How To : Enable Remote Desktop Connections by GPO

As the number of servers you administer growth you have to automate some administration action that you should perform each time you have a new server on your domain.
To enable automatically the remote desktop connections on any server you add to your domain you have just to create a new GPO and relate it to your servers organizational unit.

• Create a new Group Policy Object and Edit it 

• Expand  Computer Configuration ==> Administrative Templates ==> Network ==> Network Connections ==> Windows Firewall ==> Domain Profile 

• Enable the rule Windows Firewall : Allow inbound Remote Desktop exception

• Expand  Computer Configuration ==> Administrative Templates ==> Windows Components   ==> Remote Desktop Services ==> Remote Desktop Session Host ==> Connections 

• Enable the setting Allow users to connect remotely by using Remote Desktop Services

• Link the new GPO created to your servers Organizational Unit

Update the GPO configuration of your servers and all administrators accounts will be authorized to open remote session on the servers.