Terminal Services

One of the possible uses for that fourth server in Windows EBS Premium is as a terminal server. Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services is a major update from the Terminal Services in prior releases of Windows Server, with three compelling new features: TS Gateway, TS RemoteApps, and TS Web Access. The first two of these are compelling features for Windows EBS networks. TS Gateway is used by Remote Web Workplace (RWW), and TS RemoteApps definitely gets our vote as the compelling new feature in Windows Server 2008.

TS Gateway

TS Gateway is automatically installed on the Messaging Server in a Windows EBS network and preconfigured to support RWW. In Windows Server 2008, Microsoft added TS Gateway to extend the functionality of RWW to ...

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