Differences and connection between Windows Terminal Services and Remote Desktop

"Remote Desktop" and "Terminal Service" are both Windows system components and are developed by Microsoft.

· Remote Desktop is a service launched by Microsoft to facilitate the management and maintenance of servers by network administrators. Introduced from the Windows 2000 Server version, the network administrator uses the Remote Desktop Connection Program to connect to any computer on the network that has enabled the Remote Desktop control function, just like operating the computer on its own and running the program, maintain databases. In a sense, Remote Desktop is similar to early Telnet. It can send program running and other work to the server, but only images and movements of the mouse and keyboard are returned to the remote control computer.

· The Terminal Service only exists in Windows 2000 Server and 2003, and does not exist in other systems. By default, Terminal Services are not installed in the operating system. You need to add or delete Windows Components for installation. The terminal service is used to allow multiple users to operate the servers that enable the terminal service on the network. All operations and operations on the same server are placed on the server.

· Remote Terminal Service allows multiple clients to log on to the server at the same time. Both device authorization and user authorization require the Cal Client Access Authorization Certificate, which must be purchased from Microsoft;
Remote Desktop Management only provides the operator and administrator a graphical remote access to the server management interface (the GUI is the same). Remote Desktop does not require a Cal license.

· Remote Desktop is completely free of charge, and terminal services only have a 120-day validity period. If the free validity period is exceeded, You need to purchase a license.

· Remote Desktop allows up to two administrators to log on to a process without restrictions on Terminal Services. You only need to purchase a sufficient license and think about how many users can log on to a server at the same time.

· Remote Desktop can only allow users with administrator permissions to log on, but terminal services do not have this restriction. Users with any permissions can remotely control the server through terminal services, however, the logon permission is the same as your own permission.

Summary:
After understanding how to enable the Remote Desktop and Terminal Services and the same and different methods, we need to choose according to the company's actual needs. Some readers may say that since Remote Desktop is free and terminal services need to purchase a license, Will Remote Desktop be used up? In fact, we have already introduced the difference in the fourth point. Remote Desktop can only be used by users with administrator permissions. Accounts with General permissions cannot log on. There is no such restriction for terminal access, and Remote Desktop allows only two users to log on to the operating server at the same time. These two differences determine that terminal services must be used when the server needs to be managed by more than two persons at the same time and users who require non-administrator permissions.

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What is the default port of the Remote Desktop Application? Default port of the Terminal Service Application (3389)