Terminal Services vs. Terminal Access

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I am a little confused by server terminalogy.

With Terminal Sservices, you have to have TS CAL's and it provides the
ability to run applications on the server. That's good and positive
and I understand the reasoning and advantages.

The other case is RemoteApps. RAs let you run applications and they
appear to be running on the clients workstation. This also requires
CALs. The distinction between TS and RA's is less clear. They seem
the same.

OK but what if the only requirement is access to files on the server.
Execution is on the clients workstation, with his own application that
accesses files on the server. In the intranet environment that is
simply domain access, but what do you use to accomplish this from a
client on the internet. That is not a TS environment and should only
require a User's CAL. In other words how do you log on to the domain
from the internet simply to have access to files?

Hope my description is clear.

Lee
 
Re: Terminal Services vs. Terminal Access

Lee Jefferies <leejefferies@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am a little confused by server terminalogy.
>
> With Terminal Sservices, you have to have TS CAL's and it provides the
> ability to run applications on the server. That's good and positive
> and I understand the reasoning and advantages.
>
> The other case is RemoteApps. RAs let you run applications and they
> appear to be running on the clients workstation. This also requires
> CALs. The distinction between TS and RA's is less clear. They seem
> the same.
>
> OK but what if the only requirement is access to files on the server.
> Execution is on the clients workstation, with his own application that
> accesses files on the server. In the intranet environment that is
> simply domain access, but what do you use to accomplish this from a
> client on the internet. That is not a TS environment and should only
> require a User's CAL. In other words how do you log on to the domain
> from the internet simply to have access to files?

VPN.
>
> Hope my description is clear.
>
> Lee
 
Re: Terminal Services vs. Terminal Access

*** See below.

"Lee Jefferies" <leejefferies@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I am a little confused by server terminalogy.
*** Terminology?

> With Terminal Sservices, you have to have TS CAL's and it provides the
> ability to run applications on the server. That's good and positive
> and I understand the reasoning and advantages.
*** Agreed.

> The other case is RemoteApps. RAs let you run applications and they
> appear to be running on the clients workstation. This also requires
> CALs. The distinction between TS and RA's is less clear. They seem
> the same.
*** RAS does not stand for "Remote Apps" - it stands for "Remote
*** Access Service" - see here:
*** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Access_Service
*** RAS is not the same as TS. RAS gives you a connection to a
*** machine (often a server) on which you can access resources,
*** usually a network share. As you said before, with TS your apps
*** run on the host machine. With RAS they run on the client machine.

> OK but what if the only requirement is access to files on the server.
> Execution is on the clients workstation, with his own application that
> accesses files on the server.
*** You use RAS or file sharing via a network.

> In the intranet environment that is simply
> domain access, but what do you use to accomplish this from
> a client on the internet.
*** You set up a VPN (Virtual Private Network).

> That is not a TS environment and should only require a User's CAL.
*** Correct.

> In other words how do you log on to the domain
> from the internet simply to have access to files?
*** By setting up a VPN.

> Hope my description is clear.
>
> Lee

I would help to keep the licensing issue out of the technical discussion.
It is really a separate topic and should be treated as such.

Licensing is quite simple:
- To access a shared resource, you need an ordinary CAL.
- To run a TS session, you need a TS CAL.
 
Re: Terminal Services vs. Terminal Access

Hey Lanwench and Pegasus, that really helped. I do appreciate your
quick responses even though you picked on my typing ability Pegasus.

Lee
 
Re: Terminal Services vs. Terminal Access


"Lee Jefferies" <leejefferies@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hey Lanwench and Pegasus, that really helped. I do appreciate your
> quick responses even though you picked on my typing ability Pegasus.
>
> Lee

I'm a very poor typer myself, hence I always make use of the
inbuilt spelling checker. It performs very ably where I fail . . .
 
Re: Terminal Services vs. Terminal Access

Per Pegasus (MVP):
>I'm a very poor typer myself, hence I always make use of the
>inbuilt spelling checker. It performs very ably where I fail . . .

Same here but...
----------------------------------------
Eye halve a spelling chequer
It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
I am shore your pleased two no
Its letter perfect awl the weigh
My chequer tolled me sew.
----------------------------------------
--
PeteCresswell
 
Re: Terminal Services vs. Terminal Access


"(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> wrote in message
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> Per Pegasus (MVP):
>>I'm a very poor typer myself, hence I always make use of the
>>inbuilt spelling checker. It performs very ably where I fail . . .
>
> Same here but...
> ----------------------------------------
> Eye halve a spelling chequer
> It came with my pea sea
> It plainly marques four my revue
> Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.
>
> Eye strike a key and type a word
> And weight four it two say
> Weather eye am wrong oar write
> It shows me strait a weigh.
>
> As soon as a mist ache is maid
> It nose bee fore two long
> And eye can put the error rite
> Its rare lea ever wrong.
>
> Eye have run this poem threw it
> I am shore your pleased two no
> Its letter perfect awl the weigh
> My chequer tolled me sew.
> ----------------------------------------
> --
> PeteCresswell

ROFL!
 
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