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by tobej

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Hi there,

I have run NT servers and Novell just in normal client server mode, but now I have a Windows 2000 server that they want to run with terminal services running. Any good answers for this one? Do I have to buy more software etc... does it come with the Windows 2000?

Thanks fro the help....

Toby

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by timwalsh

Good news, bad news:

The good news is that Terminal Sevices comes built in to Windows 2000 Server.

The bad news is that in Application Server mode, Win2K Terminal Services requires a Terminal Services Client Access License (CAL) in addition tothe Server CAL for each connected user (unless the connected user is running Win2K Pro or WinXP Pro).

by j.a.lawrence

Win TS comes with Win2k server. You add it from Cntl Panel/Add-Remove Programs/Add-Remove windows components. You will be required to register (via internet) the Win2K TS Server at some point. Don't know it there's a charge for this.

You run WinTS in two modes, application & remote admin, but no both. You're probably going to run in application mode. Each of your clients will log into the Server with a thin client app (you generate the install disk from Admin. Tools) or you can download TSWebsetup.zip from Microsft, install it on your Server, & your clients can access the server thru intranet/internet in Internet Explorer.

Your clients will not be accessing your Novell stuff directly, but will be able to access Novell thru mapped network drives that you will setup on the TS Server.

In Win2K, clients are limited to 256 color displays out of the box. You can get some patches from the MS site that will upade RDP 5.0 to 5.1, & that will give you higher color for clients.

WatchRAM utilization, as each client that logs into the server spawns a separate instance of the apps that the client is running, this can make you short on RAM if you're planning for many TS Clients. These processes don't show up in the Task Manager, but can be viewed in a separate app that's installed to Admin. Tools when you install TS.

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