Entries tagged with terminal services - TechNet Edge

Windows Server 2008 R2, Remote Desktop, VDI and Virtualization

James O'Neill — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:01:00 GMT

With the arrival of Server 2008 R2 the range of choices an IT pro has for delivering an application to users desktops is quite bewildering. In this video we look at the new Remote-Desktop - how it it builds on the technologies we have had, but also how new possibilities to deliver a virtual desktop infrastucture are opened up by the combination of Hyper-V and the new connection broker

Building Sandbox for Evaluating RDS and VDI

yung — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:01:00 GMT

I have just finished developing the content of RDS and VDI to be soon delivered in the Session 3 of the upcoming TechNet events. To minimize the required hardware, both the RDS and VDI demos are to be carried out using one laptop. In this screencast I briefly described how my demo laptop was set up. In upcoming screencasts, I will walk through the steps to manage applications for remote access, integrate RDS components for VDI, and via a browser access a personal or pooled Virtual Machine running in data center without VPN.

What Virtualization Means for the Desktop

Dave Morehouse — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:59:00 GMT

Brad Anderson and Jeff Wettlaufer are together again, this time for a chat on desktop virtualization scenarios and technologies. Using Brad's whiteboard for illustration, they cover application virtualization, desktop (or hardware) virtualization, presentation virtualization, and finally, virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI.

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Jason Linn on his Windows Server 2008 and Terminal Services Project

Kevin Remde — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:10:00 GMT

Jason Linn is a big fan of Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008. He was kind enough to give me some of his time and to share some details around a recent roll-out of Windows Server 2008 and Terminal Services on behalf of one of his customers.

Technet Video: Remote Desktop Services (Windows Server 2008 R2 - Teil 8)

Ralf M. Schnell — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:11:00 GMT

In Windows Server 2008 wurden die Terminal Services um einige neue Funktionen ergänzt (z.B. Remote Applications). Nun werden diese nochmals erweitert und heißen nun ‚Remote Desktop Services‘. Wir geben einen Überblick über die Funktionalität und erklären die Konfiguration der neuen Funktionen, z.B. des Remote Desktop Services-Broker.

Referent:
Ralf M. Schnell
Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH
http://blogs.technet.com/ralfschnell

Windows Administration: Deploying Applications with Terminal Services

TechNet Magazine — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:43:00 GMT

Without too much effort, you can deploy a terminal server to host the applications you need in your environment. But there are some important decisions you’ll need to make to ensure your implementation meets user expectations. Greg Shields discusses the various options you have and explains how they will affect you. And in this video, Greg demonstrates how you can deploy applications with Terminal Services.

Who would have thought: Terminal Services, Silverlight and Robotics

Narenda Wicaksono — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:01:00 GMT

Here's a video showing how Terminal Services, Silverlight, and our Robotics Studio can all be integrated into something truly spectacular.

Server 2008 terminal services infrastructure planning & design guides (IPD)

David Tesar — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:35:00 GMT

I met up with a couple people in the solutions accelerator team responsible for creating the next generation of Windows System and Server reference architecture (WSSRA) guides. In this video,we get an overview from the program manager (~7 min) and then we dig into deeper details with the beta Windows Server 2008 terminal services infrastructure planning and design (IPD) guide creator. To take a look at the beta to the TS and AD guides, go to the Connect site by clicking here if new or here if already enrolled. Check it out and see how IPD can help you plan and design your environment moving to Server 2008.

Here's a breakdown of the video:
Interview with Robin Maher (program manager for IPD)

0:00-0:50	What the IPD solution accelerator team does
0:50-2:50	History on what WSSRA is, how the new IPD guide fits in and its benefits.
2:50-4:15	How the WS08 guides apply to existing designs & how it helps with business decisions.
4:15-5:57	We've created an overview document, selecting the right virtualization technology, softgrid, and Windows Server virtualization technology guides here. Terminal Services, AD, and WDS guides are going into beta soon. Homepage for IPD here.
5:57-7:05	Comparison of IPD to the MAP. (for the interview with the MAP PM, go here)
7:05-7:33	Walk over to Fergus's office, see a MS security guard, and learn about the patent to the guides.

