Windows Server 2008 Terminal Server Remote program configuration

Terminal Services is one of the first services introduced in Windows NT. Terminal Services uses the RDP protocol (Remote Desktop Protocol) client connection, and customers using Terminal Services can access the server remotely as a graphical interface, and can invoke applications, components, services, and so on in the server, as well as operate native systems. This way of access not only greatly facilitates a variety of users, but also greatly improve the work efficiency, and can effectively save the cost of the enterprise.

Terminal Services allows organizations to access standard Windows programs across a wide range of Windows devices, both intranet and extranet, where access is unimpeded. In Windows Server 2008, Terminal Services includes seamless, integrated remote programs. Let's first introduce the four W for remote computing, and then introduce the specific installation configuration.

What is a remote program (what)

A remote program is a program that runs remote access through Terminal Services that looks like it is running on a user's terminal computer. Users can run their local programs and remote programs in parallel. If a user runs multiple remote programs on the same terminal server, the remote program will share the same Terminal Services session.

In Windows Server 2008, users can run remote programs in the following three ways:

1. Double-click an. rdp file created and assigned by an administrator

2. Double-click a program icon on the desktop or click the. msi file created and assigned by the Administrator in the Start menu.

3. Double-click the file that the suffix associates with the remote program, which will be configured by the administrator through the installation files for the. msi.

The. rdp and. msi files include the settings that are required to run the remote program. After you run a remote program on your local computer, users can interact with remote programs running on a terminal server as if they were running a local program.