Automating the RDP Client Installation

Installing a single client is a rather simple process. For large enterprise deployments, however, these simple steps can become very tedious when multiplied by hundreds of machines. In addition, the installation of the client does not include the many extra steps required for the setup of the client and the connections.

In this section, you will learn some very important techniques that can be used to automate the installation of the client itself. You also will learn how you can customize the client installation, controlling which icons and files get installed on the user's workstation.

Automating the Terminal Server Client Installation from the Command Line

By using the quiet (/q) command-line option, ...

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