Interview with Fergus Stewart (terminal services IPD guide creator)

7:33-9:05	Intro into what his guide covers at a high level
9:05-11:55	How they come up with the matrix of decisions and how it compares to the terminal services book from MS Press. IPD guides are not an education on the product, just helps you make decisions for up front planning.
11:55-12:27	1st step in the TS guide: figuring out the scope
12:27-12:58	2nd step : determining which applications to deliver through TS
12:58-15:06	What applications are to use through TS? Multiple versions of products, video intensive applications and considerations.
15:06-16:55	Why determining which applications to deliver through TS is the most difficult step to take.
16:55-19:43	How does Soft Grid fit into decision making with TS?
19:43-22:55	Legal and political considerations in delivering your app through TS

For the rest of the video, check out the "Over the Edge" with Fergus Stewart. This installment includes: the declaration of independence, his claim to becoming a U.S. citizen, Argentinean Tango dancing, and see a Mayan temple from Guatemala.

Meet the Terminal Services Team Episode IV

Adam Bomb — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:04:00 GMT

and now the exciting conclusion to the series! Tad takes us to visit two more developers on the TS team: Niraj Agarwala, developer of the TS gateway, and Kevin London, developer of TS web access and Remote App Manager.

Meet the Terminal Services Team Episode III

Adam Bomb — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:00:00 GMT

After walking us through some of the new features in Terminal Services in Episode I and II, Tad takes the show on the road in this episode. We visit with Sriram Sampath, the dev lead on the TS multi-user kernel. The TS team does some clever things in this release, including the way TS access local devices and authentication of users before creating sessions. Sriram spends most of the time at the whiteboard drawing up the kernel architecture.

Meet the Terminal Services Team Episode II

Adam Bomb — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:09:00 GMT

When we last left off, Tad had just taken us through the install process for Terminal Services. Today, he whiteboards the TS Gateway connection process for us, and then demos how to publish an app. It takes him all of about 13 minutes to do it.
(for those of you keeping track at home, that means we went from 0 to apps published on the Internet in under 24 minutes).

Meet the Terminal Services team Episode I

Adam Bomb — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 22:02:00 GMT

Terminal Services in Windows 2008 includes some key new functionality that makes it really interesting to lots of people. I recently made a trip to visit the TS team, and they gave me a tour of the new features and the people that built them. I spent a good chunk of the afternoon over there, so I've decided to split the visit up in to a series of bite-sized posts.
In this first 10 minute interview, I met with Tad Brockway, a program manager that's been with Terminal Services almost as long as the product has been around. He talks about what's new in Windows 2008 and walks us through the install process.

Does your Terminal Server need a NAP?

Matt Hester — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:00:00 GMT

In this screencast we take a look at how easy it is to extend terminal services security with Network Access Protection on Windows Server 2008.

What is the Gateway up to?

Matt Hester — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:49:00 GMT

What to find out what is going on and who is accessing your Terminal Services gateway? Is this screencast I show the built-in monitoring tools that help you answer those questions.

No VPN, No corporate access, Terminal Server Gateway says "No Problem"

Matt Hester — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:32:00 GMT

In the screencast I take a look at the Terminal Services Gateway (TS Gateway) role service in the Terminal Services server role of Windows Server® 2008 that allows authorized remote users to connect to terminal server resources without a virtual private network (VPN) connection.

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Your applications and Terminal Services Remote App -- A love story

Matt Hester — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:47:00 GMT

Want to pull the jedi mind trick on your users and make them think their applications are running locally? Well you can with RemoteApp, which allows your programs to be accessed remotely through Terminal Services and appear as if they are running on the end user's local computer. Users can run RemoteApp programs side by side with their local programs. Check out this screencast to see how.

Special note, in these screen casts you will notice that I am using Office 2003, and yes I know it is not current. I chose this based on the simple fact I did not have a volume license key for Office 2007 which is required for those applications to work on Terminal Services. For the next screen casts, can I borrow your VL key? :)

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Your Browser or Mine, Terminal Services Web Access?

Matt Hester — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:57:00 GMT

So you want to use RemoteApp in browser? Well you and it is very easy to setup, all you need is Terminal Services Web Access. I take a quick tour on how easy this is to setup and work with.

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Sneak Peek: Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Overview

Matt Hester — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:49:00 GMT

There are a lot of exciting new aspects in Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services, and this is brief screencast I take a quick peek at the new Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008! In the screen casts to follow I talk with some more detail on the individual features.

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