Experience the RemoteApp of Windows Server 2008 R2

With Remote Desktop services, organizations can provide users with the right to access standard Windows programs on any Windows device, anytime, anywhere, through the Internet or an Intranet. REMOTEAPP can help you configure programs so that users can remotely access programs through Remote Desktop Services, just as end users run them on the local computer. These programs are called REMOTEAPP programs.

Use the REMOTEAPP Manager to make programs that are installed on a Remote Desktop session host (RD session Host) server available to users as REMOTEAPP programs. The REMOTEAPP Manager is automatically installed on the computer where the RD Session Host role service is installed.

1 What is REMOTEAPP?

REMOTEAPP allows you to remotely access programs through Remote Desktop Services as if they were running on the end-user's local computer. These programs are called REMOTEAPP programs. The REMOTEAPP program is integrated with the client's desktop and is not displayed to the user on the desktop of the Remote Desktop Session host (RD session Host) server. The REMOTEAPP program runs in its own resizable window, can be dragged between multiple monitors, and has its own entry in the taskbar. If a user runs multiple RemoteApp programs on the same RD session Host server, the REMOTEAPP program shares the same Remote Desktop service session.

Users can access REMOTEAPP programs in a variety of ways. Users can:

• Using Remote Desktop Web Access (RD Web Access)

U-click the Remote Desktop Protocol (. rdp) file that has been created and distributed by the administrator.

On the desktop or on the Start menu, double-click the program icon created and distributed by an administrator using the Windows Installer (. msi) package.

You double-click the file that the file name extension is associated with the REMOTEAPP program. This can be configured by an administrator using the Windows Installer package.

The. rdp file and the Windows Installer package contain the settings that are required to run the REMOTEAPP program. After you open the REMOTEAPP program on the local computer, users can interact with the program that is running on the RD Session Host server as if they were running locally.

Why use REMOTEAPP? In many cases, RemoteApp can reduce complexity and reduce administrative overhead, including:

U Branch, its local IT support and network bandwidth may be limited.

U users need remote access to the program situation.

• Deploy industry (LOB) programs, especially custom LOB programs.

You do not have an environment for users to assign computers, such as public desks or hotel office workspaces.

If you deploy multiple versions of a program, especially if you are installing multiple versions locally, you can create conflicts.

Description The above information is referenced from Windows Server 2008 R2 Help.

In fact, RemoteApp is the "improvement" of Windows Terminal Services, which used to publish the entire desktop "including Start menu, Resource Manager, and so on" by default, even if the user only needs to run a program on the Terminal server and publish the entire desktop (you can modify the settings Runs only one specified program). In Windows Server 2008, Microsoft extends Terminal Services, which provides more and more meaningful functionality.

Because the RDP protocol is used to access terminal servers and use Terminal Server-provided applications, this approach is less demanding for workstations: because all programs run on the server side, the workstation side simply displays the results of the program that the server is running, and the user's keyboard, Mouse input feedback to the server side to perform the appropriate operation, the server side will run the results displayed on the workstation. Therefore, this method can be used to upgrade workstations. I test the purpose of this product, but also want to use to upgrade the school two of the lower configuration of the computer room, to run VS2008, AutoCAD 2005 and other large software.

As a Terminal Services improvement, RemoteApp can interact well with local disks and printers on the user's workstation. With RemoteApp, you can access the user's disk directly and use the user's printer, unlike previous Terminal Services, where you need to install the print driver on both the Terminal server and the client.

The following will experience the RemoteApp feature in the Windows Server 2008 R2 Chinese version.