Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server

Terminal Server can enhance an enterprise's software deployment capabilities for a variety of scenarios that remain difficult to solve using traditional application distribution technologies. When users run an application on Terminal Server, the application execution takes place on the server, and only keyboard, mouse and display information is transmitted over the network. Users see only their own individual sessions, which are managed transparently by the server operating system, and remain independent of any other client session.

Terminal Server is great for rapidly deploying Windows-based applications to computing devices across an enterprise - especially applications that are frequently updated, infrequently used, or hard to manage. When an application is managed on Terminal Server, and not on each device, administrators can be certain that users are running the latest version of the application.

Terminal Server considerably reduces the amount of network bandwidth required to access data remotely. Using Terminal Server to run an application over bandwidth-constrained connections, such as dial-up or shared WAN links, is very effective for remotely accessing and manipulating large amounts of data because only a screen view of the data is transmitted, rather than the data itself.

Terminal Server helps users become more productive by enabling access to current applications on any device - including under-powered hardware and non-Windows desktops. And because Terminal Server lets you use Windows anywhere, you can take advantage of extra processing capabilities from newer, lighter-weight devices such as the Pocket PC.

Terminal Server builds on the foundation of Windows 2000 Terminal Services by providing organizations with a more reliable, more scalable, and more manageable server-based computing platform. Terminal Server offers new options for application deployment, more efficient access to data over low bandwidth, and enhances the value of legacy and new, lighter-weight devices. Whether using third-party add-ons or not, administrators and users will appreciate the new capabilities delivered by Terminal Server.

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