Would you like to learn how to use a group policy to configure the Remote Desktop security level to TLS? In this tutorial, we will show you how to force the use of TLS on remote desktop connections.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• 视窗 2022
• Windows 10
• 视窗 11

Equipment list

Here you can find the list of equipment used to create this tutorial.

This link will also show the software list used to create this tutorial.

Tutorial GPO - Configure Remote Desktop security level to TLS

On the domain controller, open the group policy management tool.

Windows - Group Policy management

Create a new group policy.

Enter a name for the new group policy.

Windows - Add GPO

In our example, the new GPO was named: MY-GPO.

On the Group Policy Management screen, expand the folder named Group Policy Objects.

Right-click your new Group Policy Object and select the Edit option.

Windows - Edit GPO

On the group policy editor screen, expand the Computer configuration folder and locate the following item.

Copy to Clipboard

Access the folder named Security.

GPO - ENABLE RDESKTOP TLS

Enable the item named Require use of specific security layer for remote (RDP) connections.

Select the TLS option.

如果 TLS 选项不可用,请选择 SSL 选项。

GPO - RDP FORCE TLS

To save the group policy configuration, you need to close the Group Policy editor.

Congratulations! You have finished the GPO creation.

Tutorial GPO - Configure Remote Desktop security level to TLS

On the Group policy management screen, you need to right-click the Organizational Unit desired and select the option to link an existent GPO.

In our example, we are going to link the group policy named MY-GPO to the root of the domain.

GPO- tutorial linking

应用 GPO 后,您需要等待 10 或 20 分钟。

在此期间,GPO 将复制到其他域控制器。

在我们的示例中,我们将远程桌面连接配置为使用 TLS。