Configure RemoteFX
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Computer
Category
Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services > Remote Desktop Session Host > Remote Session Environment > RemoteFX for Windows Server 2008 R2
Supported on
Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 (and their subsequent Service Packs) only

Supported OS tags: Windows7, WindowsServer2008

This policy setting allows you to control the availability of RemoteFX on both a Remote Desktop Virtualization Host (RD Virtualization Host) server and a Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server. When deployed on an RD Virtualization Host server, RemoteFX delivers a rich user experience by rendering content on the server by using graphics processing units (GPUs). By default, RemoteFX for RD Virtualization Host uses server-side GPUs to deliver a rich user experience over LAN connections and RDP 7.1. When deployed on an RD Session Host server, RemoteFX delivers a rich user experience by using a hardware-accelerated compression scheme. If you enable this policy setting, RemoteFX will be used to deliver a rich user experience over LAN connections and RDP 7.1. If you disable this policy setting, RemoteFX will be disabled. If you do not configure this policy setting, the default behavior will be used. By default, RemoteFX for RD Virtualization Host is enabled and RemoteFX for RD Session Host is disabled.

Internal name
TS_EnableVirtualGraphics
Policy ID
394fba049e2e
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services
Value name
fEnableVirtualizedGraphics
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services
Value name
fEnableVirtualizedGraphics
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

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