The Remote Desktop Services (RDS) Application Compatibility Analyzer is a runtime program analysis tool that enables administrators and users to determine the compatibility of an application with a Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) server before deploying it. The tool provides a summary of incompatible behaviour between the RD Session Host server and an application, and provides recommendations for deploying the application on an RD Session Host server. The RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer uses the LUA (Least Privileged User Account) Predictor technology, which is part of Microsoft Application Verifier.

This blog post describes how to:

1. Install the RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer
2. Run an application in the RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer
3. Test an application for RDS compliance
4. Debug info and blog feeds
5. Filter noise, detailed stack trace, and logging
6. Interpret RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer logs

1. Installing the RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer

The RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer installer can be found at https://connect.microsoft.com/tsappcompat/Downloads.

The Application Verifier must be installed before the RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer is launched. The recommended version (3.5) of Application Verifier can be found at [X64] [X86]. On 64-bit operating systems, the RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer needs both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Application Verifier. If Application Verifier is not installed, or the installed Application Verifier version is less than 3.5, the RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer will point to the Application Verifier 3.5 download location. If the installed Application Verifier version is greater than 3.5, the tool does not prompt for Application Verifier. However, we recommend that you uninstall the latest version of Application Verifier and install Application Verifier 3.5. Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 is also required to run the tool. The tool can be run on a client or server operating system. It does not require that the RD Session Host role service be installed.

2.Running an application in the RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer

A. From the UI:

1. Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click RDS Application Compatibility Analyzer.

2. On the App Info tab, in the Target Application box, enter the directory location of the target application’s executable file or use the Browse function.

3. On the App Info tab, in the Parameters box, enter parameters for the application, if applicable.

4. Ensure that the RDSAnalyzerService is up and running. Select or clear the Launch Elevate check box as appropriate.

5. Click Launch.

B. From the command-line (batch mode and no UI):

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