In-depth and comprehensive, this Resource Kit delivers the information you need to set up, deploy, and manage a Terminal Services farm using Windows Server® 2008. You get authoritative technical insights from Terminal Services experts, including guidance from members of the Microsoft® product team—along with essential scripts and resources on CD.
Get expert advice on how to:
Install and configure role services, and learn how they support business cases
Apply best practices for securing terminal servers and authorizing executables
Use Group Policy to configure a terminal server environment
Redirect devices effectively to make a remote experience feel local
Install and publish applications with TS RemoteApps programs and TS Web Access
Create a secure, fault-tolerant WAN access solution using TS Gateway
Manage terminal servers and user sessions with command-line and graphical tools
Keep server roles available and restorable through change management, including virtualization approaches
CD features:
8 sample VBScript scripts
8 sample Windows PowerShell™ scripts
250+ links to tools and toolkits, documentation, Webcasts, labs, and classes
Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions From Desktop to Datacenter eBook
Network diagram and sample files
Sample chapters from related Microsoft Press® books
Fully searchable eBook of this guide
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Chapter 1 Introducing Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008
Where Did Terminal Server Come From?
What Can You Do with Terminal Services?
Terminal Services for Windows Server 2008: The Big Picture
Understanding the Windows Server 2008 TS Environment
New Functionality for Terminal Services Partners
Summary
Additional Resources
Chapter 2 Planning the Terminal Server Ecosystem
Know Your Terminal Server
Understanding Key Terminal Server Internals
Determining System Requirements for Terminal Servers
Supporting Client Use Profiles
Summary
Additional Resources
Chapter 3 Installing the Core Terminal Server Environment
How Terminal Servers Work
Installing a Terminal Server
Essential Terminal Server Configuration
License Servers
Summary
Additional Resources
Chapter 4 Creating the User Work Environment
How Profiles Work
Design Guidelines for User Profiles
Using Roaming Profiles with Terminal Services
Setting Standards with Mandatory Profiles
Profile and Folder Redirection Troubleshooting Tips
Summary
Additional Resources
Chapter 5 Fine-Tuning the User Experience
Remoting Infrastructure
Moving the Client Experience to the Remote Session
Locking Down the Terminal Server
Remote Control of User Sessions
Summary
Additional Resources
Chapter 6 Installing and Publishing Applications
Installing Applications on a Terminal Server
Understanding TS RemoteApps Internals
Publishing Applications on a Terminal Server
Terminal Services Web Access
Summary
Additional Resources
Chapter 7 Multi-Server Deployments and Securing Terminal Server Connections
Securing RDP Connections
Understanding Session Broker
Enabling Remote Access Using TS Gateway
Summary
Additional Resources
Chapter 8 Managing the Terminal Server Runtime Environment
Introducing Terminal Server Management Tools
Organizing Terminal Servers in Terminal Services Manager
Monitoring and Terminating Processes
Monitoring and Ending User Sessions
Providing Help with Remote Control
Preparing for Server Maintenance
Applying TS Management Tools
Summary
Additional Resources
Chapter 9 Terminal Services Ecosystem Management
The Case for Standardization
Principles of Change Management
What Server Roles Need to Be Backed Up?
Adding Capacity
Summary
Additional Resources
Appendix About the Authors
Christa Anderson
Kristin L. Griffin
Appendix System Requirements
Appendix Additional Resources for IT Professionals from Microsoft Press
Windows Server
Windows Client
SQL Server 2005
Exchange Server 2007
Scripting
Appendix More Great Resources for IT Professionals from Microsoft Press
Administrator’s Pocket Consultant
Administrator’s Companion
Resource Kit
Self-Paced Training Kit
Title:
Windows Server® 2008 Terminal Services Resource Kit
Christa Anderson is a program manager on the Remote Desktop Virtualization team. A Terminal Services MVP before she joined Microsoft, she was an internationally known writer and speaker on server-hosted computing and a senior contributing editor and columnist for Windows IT Pro Magazine.
Kristin L. Griffin is a Seattle-based independent technical consultant and author who has worked with server based computing for over a decade. She is a Microsoft MVP for Remote Desktop Services, and a contributor and moderator on the Microsoft TechNet Remote Desktop Services Forum.
