Re: How to Setup TS User

If I don't use a "dummy" acccount then when the user logs on they get the
drive mappings and logon script according to the OU they are in in the main
office. I don't want that to happen, it is too slow and the reason we setup
a terminal server system. So there is obviously someting I do not
understand.

All out users have a "home" folder assigned to them as well as drive
mappings to folders on the server iin the building where thsy normally work.
For the few users who need to work in multiple locations this can slow
things down significantly. So I don't want to have the noirmal drive
mappings established when they work in the remote site but they get to their
files via the TS.

How do others solve this??

dave M


"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm not sure why you use a dummy account.
Standard procedure is:
1. user logs on with personal domain account to local workstation
(which also is a member of the domain)
2. on the local workstation, user starts RDC and logs on with the
same personal domain account to the TS.

No need whatsoever for dummy accounts, or more than one account per
user.
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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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"dave m" <dmackler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 14 jan 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

Vera,

Thanks and that all makes sense.

Yes all accounts are domain accounts, a single domain.

Maybe this question is too simple. If the user is sitting in
the remote site, what is the correct process for them to logon
to the TS. As I stated, I currently have them logon with a
dummy account and then use Remote Desktop Connection to logon to
the TS with their account in the local site

Is that correct or is there a way that they logon to the TS
directly??

dave M


"Vera Noest [MVP]" <vera.noest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
in message
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Sites have nothing to do with the logon process.
The user accounts are domain accounts, correct? And you have a
single domain, containing both the TS as a member server and
the user accounts (in their respective sites/OUs)?
Then you only have to make sure that the users' domain accounts
are member of the Remote Desktop Users group on the TS to
enable them to logon to the TS, irrespective of what location
they are accessing it from.
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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting: http://ts.veranoest.net
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"Dave M" <dmackler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 14 jan 2008 in
microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:

I am new admin to TS. I have a small number of users spread
out over 5 locations,. I have purchased and installed TS and
licenses on a member server in our main loction, all servers
are 2003, SP2. I need to setup two users to logon to the TS
from a remote site.

Currently I setup a dummy account for the users in the OU for
the remote site. After logging in to the AD, they then use
Remote Desktop Connection to logon to the TS with their
account in the local site. Although this seems to work I
don't know if this is how TS is designed to work. The users
need to logon to the main site with TS to access Access
databases , they also travel between the two sites.

Any advice or guidance n how a user is best setup to logon to
a TS in a different location would be appreciated.

dave M




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