Microsoft® Windows Server(TM) 2003 Terminal Services (Pro-One-Offs) (Paperback)

by Bernhard Tritsch (Author) "Note This chapter introduces Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services and includes a discussion of the basic features of Windows Server 2003 that play key..." (more)
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Product Description
Get essential guidance on how to configure and manage thin-client application servers and centralized applications—and help reduce ownership costs—using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press (January 7, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735619042
• ISBN-13: 978-0735619043
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 7.3 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #586,926 in Books (See Bestsellers 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

By	Chris Merriam-leith "cleith" (Boise) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

By	Doug Matulewic "Doug" (Indianapolis) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

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

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.