The Windows Server® 2008 operating system provides a license management system for Terminal Services known as Terminal Services Licensing (TS Licensing). This system allows terminal servers to obtain and manage Terminal Services client access licenses (TS CALs) for devices and users that are connecting to a terminal server. TS Licensing supports terminal servers that run Windows Server 2008 as well as terminal servers running Windows Server®...

What is Windows Deployment Services? The Windows Deployment Services role in Windows Server 2008 is the updated and redesigned version of Remote Installation Services (RIS). Windows Deployment Services enables you to deploy Windows operating systems, particularly Windows Vista® and Windows Server 2008. You can use it to set up new computers by using a network-based installation. This means that you do not have to be physically present at each...

Deploying AD RMS in a Test Environment We recommend that you first use the steps provided in this guide in a test lab environment. Step- by-step guides are not necessarily meant to be used to deploy Windows Server features without additional deployment documentation and should be used with discretion as a stand-alone document. Upon completion of this step-by-step guide, you will have a working AD RMS infrastructure. You can then test and verify...

This step-by-step guide describes the steps needed to set up a basic configuration of Active Directory® Certificate Services (AD CS) in a lab environment. AD CS in Windows Server® 2008 provides customizable services for creating and managing public key certificates used in software security systems that employ public key technologies. This document includes: • A review of AD CS features • Requirements for using AD CS • Procedures for a...

Terminal Services Session Broker (TS Session Broker) is a role service in the Windows Server® 2008 operating system that enables you to load balance sessions between terminal servers in a farm, and allows a user to reconnect to an existing session in a load- balanced terminal server farm. TS Session Broker stores session state information that includes session IDs, their associated user names, and the name of the server where each session...

Domain Name System (DNS) is a system for naming computers and network services that maps those names to network addresses and organizes them into a hierarchy of domains. DNS naming is used on TCP/IP networks, such as the Internet and most corporate networks, to locate computers and services by using user-friendly names. When a user enters the DNS name of a computer in an application, DNS can look up the name and provide other information that is...