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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services

1. Terminal Services Overview

Posted by Benny Tritsch on May 19, 2008

[TS Overview] [Things You Should Know...] [History & Features] [Presentation Virtualization]

 

For the vast majority of small, medium and large size enterprises a corporate computer network has become a mandatory infrastructure that is completely oriented towards the delivery of a variety of information technology services. These services can range from simple file and print services to authentication services or complex application services. This is why computers running Microsoft Windows Server play a significant role in such corporate networks. They are the network nodes providing vital services to multiple users and devices.

Microsoft Server 2008 was developed as the successor to the popular Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system, with special emphasis on use by IT professionals in corporate networks. A computer system running Windows Server 2008 supports simultaneous execution of an almost unlimited number of processes. Such a server system provides, of course, support to use several processors simultaneously to increase scalability.

By default the Windows Server operating system allows multiple users to log on interactively, creating a scenario called either multi-user operation or presentation virtualization. Redirecting input and output operations to remote computers is possible in the core Windows Server 2008 system using Terminal Services. Consequently, Terminal Services allow remote devices to access and use Windows desktops and applications.

 

 

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1	Terminal Services Overview
1.1	Things You Should Know Before Getting Started
1.2	History and Features
1.3	Presentation Virtualization