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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Free Microsoft Virtualization E-learning courses.

Posted by DH on 20th April 2009

Microsoft App-V

This online course provides IT Professionals the knowledge to implement and manage Microsoft Application Virtualization. Topics covered in the clinic include:

  • Features and functionalities of Application Virtualization
  • Deployment and maintenance of Application Virtualization
  • Management of Application Virtualization by using the Application Virtualization Management console

 
Exploring Microsoft Application Virtualization

SCVMM 2008

This online course provides IT Professionals the knowledge to implement and manage Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. Topics covered in the clinic include:

  • Features and functionalities of VMM
  • Implementation and management of VMM
  • Management of VMM library
  • Management of hosts by using VMM
  • Implementation of virtual machine Self-Services

Exploring Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
 
Terminal Services in Server 2008

This online course provides IT Professionals the knowledge to implement and manage Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008. Topics covered in the clinic include:

  • Implementation of Terminal Services
  • Working with Terminal Services RemoteApp, Terminal Services Web Access, Terminal Services Gateway, Terminal Services Session Broker, and Terminal Services Licensing

 
Exploring Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008

Microsoft Hyper-V

This 2-hour online course provides IT Professionals the knowledge to implement and manage Hyper-V in an IT environment. Topics covered in the course include:

  • Features of Hyper-V
  • Features of server consolidation
  • Hyper-V implementation
  • Creation of virtual machines
  • Dynamic datacenters
  • Clustering in virtual environments

 
Introducing Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008

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