When connecting to a server with the Remote Desktop Client i noticed after authenticating to a server it can (sometimes) take up to 20 seconds to configure the remote session.
![](https://www.emware.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rds-configuring-remote-session.png)
Why does this take so long, especially when you need to connect fast and you’re in a hurry 🙂
Long story short, i checked every setting in the Remote Desktop Client to see what would improve this.
I my case i allready unchecked Local Drives and Local Printers, but under more there was also the option Smart Cards.
![](https://www.emware.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rds-configuring-remote-session-smartcards.png)
Unchecking Smart Cards did the trick for me!
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