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Why does my RDP session always redirect me to my DC?

I am the only administrator in my organization that when using RDP it sends me directly to the Domain Controller. I have checked certificates, firewalls, HKLM, cleared my ARP cache, flushed DNS, and verified server/PC certificates. I have no idea why it does this. I received a PC from the SA that I replaced because he was promoted. He had no issues with this computer. I have tried the IP as well as the FQDN.

I can only think it is something with my account but my Security groups meet or exceed those of others that can use RDP.

Thanks for your help.

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DSPatrick answered SL-5312 commented

when using RDP it sends me directly to the Domain Controller

Is this only for a specific target or from a specific source?

I received a PC from the SA that I replaced

Is this the only problem pc?










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DSPatrick,
I have not heard of anyone else in our organization having this issue. It was a new PC, I am the first user. The model of Laptop is a new model (HP ZBook) and I think I am the only one using the newer laptop as of now.

To directly answer your question, yes, mine is the only PC with the issue I know of.



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DSPatrick answered SL-5312 commented

Ok, its not clear exactly what happens. You attempt to RDP to any servers by name or address and you end up logged on to a domain controller?


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DSPatrick,
I can choose any server, I don't deal with user machines, just to help clarify. I can use IP address or FQDN and it always takes me to our primary Domain Controller. I can be on our network at the office or on VPN at home and it does the same thing.

I have the same security groups the helpdesk does and more. Yet they have no issue with RDP for any server or workstation.

I know the firewall is letting me through because I can connect to the DC with no issues. Somewhere in the process, it sends me to the DC and only me.

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Ok, very strange. Since it is this single desktop that causes the problem I'd probably just clean install it. These sort of things are generally not worth trying to figure out.

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DSPatrick,
I have come to that conclusion myself, but as this is an interesting issue I have not heard of or seen before, I thought it was worthy of a post.

I really dont want to re-image my machine but if I do It will be this Friday so I have all weekend o put it back the way it was.

But thank you for the responses. I am hoping someone else may have a solution that I can try before a re-image is started.

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JennyYan-MSFT answered DSPatrick commented

Hi,
Per your description, it seemed that it is the specific issue only occurred for your account and computer.
To narrow down whether this is machine related or account related, kindly help us to test following.

1.Are you capable to test by the same account but RDP from another device? Will the same issue occurred?

2.Is there any Connection Broker server in RDS deployment of the organization?
In our normal RDS environment, it is the Connection Broker playing the role to redirect remote connections to RDSH from one to another depending on the load balance and previous existing session history.

3.In your problematic client PC, please run NSlook up to verify if the target FQDN could be resolved with correct IP address.

4.Please also check the account properties in the DC and verify if it restricted the target server list to be accessed to.
But in my test, it will prompted with not allowed message instead of redirecting to other servers.



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Thanks,
Jenny

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Jenny,
I checked everything and I even reimaged my PC. The temporary PC I was using worked fine but after my re-image, the same thing happens. It is something to do with the PC itself. So I am not sure if I should continue to waste time or just get my PC swapped out for a different one.

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I would doubt the problem is tied to the hardware, more likely is the name. Did you happen to use the same pc name after imaging?

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SL-5312 answered JennyYan-MSFT commented

JennyYan,
Thanks for the thoughts. We were just talking about the smallest oversights cause the biggest problem.

I have tried another computer, something I should have done in the beginning and It is apparently my PC that is the issue. I am not sure why. With a different computer, it works fine to RDP into another server.

Thanks for your thoughts on Load balancing. It would have been a 'next check'.

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Thanks for your update.

Just a reminder, perhaps, you could capture the netmon traces when issue occurred and invesitgate the connecting flow between client and target server.

Best regards,
Jenny

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SL-5312 answered

Yes, I did give it the same name. I am re-imaging a Laptop of the same model and Specs to see if it will RDP correctly, with a different name

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Sounds good,

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So, I am not sure why, but the newly imaged laptop, same model and specs, with a new name seems to RDP just fine. I have no reason as to why this is, but it did solve my current problem.

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Glad to hear this.

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