Microsoft® Windows Server(TM) 2003 Terminal Services [Paperback]

Bernhard Tritsch (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 7, 2004

Increase server productivity—and help reduce system overhead and support costs—by delivering Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services to your local and remote clients. This guide provides expert technical guidance to plan for, install, and configure Terminal Services, including real-world administration techniques gleaned from nearly a decade of experience in worldwide deployments. From understanding configuration and administrative options to implementing application access portals, third-party add-ons, and server farms, this in-depth reference provides all the details you need to deliver Microsoft Windows-based applications—and the Windows desktop itself—to legacy and next-generation devices.

Discover how to:

• Streamline user, group, domain, and group policy management in terminal server environments
• Take advantage of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) when network clients communicate with terminal servers
• Install and configure terminal server applications in a multiuser environment
• Modify specific registry settings for terminal server operations
• Develop scripts for application compatibility, login procedures, and maintenance
• Extend existing infrastructure using Citrix MetaFrame technology and server farms
• Integrate Terminal Services with the Web so users can access remote Windows-based applications from their browser
• Implement Terminal Services security services and analysis tools
• Optimize operating system, application, and network performance

Get scripts, tools, and other resources on CD CD features:

• Development and analysis tools, including the Platform SDK, Microsoft .NET Framework SDK, Application Compatibility Toolkit, and SysInternals tools
• Scripts for logon configuration and system analysis
• Technical white papers
• Information about third-party tools and resources, such as SysInternals and AppSense
• Selected articles from the Microsoft Knowledge Base

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Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (January 7, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735619042
• ISBN-13: 978-0735619043
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,191,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars 40 miles wide and 2 inches deep, July 13, 2004

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Chris "cleith" (Albuquerque, NM, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft® Windows Server(TM) 2003 Terminal Services (Paperback)

I have read this book and I have to disagree with the previous reviews. I think that the author has very broad experience with Terminal Services and he demonstrates that very well. But, this book does not have any practical configuration depth.

This book provides a very good overview of the technology, history, and the many features of terminal services. What this book lacks is the important details and steps needed to actually configure Terminal Services. This book has about 5% substance and 95% fluff. If you need step by step instructions for configuring Terminal Services, then this book is not it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't let the title fool you, September 15, 2005

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Doug Matulewic "Doug" (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft® Windows Server(TM) 2003 Terminal Services (Paperback)

First off, this book was bought to help understand and support a Windows 2003 Terminal Server environment.

The good: The first few chapters start off great, presenting a good foundation to learn from.

The bad: I picked up maybe a few pages worth of knowledge that will actually help me maintain a Windows 2003 Terminal Server.

The ugly: Suddenly Ch. 7 (Scripting), turns into a reference guide with no structure to it. After this, the author decides to spend 3 chapters teaching you about Citrix Metaframe XP... why, I have no idea, as the title of the book clearly states Microsoft Windows 2003 Terminal Services.

In the end: If you are trying to decide if using thin clients within your organization is worth it or not, this may be a good book to use. As it covers the 'how it works' concept of using terminal services. Unfortunately, this book doesn't help in making your Terminal Server run as efficiently as possible. About a third of the book is on Citrix Metaframe, which completely misleads the buyer as this is a Microsoft book. How Microsoft allowed the author to include Citrix related content is beyond me.

In the author's defense... this book was translated from german to english, so perhaps the German (original) edition may have been better than this one.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good approach to design practice, September 22, 2004

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Dongio (Falls Church, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Microsoft® Windows Server(TM) 2003 Terminal Services (Paperback)

The book was very useful in explaining how to design a terminal server environment and also provided many good tips on managing and integrating with group policies. However, the book is not meant to be a guide on how to configure terminal services. This is a more technical reference guide not targeted towards the beginner.