Re: What is the significance of the "Connect to Console"...
A connection to the console of a Windows 2003 server connects you
to session 0, which is the same session as the one that you get
when you log on to the physical console of the server.
There are 2 advantages with connecting to the console session:
1. If you have an application running on the physical console of
the server, you will be able to interact with it when you connect
to the console session
2. If the server runs Terminal Services (as apposed to just remote
Desktop for Administration), then the connection to the console is
the only connection which is still free from any TS CAL
requirements.
Note that this will change in Windows 2008 TS.
When you connect to a Windows 2008 server, the /console flag will
be ignored.
Session 0 still exists on a 2008 server, but it hosts only services
and is not an interactive session anymore.
Console Behavior Differences in Longhorn Server Terminal Services
http://blogs.msdn.com/ts/archive/2006/11/27/console-behavior-
differences-in-longhorn-server-terminal-services.aspx
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Vera Noest
MCSE, CCEA, Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
TS troubleshooting:
http://ts.veranoest.net
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=?Utf-8?B?Um9i?= <Rob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on 12 okt
2007 in microsoft.public.windows.terminal_services:
> ...option in RDP? How is different from a regular RDP session.
>
> Thx.