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Terminal Services in Windows Server 2003 provides new options for application deployment, more efficient access to data over low bandwidth, reuse of older hardware, remote management, and other tasks.

Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server requires that you install a license server before the terminal server can function. A license server is a computer on which Terminal Server Licensing is installed. Using the following step-by-step guidelines and recommended resources, you can deploy Terminal Server and ensure that Terminal Server Licensing is correctly installed.

The Terminal Server component of Windows Server 2003 builds on the solid foundation provided by the application server mode in Windows 2000 Terminal Services. Terminal Server lets you deliver Windows-based applications, or the Windows desktop itself, to virtually any computing device - including those that cannot run Windows.

Terminal Server can enhance an enterprise's software deployment capabilities for a variety of scenarios that remain difficult to solve using traditional application distribution technologies. When users run an application on Terminal Server, the application execution takes place on the server, and only keyboard, mouse and display information is transmitted over the network. Users see only their own individual sessions, which are managed transparently by the server operating system, and remain independent of any other client session.

Windows 2000 Terminal Services remote administration mode is called "Remote Desktop for Administration" in Windows Server 2003, and supports the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 5.1 feature set. It also has the ability to remote the actual console session of the server.

With Remote Desktop for Administration, you can administer a computer from virtually any computer on your network. Based on Terminal Services technology, Remote Desktop for Administration is specifically designed for server management. In earlier versions, this technology was known as Terminal Services in Remote Administration mode.

In Terminal Server mode, you can access Windows-based applications or the Windows desktop itself on virtually any computing device - including those that cannot run Windows. For example, a user can access a virtual Windows XP Professional desktop and x86-based Windows applications from hardware that cannot run the software locally. Terminal Server provides this capability for both Windows and non-Windows-based client devices. When a user runs an application on Terminal Server, all of the application execution takes place on the server, and only keyboard, mouse, and display information traverses the network.

The Terminal Server Session Directory feature allows users to easily reconnect to a disconnected session in a load balanced Terminal Server farm. Session Directory is compatible with the Windows Server 2003 load balancing service, and is supported by third-party external load balancer products from manufacturers such as F5 Networks (formerly F5 Labs) and Radware.