Increase server productivity—and help reduce system overhead and support costs—by delivering Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services to your local and remote clients. This guide provides expert technical guidance to plan for, install, and configure Terminal Services, including real-world administration techniques gleaned from nearly a decade of experience in worldwide deployments. From understanding configuration and administrative options to implementing application access portals, third-party add-ons, and server farms, this in-depth reference provides all the details you need to deliver Microsoft Windows-based applications—and the Windows desktop itself—to legacy and next-generation devices.

Discover how to:

• Streamline user, group, domain, and group policy management in terminal server environments
• Take advantage of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when network clients communicate with terminal servers
• Install and configure terminal server applications in a multiuser environment
• Modify specific registry settings for terminal server operations
• Develop scripts for application compatibility, login procedures, and maintenance
• Extend existing infrastructure using Citrix MetaFrame technology and server farms
• Integrate Terminal Services with the Web so users can access remote Windows-based applications from their browser
• Implement Terminal Services security services and analysis tools
• Optimize operating system, application, and network performance

Get scripts, tools, and other resources on CD CD features:

• Development and analysis tools, including the Platform SDK, Microsoft .NET Framework SDK, Application Compatibility Toolkit, and SysInternals tools
• Scripts for logon configuration and system analysis
• Technical white papers
• Information about third-party tools and resources, such as SysInternals and AppSense
• Selected articles from the Microsoft Knowledge Base

For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.