What's the difference between remote desktop and terminal servers? Looking for comparisons, performance statistics, security features, stability, etc. Your comment are welcome and 500 points to the expert with a full answer.
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Remote Desktop Protocol
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"Note that when the console is being accessed remotely, all environment settings - for example, settings determining color depth and wallpaper enabling and disabling – are determined by the RCP-Tcp connection settings. This applies to all functions and methods that set environment settings in the Remote Desktop ActiveX control interface and the Terminal Services WMI Provider interface."
Pete
I think by remote desktop you mean the remote desktop feature in Xp , well this feature can be only used for a single user session & it will log out the local user when u r connected via remote desktop .
Thermial server service in windows 2000/2003 server can be used in 2 modes , one for remote administration . here only one 2 user r allowed to connect to the server , but there r all independent sessions & the local user can still keep on working . It only allows administrator group users to logon
the second mode is application server mode . here all users can connect to the server & work on it bringing the the 2000 desk top to the users . but u need seperate CAL lisence for each PC you connect . This situation can be ideally used when you need to install large amount of software on the client PC .
check this for complete detail on terminal service
http://www.microsoft.com/w
We use them both and the biggest difference i can figger out is that Terminal Services is harder to install. You have to install it via Add/Remove Software and you have to install it in Administration mode. You make mistakes easier.
With Remote Connection (if it is for administration only) you only have to check the box that remote administration is possible in the system properties.
Simply, Remote dekstop connection is easier to implement.......... So if you only want to administer the server, use remote desktop.
Sorry guys there is a real difference between the two in Windows 2003
Both use the same technology and client
but as an example
I can not install the Symantec Control Centre on a machine with terminal services enabled(installed) on it.
But it is fine with me using Remote Desktop for management.
in Server 2000 there was an administration mode for terminal services
in server 2003 they use the remote desktop as is done in Windows XP instead of admin mode, and this allows software that will not co-exist with Terminal Services to be happy.
So the short answers is What do you need the server to do, what sort of remote access do you need, and for who
Hi Raybans
Agree, didnt want to go into it in to much detail but there are some fundemantal differences in 2K3 you actually get three connections, two as before and a remote console connection, if the remote console connection is activated it disables the actual login at the server though, to run the console connection you either need the latest RDP connection software (from the 2K3 admin tools) OR put a console switch /C (i think but I may be wrong) to access remote console mode.
But the similarity between the two is they both utilise RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol)
Pete
Hi,
I came across this question while searching for the difference between TS and remote control.
But after reading RAYBANS comment i was curious to know one thing with respect to the situation described.
You are unable to install the symantec product through terminal services but using remote desktop it does not give you any problem.
BUT if you have a windows 2003 server with BOTH remote desktop enabled as well as terminal services installed in say administration mode .... then how do u decide in which mode do u want to connect in?? How do u tell your rdp client that connect in remote desktop mode instead of terminal services mode to do the installation of say the symantec software.
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by: PeteLongPosted on 2004-04-01 at 01:03:00ID: 10730519
This is either simple to answer or complicated.
simple answer
Nothing they both use the RDP protocol to connect to a remote host, providing you are talking about rthe remote desktop feature buil into newer M$ operating systems, if your talking about remote control software (VNC etc) then thats a completely different ball game.