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The Terminal Services component of the Windows Server 2008 operating system provides technologies that enable users to access Windows-based programs that are installed on a terminal server, or to access the Windows desktop itself, from almost any computing device. Users can connect to a terminal server to run programs and to use network resources on that server.
Core Functionality
For Windows Server 2008, Terminal Services includes new core functionality that enhances the end-user experience when connecting remotely to a Windows Server 2008 terminal server. This new core functionality includes:
- Remote Desktop Connection 6.1
- Remote Desktop Connection Display improvements, including:
- Custom display resolutions
- Monitor spanning
- Desktop Experience
- Font smoothing
- Display data prioritization
- Plug and Play Device Redirection for Media Players and Digital Cameras
- Microsoft Point of Service for .NET Device Redirection
- Single Sign-On for Terminal Services
The new core functionality in Terminal Services will be of interest to organizations that currently use or are interested in using Terminal Services. Terminal Services provides technologies that enable access, from almost any computing device, to a server running Windows-based programs or the full Windows desktop. Users can connect to a terminal server to run programs and use network resources on that server.
Remote Desktop Connection Display
Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) 6.0 and RDC 6.1 add support for using higher-resolution desktops and spanning multiple monitors horizontally to form a single large desktop. Also, the Desktop Experience feature and the display data prioritization settings are designed to enhance the end-user experience when connecting remotely to a Windows Server 2008 terminal server.
Plug and Play Device Redirection for Media Players and Digital Cameras
In Windows Server 2008 redirection has been enhanced and expanded. Now you can redirect Windows Portable Devices, specifically media players based on the Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) and digital cameras based on the Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP).
Single Sign-On for Terminal Services
What is single sign-on for Terminal Services?
Single sign-on is an authentication method that allows a user with a domain account to log on once, using a password or smart card, and then gain access to remote servers without being asked for their credentials again.
Key scenarios for single sign-on
The key scenarios for single sign-on are:
- Line-of-business (LOB) applications deployment
- Centralized application deployment
Terminal Server Installation
The Terminal Server role service, known as the Terminal Server component in Windows Server 2003, enables a Windows Server 2008-based server to host Windows-based programs or the full Windows desktop. From their own computing devices, users can connect to a terminal server to run programs and to use network resources on that server.
Terminal Services Printing
Terminal Services printing has been enhanced in Windows Server 2008 by the addition of the Terminal Services Easy Print printer driver and a Group Policy setting that enables you to redirect only the default client printer.
The Terminal Services Easy Print driver is a feature in Windows Server 2008 that enables users to reliably print from a Terminal Services RemoteApp program or from a terminal server desktop session to the correct printer on their client computer. It also enables users to have a much more consistent printing experience between local and remote sessions.
The Redirect only the default client printer policy setting allows you to specify whether the default client printer is the only printer that is redirected in Terminal Services sessions. This helps to limit the number of printers that the spooler must enumerate, therefore improving terminal server scalability.
Terminal Services RemoteApp (TS RemoteApp)
Terminal Services RemoteApp (TS RemoteApp) enables organizations to provide access to standard Windows-based programs from virtually any location to users with computers running Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows XP with Service Pack 3 (SP3). TS RemoteApp is also available to users with computers running Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), or Windows Server 2003 with SP2 that have the new Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) client installed.
What does TS RemoteApp do?
RemoteApp programs are programs that are accessed remotely through Terminal Services and appear as if they are running on the end user's local computer. Users can run RemoteApp programs side by side with their local programs. A user can minimize, maximize, and resize the program window, and can easily start multiple programs at the same time. If a user is running more than one RemoteApp program on the same terminal server, the RemoteApp programs will share the same Terminal Services session.
Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access)
Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access) is a role service in the Terminal Services role that lets you make Terminal Services RemoteApp (TS RemoteApp) programs, and a connection to the terminal server desktop, available to users from a Web browser. Additionally, TS Web Access enables users to connect from a Web browser to the remote desktop of any server or client computer where they have the appropriate access.
With TS Web Access, users can visit a Web site (either from the Internet or from an intranet) to access a list of available RemoteApp programs. When they start a RemoteApp program, a Terminal Services session is started on the Windows Server 2008-based terminal server that hosts the RemoteApp program.
What does TS Web Access do?
After you install TS Web Access on a Windows Server 2008-based Web server, users can connect to the TS Web Access server to access RemoteApp programs that are available on a Windows Server 2008-based terminal server. TS Web Access has many benefits.
These include the following:
- Users can access RemoteApp programs from a Web site over the Internet or from an intranet. To start a RemoteApp program, they just click the program icon.
- If a user starts more than one RemoteApp program through TS Web Access, and the programs are running on the same terminal server, the RemoteApp programs run within the same Terminal Services session.
- By using TS Web Access, there is much less administrative overhead. You can easily deploy programs from a central location. Additionally, programs are running on a terminal server and not on the client computer so they are easier to maintain.
- TS Web Access includes Remote Desktop Web Connection, which enables users to connect remotely to the desktop of any computer where they have Remote Desktop access.
- TS Web Access provides a solution that works with minimal configuration. The TS Web Access Web page includes the TS Web Access Web Part, which can be incorporated into a customized Web page or a Windows SharePoint Services site.
Terminal Services Licensing (TS Licensing)
Windows Server 2008 provides a license management system for Terminal Services known as Terminal Services Licensing (TS Licensing). This system allows terminal servers to obtain and manage Terminal Services client access licenses (TS CALs) for devices and users that are connecting to a terminal server. TS Licensing supports terminal servers that run Windows Server 2008 as well as terminal servers running Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 Server.
Terminal Services Session Broker (TS Session Broker)
Terminal Services Session Broker (TS Session Broker) is a role service in Windows Server 2008 that enables a user to reconnect to an existing session in a load-balanced terminal server farm. Additionally, Windows Server 2008 includes the new TS Session Broker Load Balancing feature. This feature enables you to distribute the session load between servers in a load-balanced terminal server farm.
TS Session Broker stores session state information that includes session IDs and their associated user names, and the name of the server where each session resides.
To participate in TS Session Broker Load Balancing, the TS Session Broker server and the terminal servers in the farm must be running Windows Server 2008. TS Session Broker is available in the Windows Server 2008 Standard operating system, as well as the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter operating systems.
Terminal Services and Windows System Resource Manager
Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) on Windows Server 2008 allows you to control how CPU and memory resources are allocated to applications, services, and processes on the computer. Managing resources in this way improves system performance and reduces the chance that applications, services, or processes will take CPU or memory resources away from one another and slow down the performance of the computer. Managing resources also creates a more consistent and predictable experience for users of applications and services running on the computer.
You can use WSRM to manage multiple applications on a single computer or users on a computer on which Terminal Services is installed.
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