publishing apps on a terminal server

http://ts.veranoest.net/

I just did my first terminal server install using Vera's site as a guide. The installation of applications and where the data is saved is important to think about before installing. Things to consider include disabling offline file syncronization on mapped drives; offline caching for email (if using exchange). MS apps work well on terminal server; however, I have found that third-party apps don't alwasy play nice with terminal server, necessitating registry key permission hacks to get the apps to work correctly. I found the whole process very frustrating...but I'm just overworked. Finally, to add shortcut icons to all users, copy the app icons to the c:\ds\all users\desktop directory.

Good luck. Terminal server is a useful recommendation to make to clients. Just getting the apps to work is the trick. Definitely download processmonitor from MS to monitor the registry/file access to troubleshoot apps; and remember to create an OU for the terminal server in AD.