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for considering the requirements this ms article may help you :<br />
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<a href="http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/cb201937-8f68-4d0f-9521-99e090ddd6b11033.mspx?mfr=true" rel="ugc nofollow">http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/cb201937-8f68-4d0f-9521-99e090ddd6b11033.mspx?mfr=true</a>
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for considering the requirements this ms article may help you :

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/cb201937-8f68-4d0f-9521-99e090ddd6b11033.mspx?mfr=true [http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/cb201937-8f68-4d0f-9521-99e090ddd6b11033.mspx?mfr=true]

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a single xeon with 2 gigs of ram may work in example, but you never know it will work as an optimized solution for you 'till you do some simulations.
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a single xeon with 2 gigs of ram may work in example, but you never know it will work as an optimized solution for you 'till you do some simulations.

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oops, dual xeon with 4 gigs. it's not a criteria anyway, the above comment applies =)<br />
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rob
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oops, dual xeon with 4 gigs. it's not a criteria anyway, the above comment applies =)

rob

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I'm wondering what the recommended specs would be for a terminal server that would have roughly 50 users, all running office and 1 small custom application. 
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I'm wondering what the recommended specs would be for a terminal server that would have roughly 50 users, all running office and 1 small custom application. 

Recommended specs for a terminal server. 50 users, all running office, 1 small custom app.

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