Win2022 RDS creating UPD for admins not even in a collection

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Win2022 RDS creating UPD for admins not even in a collection

Sssaaammm 5

Hello Community,

I just created a simple Remote Desktop Services (RDS) setup and enabled User Profiles Disks (UPD).

When I connect directly to a session host (mstsc /admin) with a domain admin which is not member of any collection, it creates a UPD. I want a local profile for the admins.

I don't want the admins to have a UPD. I want to be able to open a session on RDS-SH1 and RDS-SH2 at the same time which is not possible with a UDP. (The second session ends up in a Temporary profile.)

Here is the setup:

Windows Server 2022

RDS-Broker (broker, license, RD Web, UDP)

RDS-SH1 (Session host)

RDS-SH2 (Session host)

Collection: Apps

User Group for the collection "Apps": MyDomain\Apps-Grp

Currently there is not any user in the "Apps-Grp", so my admins are not member. There is no other collection.

For now there is only a couple of GPO applied so it's very simple to check. I cannot see any setting that seems to be related.

If I login to the RDWeb with my admin account, it logs in but I don't see any app (which is OK as I'm not member of any collection)

My online researches lead me to nowhere. I feel the Google AI understands me but...

Any suggestions?

Thank you!

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Molly Lu-MSFT 2,591 Microsoft External Staff

Hello,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Q&A.

Based on the description, I understand your question is related to UDP.

Create or edit a Group Policy Object (GPO) that applies to your RDS servers that domain admins do not use User Profile Disks (UPD) and instead use local profiles.

Navigate to Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Remote Desktop Services -> Remote Desktop Session Host -> User Profile Disks.

Enable the setting Do not use User Profile Disks for the following users and specify the domain admin accounts or groups.

After applying the changes, restart the RDS session hosts to ensure the new settings take effect.

Have a nice day.

Best Regards,

Molly

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Sssaaammm 5 Reputation points

2025-03-07T14:39:32.0433333+00:00

Hello Molly, thank you for your time.

Do you have a special Administrative Template for Remote Desktop Services?

I can't find this setting. I took a look on our domain controller centrale store, on the Win2022 local server and also on a Win2012 server. None of them have the "User Profile Disks" GPO sub folder.

The closest I have is > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Profile

And it doesn't contain "Do not use User Profile Disks for the following users". If I look from the "All Settings" I don't see it anywhere.
Molly Lu-MSFT 2,591 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-03-14T07:09:28.59+00:00

Open the Server Manager on your RDS Broker server.

Navigate to Remote Desktop Services > Collections.

Select your collection (e.g., Apps), and click on Tasks > Edit Properties.

Go to the User Profile Disks tab.

Ensure that the Enable user profile disks option is checked.

In the User Groups section, add the MyDomain\UPD-Users group.
Sssaaammm 5 Reputation points

2025-03-14T14:02:11.9666667+00:00

This is how it is actually configured and the admins are not member of this group. When they connect, the UPD is created anyway.
Molly Lu-MSFT 2,591 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2025-03-20T08:21:07.6866667+00:00

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