Terminal Services to view only applications

[Guest whitethomas12@gmail.com]

I am currently using Windows 2003 Terminal Services in application

mode. I am wondering if it is possible to only have the end-user see

the application versus viewing the server desktop along with the

application. I know I can configure the service to open the

application upon login, but I do not want the user to open the

desktop; similar to citrix

 

Thank You

[Guest Benny Tritsch [MVP]]

Re: Terminal Services to view only applications

 

This will be possible with Windows Server 2008, but such a feature is not

available with Windows Server 2003. There it requires add-on products form

Citrix, Quest/Provision Networks, 2X, Ericom or Jetro to have seamless

remote application windows without desktop.

 

Benny

 

--

Bernhard Tritsch

MVP Windows Server - Terminal Server

Author of "Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services", MS Press

http://www.wtstek.com

 

<whitethomas12@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>I am currently using Windows 2003 Terminal Services in application

> mode. I am wondering if it is possible to only have the end-user see

> the application versus viewing the server desktop along with the

> application. I know I can configure the service to open the

> application upon login, but I do not want the user to open the

> desktop; similar to citrix

>

> Thank You

[Guest ThomasT.]

Re: Terminal Services to view only applications

 

Hi,

 

You can use RAC (Remote Application Center), it's freeware. Download it

here:

http://www.mqtechnologies.com/

 

Regards

 

Thomas.T

 

 

<whitethomas12@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>I am currently using Windows 2003 Terminal Services in application

> mode. I am wondering if it is possible to only have the end-user see

> the application versus viewing the server desktop along with the

> application. I know I can configure the service to open the

> application upon login, but I do not want the user to open the

> desktop; similar to citrix

>

> Thank You

[Guest Rich Raffenetti]

Re: Terminal Services to view only applications

 

If you give a user an rdp file which starts an application on login, the

user will see only that application and will logoff when the application

exits. See the Programs tab on the rdp edit window. This demonstrates how

it works.

 

The next step is to put up a web page which has icons for the applications

and which download and execute the rdp files behind the icons when the icons

are clicked. Therefore you do not need to distribute the rdp files and

maintaining them is easy.

 

After that you can use group policy to take away user ability to see things

on the desktop which launch applications. The rdp files will still work ok.

That discourages users from logging in to the TS since they will not find

the usual tools (icons, run command, etc.). Be careful that you do not

apply the policy to admins. (Some of these policy items have to be

explicitly reversed to negate them. Just taking the policy away does not

negate some items.)

 

Clever users can still make up an rdp file to launch other applications but

that would be too much for most.

 

"ThomasT." <ThomasT@nospam.nospam> wrote in message

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> Hi,

>

> You can use RAC (Remote Application Center), it's freeware. Download it

> here:

> http://www.mqtechnologies.com/

>

> Regards

>

> Thomas.T

>

>

> <whitethomas12@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:410e6671-4e75-4890-aad4-ccf805d95478@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

>>I am currently using Windows 2003 Terminal Services in application

>> mode. I am wondering if it is possible to only have the end-user see

>> the application versus viewing the server desktop along with the

>> application. I know I can configure the service to open the

>> application upon login, but I do not want the user to open the

>> desktop; similar to citrix

>>

>> Thank You

>

>

[Guest Patrick Rouse]

Re: Terminal Services to view only applications

 

Rich, the downside of this strategy is that each application would launch in

a different Terminal Services Session, so your scaleability would go in the

toilet, and applications that need to talk to one another would not work.

 

Session sharing is a fundamental requirement when using published

applications, unless you have a specific reason to disable it. 2003 TS just

does not have this capability out of the box.

 

--

Patrick C. Rouse

Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

SE, West Coast USA & Canada

Quest Software, Provision Networks Division

Virtual Client Solutions

http://www.provisionnetworks.com

 

 

"Rich Raffenetti" wrote:

> If you give a user an rdp file which starts an application on login, the

> user will see only that application and will logoff when the application

> exits. See the Programs tab on the rdp edit window. This demonstrates how

> it works.

>

> The next step is to put up a web page which has icons for the applications

> and which download and execute the rdp files behind the icons when the icons

> are clicked. Therefore you do not need to distribute the rdp files and

> maintaining them is easy.

>

> After that you can use group policy to take away user ability to see things

> on the desktop which launch applications. The rdp files will still work ok.

> That discourages users from logging in to the TS since they will not find

> the usual tools (icons, run command, etc.). Be careful that you do not

> apply the policy to admins. (Some of these policy items have to be

> explicitly reversed to negate them. Just taking the policy away does not

> negate some items.)

>

> Clever users can still make up an rdp file to launch other applications but

> that would be too much for most.

>

> "ThomasT." <ThomasT@nospam.nospam> wrote in message

> news:%23pO2BQ3XIHA.5980@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> > Hi,

> >

> > You can use RAC (Remote Application Center), it's freeware. Download it

> > here:

> > http://www.mqtechnologies.com/

> >

> > Regards

> >

> > Thomas.T

> >

> >

> > <whitethomas12@gmail.com> wrote in message

> > news:410e6671-4e75-4890-aad4-ccf805d95478@s13g2000prd.googlegroups.com...

> >>I am currently using Windows 2003 Terminal Services in application

> >> mode. I am wondering if it is possible to only have the end-user see

> >> the application versus viewing the server desktop along with the

> >> application. I know I can configure the service to open the

> >> application upon login, but I do not want the user to open the

> >> desktop; similar to citrix

> >>

> >> Thank You

> >

> >

>

>

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