New to TS

[RogerS]

I am running a peer-to-peer network (mixed OS from XP Home, XP Professional
to Vista Basic and Vista Basic Premium) at the moment but my company has
opened a new office in a different state. The office is connected via VPN to
our main office and I have an access based database application that is used
over the VPN. The application runs very slow in the existing environment (it
is installed on a XP Pro computer) and it was suggested to me to use Terminal
Services.

Here are my questions as a newbie to TS:
- Do I need Windows Server 2003 or can I purchase just Windows Server 2003
Terminal Services?
(I've read that in order to use TS I will need TS Cals, but are not in need
of a Domain or a Windows Server)...

.... or is TS an integrated part of Windows Server 2003.

If anybody could help me clear this confusion I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you in advance.

Roger

 

[Bruce Sanderson]

Re: New to TS

Client/Server type database applications do tend to be slow over (slow) WAN
links becuase of the large amount of network traffic they generate. Running
such applications in Terminal Services can be very beneficial. You might
want to discuss this with the application vendor - not all applications will
function well in a multi-user environment such as Terminal Services, which
can be a problem - often there are solutions or work-arounds..

Terminal Services is included with Windows Server 2003. A default
installation of Windows Server 2003 allows Terminal Services to be used for
remote administration only. To use it for applications, you would add the
Terminal Services Role.

You can not purchase Terminal Services separately - its part of the server
product.

Each user or device will require a Terminal Services Client Access License.
For Terminal Services to operate, you must have the Terminal Services
License Manager service installed on one server (can be the same one that
has Terminal Services installed) and import the CALs. CALs can be either
per user or per device.

Note that for the server product itself, you also need to acquire Server
CALs.

See
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/terminalservices/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/overview.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/howtobuy/licensing/ts2003.mspx
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It is perfectly useless to know the right answer to the wrong question.



"RogerS" <RogerS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:468B8E81-A106-4899-861C-DD0F8D310879@microsoft.com...
>I am running a peer-to-peer network (mixed OS from XP Home, XP Professional
> to Vista Basic and Vista Basic Premium) at the moment but my company has
> opened a new office in a different state. The office is connected via VPN
> to
> our main office and I have an access based database application that is
> used
> over the VPN. The application runs very slow in the existing environment
> (it
> is installed on a XP Pro computer) and it was suggested to me to use
> Terminal
> Services.
>
> Here are my questions as a newbie to TS:
> - Do I need Windows Server 2003 or can I purchase just Windows Server 2003
> Terminal Services?
> (I've read that in order to use TS I will need TS Cals, but are not in
> need
> of a Domain or a Windows Server)...
>
> ... or is TS an integrated part of Windows Server 2003.
>
> If anybody could help me clear this confusion I would greatly appreciate
> it.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Roger

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: New to TS

RogerS <RogerS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I am running a peer-to-peer network (mixed OS from XP Home, XP
> Professional to Vista Basic and Vista Basic Premium) at the moment
> but my company has opened a new office in a different state. The
> office is connected via VPN to our main office and I have an access
> based database application that is used over the VPN. The application
> runs very slow in the existing environment (it is installed on a XP
> Pro computer) and it was suggested to me to use Terminal Services.
>
> Here are my questions as a newbie to TS:
> - Do I need Windows Server 2003 or can I purchase just Windows Server
> 2003 Terminal Services?
> (I've read that in order to use TS I will need TS Cals, but are not
> in need of a Domain or a Windows Server)...
>
> ... or is TS an integrated part of Windows Server 2003.
>
> If anybody could help me clear this confusion I would greatly
> appreciate it.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Roger

In addition to Bruce's reply, note that I've heard that straight-up Access
databases may not work well in this config. A front-end Access/back-end SQL
is a better config. Just FYI.