RDS 2012: How to login to RDWeb page without typing Domain Name?

Logon to RDWeb site with just username and password, saves time and confusion for the users. We can make user to bypass typing Domain Name with few easy steps.

There is two steps I did. One add “DomainName\” by script and second steps to change the text from “Domain Name\User name:” to just “User name:” in logon page.

To do the first step, follow the instructions below.

1. Remote Desktop to your RD Web Access Server.

2. Open Windows Explorer and go to C:\Windows\Web\RDWeb\Pages. Backup renderscripts.js file.

3. Open Notepad as (run as) Administrator. Open C:\Windows\Web\RDWeb\Pages\renderscripts.js

4. Find “strDomainUserName = objForm.elements("DomainUserName").value;” and add the following script blob

// add default domain...
        if ( strDomainUserName.indexOf("\\") == -1 )
        {
          strDomainUserName = "INTSURG\\" + strDomainUserName;
          objForm.elements("DomainUserName").value = strDomainUserName;
        }

So it would look like this..   

if ( objForm != null )
    {
        strDomainUserName = objForm.elements("DomainUserName").value;
        // add default domain...
        if ( strDomainUserName.indexOf("\\") == -1 )
        {
          strDomainUserName = "MYDOMAIN\\" + strDomainUserName;
          objForm.elements("DomainUserName").value = strDomainUserName;
        }
        strPassword = objForm.elements("UserPass").value;
        strWorkspaceId = objForm.elements("WorkSpaceID").value;

5. Save renderscripts.js file.

Now user can just provide username and password. Domain name will be added if it is not present.

Now it the RD Web access log on page will still display Domain Name\User name:. That can be changed very easily also. Follow the steps below for the second step.

1. Remote Desktop to your RD Web Access Server.

2. Open Windows Explorer and go to C:\Windows\Web\RDWeb\Pages\en-US. Backup login.aspx file.

3. Open Notepad as (run as) Administrator. Open C:\Windows\Web\RDWeb\Pages\login.aspx

4. Modify the following text as below:

Before:

const string L_DomainUserNameLabel_Text = "Domain\\user name:";

After:

const string L_DomainUserNameLabel_Text = "User name:";

5. Save login.aspx file.

That’s all. If you ever update with RDS patches, you will have to redo these steps again.

Enjoy.