Remote Desktop Gateway – Manage local computer group helps administrators configure the specific network resources (Computers or session host servers) that clients can connect to remotely through Resource Desktop Gateway.
An Administrator can create this group through Create New Policy Wizard.
Login to Remote Desktop Gateway Server
Open the Remote desktop gateway manager console.
Expand policies, right-click on the Resource Authorization policy and select Create New policy

Select “Create only a RD RAP”
Please note this is on the assumption that already RD CAP policy is already configured and considering the scope of this document the focus is on only RD RAP policy with manage local computer group.

Provide a name for RD RAP policy.

Click on Add Group and search for the domain group that you want to give access to the resources.
Select an existing RD Gateway–managed Group or create a new group.

If there is no RD Gateway-Managed Computer group exists, select Create a new RD Gateway-managed Computer group.
Enter the name of the group and add IPs of the computer or session host server farm with each member.

All connection to access network resources remotely through port 3389.

-Click on finish to create RAP RD Gateway policy with managed local computer group.


The policy will be listed as below.

To update the local computer group, you can access it through either

Or through “Manage Local computer Groups”.
