Compare names Terminal Services and Remote Desktop Services.

Posted by DH on 29th April 2009

Older OSes Server 2008 R2 Description
Terminal Services (TS) Remote Desktop Services (RDS or RD) This is a “Terminal Server”! It allows users to connect to applications and desktops via RDP connections
TS Licensing RD Licensing This component manages all the RD Client Access Licenses
TS CAL Remote Desktop CAL This is the license itself
TS RemoteApp RD RemoteApp This is the ability to publish a single application to a user seamlessly without a desktop.
TS Gateway Remote Desktop Gateway This allows for secure connection to RDS servers over the Internet
TS Web Access RAD Web Access   (RemoteApp and Desktop Web Access) This is the web page that users use to login to a RDS desktop and/or applications
TS Easy Print RD Easy Print This is the driver-less solution for printer redirection over a RD user session.
(new name) RD Connection Broker (New) This component manages the session load balancing and session reconnection in a load-balanced remote desktop server farm. This includes both RDS and Virtual Machine (VDI) connections
(new name) RD Virtualization (New) This component allows users to connect to a virtual machine vs. a RDS published desktop.

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