With Terminal Services, organizations can provide access to Windows®-based programs from almost any location to almost any computing device. Terminal Services in Windows Server® 2008 includes Terminal Services RemoteApp (TS RemoteApp). You can use several different methods to deploy RemoteApp programs, such as Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access). With TS Web Access, you can provide access to RemoteApp programs through a Web page over...

  Step-by-Step Guide for Configuring Network Load Balancing with Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008This step-by-step guide provides instructions for configuring Network Load Balancing (NLB) with Terminal Services. Using NLB with Terminal Services offers the benefits of increased availability, scalability, and load-balancing performance, as well as the ability to distribute a large number of Terminal Services clients over a group of...

Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access) is a role service in the Windows Server® 2008 operating system that enables users to access RemoteApp™ programs or the full terminal server desktop from a Web site. By default, the TS Web Access Web site enables you to point to a single terminal server or to a single terminal server farm to populate the list of RemoteApp programs that appear on the site. If you have multiple terminal servers or...

What is a Server Core installation? The Server Core installation option is a new option that you can use for installing Windows Server 2008. A Server Core installation provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles, which reduces the maintenance and management requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. A server running a Server Core installation supports the following server roles: • Active Directory Domain...

  Server Manager overview Server Manager makes server administration more efficient by allowing administrators to use a single tool to do the following: • View and make changes to server roles and features installed on the server. • Perform management tasks associated with the operational lifecycle of the server, such as starting or stopping services, and managing local user accounts. • Perform management tasks associated with the...

  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 decommissioned AD RMS infrastructure. You can then...