Introduction to Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services

In today's era of ubiquitous networks, traditional media stand-alone products have become increasingly unable to meet the needs of people, more software vendors have been aware of the network to bring them the convenience and challenges, Microsoft, for example, whether the network patch distribution, or web-based genuine value-added programs are reflected in Microsoft's use of the network, For enterprise users, this is mainly reflected in the Terminal Services.

Terminal Services in Windows Server can improve the software deployment capabilities of an enterprise in a variety of application contexts and allow for more flexibility in the application and management infrastructure. When a user runs an application on a terminal server, the application actually executes on the server side, so only the keyboard, mouse, and display information is transferred over the network. Each user sees only his or her own session, which is managed transparently by the server operating system and is independent of any other client session. Terminal Services provides the ability to host multiple concurrent client sessions on Windows Server. windows-based standard applications can run on a terminal server without any modification, and can manage client desktop systems with all standard Windows Server management infrastructures and technologies. In this way, organizations are able to make choices that are appropriate for their needs from the rich application and tool choices available in today's Windows operating system environment.

In the face of such a close to the application of the enterprise, Microsoft will naturally continue to enhance it, in the upcoming listing of Windows Server 2008, Terminal Server Performance improvement is very gratifying. Users can independently decide which programs can be accessed remotely. At the same time, users through the new remote program and Terminal Services gateway can use Citrix Company's programs. Users can also access the program, configure the program, virtualization and the realization of the function of secure access at any time. Here's what we can do to explain the beauty of Microsoft Terminal Services:

Terminal Service gateways (Terminal Services Gateway)

A major improvement in Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 is the Terminal Services Gateway (Terminal Services gateways), through which users can access Terminal Services programs around the world through a portal on the Internet. All processing is done through secure, encrypted HTTPS channels, and if users are familiar with Exchange Server or ISA Server, they will find this feature very similar to Outlook 2003 The Rpc-over-http functionality used when accessing a mail server via a virtual personal network (VPN).

The Terminal Services Gateway (Terminal Service gateways) is able to properly complete network address translation through the firewall, in addition to the fact that the data is transmitted via HTTPS, a protocol almost universally used by everyone, which avoids the previous Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) A problem with the inability to penetrate the firewall when transmitting, because the 3389 ports used by the Desktop Protocol (RDP) are often blocked on the fire wall.

Administrators set different authorization policies for different groups of users so that they can control the ability of different users to connect to Terminal Services through the Gateway machine, and with this feature we no longer need to open the maximum software installation permissions for each user on the Internet.

If Terminal Services provides the possibility of distributed office network, then through Terminal Services gateways (Terminal service Gateway), the software that is actually deployed by the enterprise becomes flexible and controllable.

Remotely administer a Windows Server-based computer

Any solution requires the support of powerful tools, Terminal Services is no exception, with the support of Terminal Services technology, Remote Desktop for Administration is specifically designed for server management. Remote Desktop for administration can greatly reduce the workload of remoting, because it does not have application sharing and multiuser capabilities for full Terminal Server components, nor does it have process scheduling capabilities. As a result, remote Desktop for administration can be used on already busy servers without significant impact on server performance and CPU utilization, making it a convenient and efficient service for remote administration.

Remote Desktop for administration can be used to remotely administer Windows servers. This mode is designed to provide operators and administrators with remote access to typical back-end servers and domain controllers. Administrators have access to a graphical user interface tool that runs in a Windows environment, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't use windows-based computers to manage the server. Administrators can use Terminal Services client software to securely administer Windows server-based computers from any device and through any network connection. Tasks that an administrator can perform include directory maintenance, virus scanning, backup, restart, or even upgrading the server to a domain controller, all of which can be done at a remote location.

In fact, in Windows Server 2003, the management console for Terminal Services is already very powerful, but Terminal Services management is still less desirable in Windows Server 2003, if you have used a Windows server-based 2003 Terminal Services you will find that there are so many management control interfaces that need to be understood and manipulated, and in Windows Server 2008 the problem is well resolved, and users need only a single management console to complete all configuration and management work.