 Windows
2000 Terminal Services is a technology that lets you remotely execute
applications on a Windows 2000-based server from a wide range of devices
over virtually any type of network connection. With the integration of
Windows 2000 Terminal Services into the core server operating system, you
can choose to deploy the latest Windows-based applications in a fully
server-centric mode, where applications run entirely on the server. When
Terminal Services is enabled on Windows 2000 Server, administrators do not
have to install Windows-based 32-bit applications on each desktop
computer. Instead, the application is installed once on the server, and
the clients automatically have access to the new or upgraded software
package through Terminal Services Client software.
- Extending the scalable Windows family - serving companies that want to deploy a
"thin client" solution to deliver 32-bit Windows to a wide range of legacy
desktop hardware devices.
- Combining the low cost of a terminal with the benefits of a managed Windows-based
environment - offers the same low cost, centrally managed environment of the
traditional mainframe with terminals, but adds the familiarity, ease of use, and breadth
of applications support offered by the Windows operating system platform.
PRODUCT COMPONENTS
The Terminal Server product consists of four components:
- Terminal Server - This multi-user server core provides the ability to host
multiple, simultaneous client sessions on Windows 2000 . Terminal
Services is capable of directly hosting
compatible multi-user client desktops running on a variety of Windows-based and non
Windows-based hardware. Standard Windows-based applications, if properly written, do not
need modification to run on the Terminal Server, and all standard Windows NT-based
management infrastructure and technologies can be used to manage the client desktops.
- Remote Display Protocol - A key component of Terminal Services, this protocol
allows a client to communicate with the Terminal Server over the network. This protocol is
based on International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) T.120 protocol and it is a
multichannel protocol tuned for high-bandwidth enterprise environments, and will also
support three levels of encryption.
- Terminal Server Client - The client software that presents, or displays, the
familiar 32-bit Windows 2000 User Interface on a range of desktop hardware:
- New Windows-based Terminal devices (embedded).
- Personal computers running Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT Workstation
3.51 or 2000.
- Personal computers running Windows for Workgroups (Windows 3.11).
- Administration Tools - In addition to all the familiar Windows NT Server
administration tools, Terminal Server adds the Terminal Server License Manager, Terminal
Server Client Creator, Terminal Server Client Connection Configuration, and Terminal
Server Administration tools for managing client sessions. Two new objects, Session and
User, are also added to the Performance Monitor to allow tuning of the server in a
multi-user environment.
Citrix
MetaFrame also adds value to Terminal Server through its thin-client/server add-on
software.
More general information about Terminal Server can be found in the White Papers
"Bringing Windows to Desktops that Can't Run Windows Today" and
"Microsoft's Thin Client Strategy - Simplicity and Choice", or by reading the
datasheet and features list.
Microsoft
Windows 2000 Terminal Services
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