One of the little niggles that you can get with Windows Server (2008 SP2 in my case) is a remote desktop connection will not let you use saved credentials to login remotely with the following error message.

Your credentials did not work
The server’s authentication policy does not allow connection requests using saved credentials. Please enter new credentials.

The fix to this can be found in local or group group policy settings by going to one of the two places

Server 2008 (and previous)
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Terminal Services > Terminal Server > Security.

Server 2008 R2 (and onwards)
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Remote Desktop Services Remote Desktop Session Host > Security.

Then set ‘Always prompt for password upon connection‘ to disabled. This will then allow you into your server using cached credentials.

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