Running the EventSentry Management Console remotely via RemoteApp

Since the EventSentry Management Console needs to be launched on the host where EventSentry was installed, managing EventSentry usually requires that users login to the EventSentry server with a RDP session and subsequently launch the management console.

It is possible to run the EventSentry management remotely via RemoteApp - which can be a convenient option for users who prefer to use EventSentry from their workstations.

In order to use RemoteApp, the following steps need to be performed on the EventSentry server:

• Open Server Manager
• Add Roles and Features
• At step "Installation Type" select "Remote Desktop Services installation"
• At step "Deployment Type" select "Quickstart"
• At step "Deployment Scenario" select "Session-based desktop deployment"

After the role is successfully added (a reboot may be required), open Server Manager again and perform the following steps:

• Click on "Remote Desktop Services"
• Under "Collections" click "QuickSessionCollection"
• Under "REMOTEAPP PROGRAMS" click "Publish RemoteApp programs"
• Select/Browse to the management console, C:\Program Files\EventSentry\eventsentry_gui_x64.exe by default

On the workstation from which the EventSentry management console should be run remotely, open a text editor and paste the following content:

remoteapplicationmode:i:1
   remoteapplicationname:s:EventSentry
   remoteapplicationprogram:s:C:\Program Files\EventSentry\eventsentry_gui_x64.exe
   full address:s:youreventsentryserver.local
   username:s:YOURDOMAIN\youruser
   prompt for credentials:i:0

Replace youreventsentryserver.local with the host name or ip address of your EventSentry server and YOURDOMAIN\youruser with the domain user with whom you normally log on to the EventSentry server with.

Then, save the file with the .rdp extension, for example eventsentry.rdp. Double-clicking the file will connect to the server over RDP, but instead of showing the desktop it will open the EventSentry Management Console.