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joe
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I'm looking for some advice on the use of WPF in a TSE environment.
A new project in my company wants to use WPF, but one of the supported
platforms is likely to be TSE. The application is quite graphics
intensive.
Here's the situation as I understand it:
Under Terminal Services, certainly under Windows 2003 Server, this
rendering will take place on the server side. I'm concerned that this
might mean that in this environment WPF applications could have
performance problems.
Windows 2008 Server (Longhorn) was supposed to have 'WPF remoting'
capability, which would mean essentially that XAML (or lower level
instructions) would be pushed down the wire and rendered on the client
side, thereby meaning less load on the server.
However, it appears that WPF remoting has slipped out from the release
schedule, and may not be delivered in Windows Server 2008 next year.
See http://ericomguy.blogspot.com/2007/03/wpf-remoting-right-way.html
and http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1541544&SiteID=17
Some people suggest it may become available within a future service
pack, but obviously there is some uncertainty.
So could anyone advise me on whether using WPF would create
performance issues? Does anyone have practical experience in
delivering a WPF application using terminal services to more than 10
simultaneous users?
Thanks
Joe
A new project in my company wants to use WPF, but one of the supported
platforms is likely to be TSE. The application is quite graphics
intensive.
Here's the situation as I understand it:
Under Terminal Services, certainly under Windows 2003 Server, this
rendering will take place on the server side. I'm concerned that this
might mean that in this environment WPF applications could have
performance problems.
Windows 2008 Server (Longhorn) was supposed to have 'WPF remoting'
capability, which would mean essentially that XAML (or lower level
instructions) would be pushed down the wire and rendered on the client
side, thereby meaning less load on the server.
However, it appears that WPF remoting has slipped out from the release
schedule, and may not be delivered in Windows Server 2008 next year.
See http://ericomguy.blogspot.com/2007/03/wpf-remoting-right-way.html
and http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1541544&SiteID=17
Some people suggest it may become available within a future service
pack, but obviously there is some uncertainty.
So could anyone advise me on whether using WPF would create
performance issues? Does anyone have practical experience in
delivering a WPF application using terminal services to more than 10
simultaneous users?
Thanks
Joe