This policy setting allows you to enable Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 8.0 on this computer. Please read the following KB article before enabling this Group Policy. http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=251814If you enable this policy setting connections from RDP 8.0-compatible client computers to this computer will use RDP 8.0. Computers that are not compatible with RDP 8.0 will use a compatible earlier version of RDP.If the policy setting is enabled the following functionality will not be available:1. Administrator shadow which allows remote monitoring of users’ sessions2. Desktop Composition and Aero experience unless this computer is configured to use a RemoteFX VGPUFor more information see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=251814.If you disable or do not configure this policy setting client computers including computers that are compatible with RDP 8.0 will only use RDP 7.1 or an earlier version of RDP.Note: This policy setting does not apply to connections that use RemoteFX VGPU. Connections that use RemoteFX VGPU will continue to use RDP 7.1.For this change to take effect you must restart Windows.
Windows Components\Remote Desktop Services\Remote Desktop Session Host\Remote Session Environment
Machine
Windows 7 with Service Pack 1
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\Terminal Services!fServerEnableRDP8
TerminalServer-WinIP.admx