Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server: Overview And Deployment Haim Inger CTO Malam Group

Agenda Basic overview of Terminal Server Basic overview of Terminal Server What’s new in Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server? What’s new in Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server? Discussion of Planning and Deployment of Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Discussion of Planning and Deployment of Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server

What Is Terminal Server? My Documents My Computer My Network Places Internet Explorer Recycle Bin Start 12:00 PM RDPTCP/IP Terminal Server Client

History Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition Windows NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition  Application Mode TS Windows 2000 Server with TS Windows 2000 Server with TS  Remote Administration  Application Mode TS Windows XP Windows XP  Remote Desktop Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server

TS Clients Available For Windows For Workgroups 3.11 and Windows NT 3.51 Windows For Workgroups 3.11 and Windows NT 3.51 Windows 9x and Windows Me Windows 9x and Windows Me Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000 and Windows XP Windows NT 4.0/Windows 2000 and Windows XP Windows CE Based Devices Windows CE Based Devices  Windows-Based Terminals  Windows Smart Displays  Pocket PCs Macintosh Client Macintosh Client

Main Customer Scenarios Line of business applications Line of business applications Software that changes constantly Software that changes constantly Deliver Windows Desktop to devices that can’t run Windows themselves Deliver Windows Desktop to devices that can’t run Windows themselves Migration Scenarios Migration Scenarios Repurpose Old Hardware Repurpose Old Hardware Roaming Users Roaming Users

Windows Server 2003 TS New features lend to the following New features lend to the following  More useable  More manageable  More secure  More scalable

TS Is More Useable New Redirections New Redirections  Audio Redirection  Keyboard Redirection  Drive Redirection  Printer redirection now includes network printers  Smart card support High color ( 24-bit) High color ( 24-bit) Experience Tab Experience Tab Better Client and Server Error Reporting Better Client and Server Error Reporting Auto reconnection Auto reconnection

Way More Useable Printing Printing  All traffic is now compressed Remote Desktop in all Server Remote Desktop in all Server Previously called Remote Admin Mode Previously called Remote Admin Mode  Checkbox in Remote Tab  Two sessions + console session = 3  Remote Desktops Snap-In  No licensing required

Session Directory Overview Solves orphaned sessions problem prevalent in Windows 2000 farms Solves orphaned sessions problem prevalent in Windows 2000 farms  TS Farms appear as a single server to users  Routes users back to disconnected session  Essentially a database of user sessions  Session Directory is not a load balancer  It is Load Balancer Agnostic, works with many third-party Load Balancers – F5, Big IP as well as Windows NLB

Session Directory Overview TS-1 TS-2 TS-3 Router Session Directory UserIdDomain 1. User connects to cluster 2. Cluster routes user to least-loaded server using metrics et al, as TS-1 3. TS-1 checks the Session Directory for existing session. TS –3 as session owner is communicated to the client 4. Client reconnects to existing session TS-3 User previously had a session on TS-3

More Secure Remote Desktop Users group Remote Desktop Users group  Control what Remote users can and cannot get to Allow logon through Terminal Services Right Allow logon through Terminal Services Right  Managed via secpol.msc MMC Snap-In  Administrators and Remote Desktop Users get the right by default Support for smart cards Support for smart cards Protocol Protocol  128-bit by default

Terminal Server Deployment Sizing Sizing Licensing Licensing Client Deployment Client Deployment

Sizing And Scalability More users on Windows Server 2003 versus Windows 2000 TS More users on Windows Server 2003 versus Windows 2000 TS  Increased available system PTEs  In testing we’ve seen 270 users for the knowledge worker scenario on a 4 processor box, running 2.4 ghz Xeons with 8GB of RAM using the /PAE switch  The Knowledge worker scenario  Network bandwidth as a upper bound approximately 1.2 KB/sec per user  20MB of RAM per user

Itanium – Scalability 32-bit apps on IA64 don’t scale well 32-bit apps on IA64 don’t scale well  32-bit apps on IA64 use 3 times the Commit Limit then on X86  Require 16GB of RAM to get equivalent number of users

TS Client Deployment Full RDC Client deployment Full RDC Client deployment  MSI Package  IntelliMirror or SMS  Client in all SKUs of Windows XP and Window Server 2003  Included on Windows CD  Can use.rdp files

Non Windows TS Clients TS Client available for Mac OS X TS Client available for Mac OS X  Based on RDP 5.1 and Security Fixes  No Automatic Reconnection  Will connect to Windows Server 2003 and previous versions of Terminal Server  Download from  MISC/RDC.asp MISC/RDC.asp MISC/RDC.asp New Windows-Based Terminals New Windows-Based Terminals

TS Deployment Summary Sizing Sizing Installation of Terminal Server Installation of Terminal Server  Upgrade Considerations Provisioning Provisioning Configuration/Management Configuration/Management  Features  Security  Farms and Session Directory Licensing Licensing Client Deployment Client Deployment

Resources Windows 2000 Terminal Services Windows 2000 Terminal Services  Windows XP Remote Desktop Windows XP Remote Desktop  Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server  terminalservices/default.mspx terminalservices/default.mspx terminalservices/default.mspx Microsoft Terminal Server Community Microsoft Terminal Server Community  centers/terminal/default.asp centers/terminal/default.asp centers/terminal/default.asp Chapter in Windows Server 2003 Deployment Guide Chapter in Windows Server 2003 Deployment Guide

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