Re: Using remote desktop and terminal services

Vera,

Many thanks for the help and explanation. I see where I can get a trial
versoin of Server 2003 for 180 days. If I already have XP SP2 Home on the
workstations, will I need to upgrade to XP Pro to get the Remote Desktop
client on the workstations?

Just one more - If I get the trial version and wish to test out the app,
sounds like I can install it on one machine and use XP workstations to test
out multiuser capabilities. But am confused about the Terminal Services
Licensing Server TS Cals. Sounds like I will also need this in order to test
out multiuser access with the app - did I understand that correctly, and do
you know if there is a trial version I can obtain to do my testing?

Many thanks again for all your help,
Mark

"Vera Noest [MVP]" wrote:

The whole idea with a Terminal Server is that it functions as a
multi-user workstation.
So your users start their Remote Desktop client on their
workstations (comes with XP, so they probably already have it
installed), and they all connect to the same Terminal Server.
They will all work on the server without being aware of each other,
in totally separated sessions.

Note that setting up a Terminal Server and installing applications
on it is not a trivial task, because of the multi-user
functionality.
For one thing, you must install Terminal Services *before* you
install the application, so if it is already installed on the
server, you'll have to uninstall the application first, then
install TS, then install the application again.
Installing applications for multi-user access must be done while
the server is in "install mode", to guarantee that each user gets
its own private settings.

When you run a Terminal Server for multi-user access, you will also
need to install a Terminal Services Licensing Server, and buy and
install TS CALs on it (the exact requirements depend on the OS on
the clients as well as the workstations).

You might want to do some more reading first:

Checklist: Plan your Terminal Server deployment
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/2ff3d1b1-
1af2-48c8-b266-e10914a593051033.mspx

Technical Overview of Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/overview/termse
rv.mspx
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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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=?Utf-8?B?TWFya3Vz?= <Markus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on
13 nov 2006 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

I have an app that will slow down if run over a WAN, and would
like to use Terminal Services instead. Am a beginner to this,
so hope someone can help here.

My most important question is - If this app is planned to be
used by 5 users, and if I use Terminal Services, does this mean
I will need to run Remote Desktop on the 5 remote user machines,
and also have 5 computers at the server side to connect to to
run the app? Or is there a way for each remote user to connect
to the server directly and run the app without a computer for
each?

Thanks in advance for any ideas on this,
Mark

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