Guest DAXU@HOTMAIL.COM Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Hi, >From windows components wizard, I see that I can add "Terminal Server" component. But I already has terminal service runing on the server by default and people (limit is 2+1, isn't it?) can use remote desktop to connect to this server. Can someone tell me what I will get from adding this "terminal server" component? Many Thanks Jerry
Guest Vera Noest [MVP] Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Re: newbie question about terminal server What you are using now is Remote Desktop for Administration, which is limited to 2 + 1 connections, by default only available for Administrators, and withour extra licensing requirements. You can use this to remotely manage any type of server, i.e. a Domain Controller, Print Server, SQL server, Exchange server, etc. When you install the Terminal Services component, you turn the server into a "proper" Terminal Server. This enables multiple normal users to connect to the server and run their desktop applications on the server itself. You basically turn the server into a multiple-user desktop. It requires additional licensing (a TS CAL for every user or device). The number of connecting users is only limited by the number of licenses and the hardware. _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ DAXU@HOTMAIL.COM wrote on 09 jul 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: > Hi, >>From windows components wizard, I see that I can add "Terminal >>Server" > component. > But I already has terminal service runing on the server by > default and people (limit is 2+1, isn't it?) can use remote > desktop to connect to this server. > Can someone tell me what I will get from adding this "terminal > server" component? > > Many Thanks > Jerry
Guest DAXU@HOTMAIL.COM Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: newbie question about terminal server Hi, Thanks for your reply. I am thinking of make this server an application server so that users who has the access right to this machine will be able to use these softwares. Are there any compatiability issues with software(such as office, spss, matlab etc)? Is it right for me to assume that if an application can run under windows 2003/2000, then it will be able to run under this windows terminal server (basically just a windows 2003 with terminal service component installed)? Many thanks Jerry On 9 Jul, 16:34, "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.no...@remove- this.hem.utfors.se> wrote: > What you are using now is Remote Desktop for Administration, which > is limited to 2 + 1 connections, by default only available for > Administrators, and withour extra licensing requirements. > You can use this to remotely manage any type of server, i.e. a > Domain Controller, Print Server, SQL server, Exchange server, etc. > > When you install the Terminal Services component, you turn the > server into a "proper" Terminal Server. This enables multiple > normal users to connect to the server and run their desktop > applications on the server itself. You basically turn the server > into a multiple-user desktop. > It requires additional licensing (a TS CAL for every user or > device). The number of connecting users is only limited by the > number of licenses and the hardware. > _________________________________________________________ > Vera Noest > MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server > TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net > ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ > > D...@HOTMAIL.COM wrote on 09 jul 2007 in > microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: > > > Hi, > >>From windows components wizard, I see that I can add "Terminal > >>Server" > > component. > > But I already has terminal service runing on the server by > > default and people (limit is 2+1, isn't it?) can use remote > > desktop to connect to this server. > > Can someone tell me what I will get from adding this "terminal > > server" component? > > > Many Thanks > > Jerry
Guest Vera Noest [MVP] Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: newbie question about terminal server Before you go ahead and install Terminal Services, make sure to do some reading, planning and testing. Terminal Services itself is trivial to install, but it's not trivial to install and manage applications and printers in a TS environment. Note that any applications that are currently installed on the server will not work correctly in a multi-user environment. So if you want to install Terminal Services, you must first uninstall all user applications, then install TS, and then install the applications again. The server has to be in "install mode" during the installation, in order to capture changes to the registry and make them available to multiple users. You also have to think about performance. As far as I know, MatLab, SPSS and Office are all resource-hungry applications. Make sure that your server has the hardware to support the number of concurrent users that you anticipate (and then some more...) If users produce a lot of graphics in MatLab and SPSS and they are connecting over a WAN link, then you have to check if the network speed and latency allow for reasonably fast screen updates. No, you cannot assume that an application which runs under Windows 200x runs in a Terminal Services environment. The challenge is the multi-user support. The application must be Terminal-Services aware and be able to handle multiple instances of the application running on the same server, with separate configurations for all instances. Here are some starting points: How Terminal Services Works http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/2cb5c8c9- cadc-44a9-bf39-856127f4c8271033.mspx?mfr=true Checklist: Plan your Terminal Server deployment http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/2ff3d1b1- 1af2-48c8-b266-e10914a593051033.mspx _________________________________________________________ Vera Noest MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ DAXU@HOTMAIL.COM wrote on 10 jul 2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: > Hi, > Thanks for your reply. > I am thinking of make this server an application server so that > users who has the access right to this machine will be able to > use these softwares. > Are there any compatiability issues with software(such as > office, spss, matlab etc)? Is it right for me to assume that if > an application can run under windows 2003/2000, then it will be > able to run under this windows terminal server (basically just a > windows 2003 with terminal service component installed)? > Many thanks > Jerry > > On 9 Jul, 16:34, "Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.no...@remove- > this.hem.utfors.se> wrote: >> What you are using now is Remote Desktop for Administration, >> which is limited to 2 + 1 connections, by default only >> available for Administrators, and withour extra licensing >> requirements. You can use this to remotely manage any type of >> server, i.e. a Domain Controller, Print Server, SQL server, >> Exchange server, etc. >> >> When you install the Terminal Services component, you turn the >> server into a "proper" Terminal Server. This enables multiple >> normal users to connect to the server and run their desktop >> applications on the server itself. You basically turn the >> server into a multiple-user desktop. >> It requires additional licensing (a TS CAL for every user or >> device). The number of connecting users is only limited by the >> number of licenses and the hardware. >> _________________________________________________________ >> Vera Noest >> MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server >> TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net >> ___ please respond in newsgroup, NOT by private email ___ >> >> D...@HOTMAIL.COM wrote on 09 jul 2007 in >> microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services: >> >> > Hi, >> >>From windows components wizard, I see that I can add >> >>"Terminal Server" >> > component. >> > But I already has terminal service runing on the server by >> > default and people (limit is 2+1, isn't it?) can use remote >> > desktop to connect to this server. >> > Can someone tell me what I will get from adding this >> > "terminal server" component? >> >> > Many Thanks >> > Jerry
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