In-depth and comprehensive, this Resource Kit delivers the information you need to set up, deploy, and manage a Terminal Services farm using Windows Server® 2008. You get authoritative technical insights from Terminal Services experts, including guidance from members of the Microsoft® product team—along with essential scripts and resources on CD.
Get expert advice on how to:
- Install and configure role services, and learn how they support business cases
- Apply best practices for securing terminal servers and authorizing executables
- Use Group Policy to configure a terminal server environment
- Redirect devices effectively to make a remote experience feel local
- Install and publish applications with TS RemoteApps programs and TS Web Access
- Create a secure, fault-tolerant WAN access solution using TS Gateway
- Manage terminal servers and user sessions with command-line and graphical tools
- Keep server roles available and restorable through change management, including virtualization approaches
CD features:
- 8 sample VBScript scripts
- 8 sample Windows PowerShell™ scripts
- 250+ links to tools and toolkits, documentation, Webcasts, labs, and classes
- Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions From Desktop to Datacenter eBook
- Network diagram and sample files
- Sample chapters from related Microsoft Press® books
- Fully searchable eBook of this guide
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Christa Anderson is a program manager on the Remote Desktop Virtualization team. A Terminal Services MVP before she joined Microsoft, she was an internationally known writer and speaker on server-hosted computing and a senior contributing editor and columnist for Windows IT Pro Magazine.
Kristin L. Griffin is a Seattle-based independent technical consultant and author who has worked with server based computing for over a decade. She is a Microsoft MVP for Remote Desktop Services, and a contributor and moderator on the Microsoft TechNet Remote Desktop Services Forum.
Christa Anderson is a program manager on the Remote Desktop Virtualization team. A Terminal Services MVP before she joined Microsoft, she was an internationally known writer and speaker on server-hosted computing and a senior contributing editor and columnist for Windows IT Pro Magazine.
