I have a reasonably powerful Lenovo file server - Xeon CPU, RAID10 storage - configured as a workgroup server with the Hyper-V role installed. There are 2 VMs - a DC and a file server - these provide services to 5 domain joined computers in the office.
We now have a requirement to host one or two Windows 7 or 8 virtual desktops to be accessed remotely by specific clients of the company. I would like to use VDI, but I don't have the option of adding another physical server. I will be able to set up a second physical DC down the road when a legacy server becomes available, but at the moment the setup is as stated above.
What is the best way to configure this? I would like to leave the physical server not joined to the domain - can I still specify it as the virtualisation host in this case? I'm thinking that the file server would hold the connection broker role and the RD Web Access server role. Or should the DC hold the connection broker role?
If I absolutely have to I can add the physical server to the domain after setting up a second (physical) DC, but I'd prefer not to.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Dave B.
- Moved by BrianEhMVP Thursday, September 10, 2015 2:53 PM