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How to: Remove right-click start menu in Window Server 2012 R2 or Server 2016

When you’re using a Service Based Computing environment (for example Microsoft Remote Desktop Services) based on Windows Server 2012 R2 or Server 2016, all the users have access to the ‘right-click’ menu on the Windows button.

It’s very easy to delete some options from the ‘right-click’ menu, for example by using Group Policy Preferences.

The default location is:
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX

There’re three folders inside this folder, Group1, Group2 and Group3. All of these folders have there own shortcuts. In this example I only want users to have access to ‘Bureaublad’ or ‘Desktop’. So I only need to remove ‘Group2’ and ‘Group3’.

1.) First of all start the Group Policy Management Console
2.) Create a new GPO
3.) Navigate to Computer Configuration / Preferences / Windows Settings / Folders
4.) Add two new items. Action: Delete
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX\Group2
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WinX\Group3
5.) Enable all five options
6.) Close the Group Policy Management Editor and link the GPO to the Organization Unit within the Active Directory.
7.) Send a ‘gpupdate /force’ command to the RDS servers and reboot the servers
8.) After the reboot, the ‘right-click’ menu is almost empty

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Author markswinkelsPosted on February 7, 2017Categories Login, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Microsoft Windows Server 2016Tags GPP, Group Policies, RDS, Remote Desktop Services, right-click, SBC, Start Menu, Windows 2012 R2, Windows 2016

How to: Customize your ADFS loginpage

When migrating a customer to for example Microsoft Office 365, most of the time we install a ADFS environment to. With ADFS you create a single sign-on experience (SSO) for your users. Within Windows Server 2012 R2, ADFS is a default server role, which can be enabled really easily. After the installation, you’ve to configure some options and you’re ready to rock!

The default logon screen of ADFS is not that nice. Some basic colors and no custom branding. In the most environments our customers wanted to have some custom branding. There’re a few things you can change on the logon screen. For example:

  • The company text;
  • The company logo;
  • The big picture on the left side of the page;
  • Helpdesk URL’s;
  • etc…

In this example I’ve changed the ADFS logon screen with our new company branding. Within a few minutes, the logon screen looks really different and ‘personal’ (heeeey….that’s me!!! 🙂 )

## Change the company name
Set-AdfsGlobalWebContent -CompanyName "Lab Environment ADFS"

## Change the company logo
Set-AdfsWebTheme -TargetName default -Logo @{path="C:\ADSF_branding\Ictivity_Logo_Small.png"}

## Change the left side of the page
Set-AdfsWebTheme -TargetName default -Illustration @{path="C:\ADSF_branding\Ictivity_Logo_Large.png"}

 

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As you can see, it’s really great to customize your ADFS logon screen with your company branding. In this example it’s really personal, because the picture on the logon screen is ME!! 🙂

 

Author MarkPosted on October 11, 2016Categories #CloudFirst, Azure, Ictivity, Login, Microsoft Fun, Microsoft Windows Server 2012, PowerShellTags ADFS, branding, custom branding, Ictivity, Mark, MSS, Powershell, Single sign-on, SSO
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