote Desktop Licensing (RD Licensing). If you select a value of RDS-GATEWAY for this parameter, supply a value for the GatewayExternalFqdn parameter.
-Server (required): Specifies the FQDN of the server to add to the Remote Desktop deployment.

Prerequisites

Windows with the RemoteDesktop module and the Windows feature or management tools that provide it. Confirm target connectivity and version compatibility using the linked Microsoft reference.

Security considerations

This cmdlet changes system state. Review every target and parameter in the official reference, test outside production, and prepare an appropriate backup or rollback. Do not execute the example automatically.

Examples

Example 1: Add an RD Session Host server

Add-RDServer -Server "SessionHost.Contoso.com" -Role "RDS-RD-SERVER" -ConnectionBroker "RDCB.Contoso.com"

This command adds a server named SessionHost.Contoso.com as an RD Session Host server to a deployment that has an RD Connection Broker server named RDCB.Contoso.com. The RDS-RD-SERVER role indicates an RD Session Host server. Source: Microsoft, CC BY 4.0; transcript prompt/output removed. This example was not executed.

Sources

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/windows-powershell-docs/blob/b7645dd8c687139b28e845119da30ec670526507/docset/winserver2025-ps/RemoteDesktop/Add-RDServer.md

https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/remotedesktop/add-rdserver?view=windowsserver2025-ps

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