Re: TS 2003 and SBS 2003: user accounts and profiles

From: Vera Noest [MVP] (Vera.Noest_at_remove-this.hem.utfors.se)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 02:12:52 -0700

That sounds smart, planning for growth!
In that case, depending on your budget, plan for a separate member
server which is just a file server, hosting users roaming
profiles, home directories, shared network installations of
Office, etc.

The TS Licensing Service should not have a noticeable impact on
performance.

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Vera Noest
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Judge Dredd <123@123.com> wrote in
news:j29uf0pcki062m1078jldlbp9s3rq2c1m4@4ax.com:

> The load on the DC will probably change as the months go by. It
> will be hosting the primary application, and possibly Exchange
> w/OWA in the future. The role of the SBS DC at this point is
> minimal, as this company is just getting started. I expect it to
> grow load-wise substantially in the coming years. So I would
> like to implement now for heavy load on the DC in the future.
> The role of the TS will be heavier in copming months/years as
> well. I suspect more applications to be added into the mix as
> the users begin to see how effective it is.
>
> Thanks for your time Vera, I find your answers to always be
> valuable and helpful...
> On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:11:24 -0700, "Vera Noest [MVP]"
> <vera.noest@remove-this.hem.utfors.se> wrote:
>
>>Make your 2003 TS a member server in the domain, do *not* make
>>it a second domain controller!
>>Keep your user accounts on the domain controller. You will be
>>able to put the existing user accounts into a local group on the
>>TS called Remote Desktop Users. That way, users have only a
>>single user account for logging in both on their PCs and the TS.
>>
>>Where you install the TS Licensing Server is up to you. I would
>>install it on the DC, but there is no real need for that.
>>
>>Use roaming TS profiles, located on a network share, not local
>>profiles. The advantages might not be obvious now, but as soon
>>as you buy a second Terminal Server, they will. Which of the
>>servers you should use as home directory and profile server is
>>hard to say, depends on the load on the DC and the TS.
>>
>>Here's some more information:
>>
>>Hosting Applications with Terminal Server
>>
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/pr
>>o ddocs/deployguide/sdcce_term_overview.asp?frame=true
>>
>> --
>>Vera Noest
>>MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
>>http://hem.fyristorg.com/vera/IT
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>>
>>Judge Dredd <123@123.com> wrote in
>>news:flhtf0lvhcbj8poighv6kb4p50jn1lubtj@4ax.com:
>>
>>> I've got SBS 2003 running as domain controller, and I'm going
>>> to be setting up an additional Win2003 box as apllication
>>> server for TS. Will the user accounts reside on the SBS box?
>>> Will the TS user profiles I create reside there, or on the TS?
>>> Which one will have the licensing server running on it? I'd
>>> imagine that the user accounts and licensing server would be
>>> on the same box, but what is the "best practice"? thanks in
>>> advance!

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