Friday, January 8, 2010

How To Configure a Terminal Server

You can use a Terminal Server to perform many tasks. Users on the remote locations can run programs, save files and use network resources with the help of Terminal Server. If you install any program on the Terminal Server, then it is certain that all the users will utilize the same version of the installed program. If you configure a computer as a Terminal Server, then from this computer multiple users can access a program at the same time.

You do not have to install Terminal Server, in case you want to use this computer for remote administration on Windows Server 2003 operating systems. In this case, you can use Remote Desktop for Administration. Remote Desktop for Administration will provide you the facility to manage the servers remotely from any client over a LAN, WAN, or dial-up connection. This will happen after you enable the remote connections.

If you are completed the Configure Your Server Wizard, then you have to perform the following steps. You have to confirm about your Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration settings. After this, you have to configure a Terminal Server License Server. You can install both the Terminal Server and Terminal Server Licensing service on the same physical computer, in case of small deployments. It is required that you should install Terminal Server Licensing on a separate computer, in case of large deployments. You have to install client access licenses (CALs) on the Terminal Server License Server.

It is required that you should configure Terminal Server Licensing correctly, so that your terminal server can continue to accept connections from the clients. Terminal Server Support offers a licensing grace period, during which no license server is needed. In this grace period, a terminal server can accept connections from unlicensed clients without contacting a license server. After you have completed both the Configure Your Server Wizard and these additional needed tasks, you will get a basic terminal server.