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Terinal Services on Small Business Server

Can terminal services (Beyond the 2 default desktop connections) be run on small business server? If yes, how? My research suggests that SBS does NOT support terminal services. Microsoft, in all their wisdom, thinks that it is a security risk I guess. The terminal services component does not show in the list of installable components. Terminal services licensing does though. I have installed 5 CALs into terminal services licensing but I can't get more than 2 connections....

scampgb

Hi Misledman,
From what I've read, it is possible - but not advisable.

There's an MS support note on some of the implications of doing it available at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;282009
Does that help?

Misledman

ASKER

That's not a real issue here. We only need 3 or 4 connections on a very low volume server. However, the "Terminal Services" option does not even show up in the list of compnents to install. It looks like MS has disabled terminal services altogether on SBS.... Have they?

christsis

It's not recommended but it's still possible to do. Are you saying you don't have the Terminal Services Configuration under administrative tools?

It should still be there and you just need to change it to application mode from Remote Administration.

Chris

rindi

I think M$ left it out on SBS. Possibly the expensive version may have it (the one with SQL server installed), although I don't think so. M$ wants to get as much $$$$$$$$'s out of its customers, so they want you to buy a separate server and also buy separate TS licenses to use it.

Anyway, welcome to the world of Bill Gates!

Misledman

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To install Terminal services, you basically have to have 2 things: (1) Terminal services licensing installed on some server and (2) Terminal services installed on the terminal server. Terminal services licensing is available under "Add/Remove Programs (Windows)" and is installed and has 5 CAL licenses added and they show up as being added. However, there is no option under "AddRemove Programs" to add Terminal Services.

I just spoke to someone I know, and they said that SBS can be installed as Windows 2003 server standard edition. If that is true, I could do that and have the option to install terminal services. Can anyone verify that?

christsis

As I said before... It's already installed. (otherwise you wouldn't be able to even get your 2 sessions connected) You should just need to go under administrative tools where Terminal Services Configuration should be.

From there you change to Application mode from Remote Administration.

Misledman

ASKER

There is no option there to change to Application mode that I can find...... Can you be more specific as to how to change it?

Misledman

ASKER

Also..... In administrative tools I have (1) Terminal Server Licensing (2) Terminal Services Configuration and (3) Terminal Services Manager. I checked every option in each..... There is no option to change to application mode

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Misledman

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Are you saying that SBS SHOULD be able to do Terminal Services? As I said, what I read at the MS site said that it can't be done.

christsis

Looks like this has been covered here before and the answer is no.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/21010363/Windows-2003-SBS-Terminal-Service.html

pcavenue

wish i saw this sooner, No, just remote admin, I didnt know that you could use two connections with this, but short awnser, No, no terminal server. I think it can run the terminal services licence server though. Christsis got this one.

Misledman

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That sucks actually... :) Soooo, I need to upgrade to wither Standard or enterprise edition for this to work. Correct?

christsis

That or downgrade to Windows 2000 SBS which does still allow it.