Friday, May 22, 2009

Basic information about Terminal Server Support

Terminal server:Terminal Server product Microsoft software that service the Windows desktop and applications to terminals.a terminal server is feature inbuild with server operating systems. server that provides terminals with a common connection point to a local or wide area network.Terminal Services, is one of the components of Microsoft Windows that allows a user to access applications and data on a remote computer over a network.

Terminal Services was first introduced in Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition. It was significantly improved for Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 and windows server 2008. Windows includes two client applications which utilize terminal services: the first, Remote Assistance is available in all versions of Windows XP and allows one user to assist another user.

Terminal Services allows IT departments to configure this applications on a central server. For example, instead of deploying database or accounting software on all desktops, the applications can simply be installed on a server and remote users can log on and use them via the Internet. if we are working in locally network and then no need internet. windows 2000 server give only 90 days subscription after that expire. at a time only two user connect. if we want and the purchase license. and windows 2003 server provide 120 days subscriptions. in windows server 2008 five user connect at a time.

Remote desktop:Remote Desktop, allows a user to log in to a remote system and access the desktop, applications and data on the system as well as control it remotely. this is only available in certain Windows editions. These are Windows NT Terminal Server. subsequent Windows server editions. Windows XP Professional, and Windows Vista Business, Enterprise and Ultimate. In the client versions of Windows, Terminal Services supports only one logged in user at a time, where as in the server operating systems, concurrent remote sessions are allowed. is the client application for Terminal Services.

It allows a user to remotely log in to a networked computer running the terminal services server. RDC presents the desktop interface of the remote system, as if it were accessed locally. if we want configure remote desktop feture then go locally enable remote desktop feature. if we enable these feature then hibernation does not work. you can say this is disadvantage. when we take remote any computer that time client machine automatically lock.

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