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• Configure RDP over SSL with SelfSSL

  Windows 2003 Service Pack 1 included a new feature, RDP over SSL. This feature will allow you to use TLS authentication and encryption with your RDP connections using SelfSSL to create the SSL certificate. It still uses RDP and TCP port 3389 so your firewall Read More... Posted Friday, January 26, 2007 10:54 AM by rodney.buike | 1 Comments Filed under: Terminal Services

• Automate Client RDP Connections

  Servers get updated every so often and upgrading a terminal server leaves you with one nagging issue, how to update all the client PC RDP connections? TLA reader Phillip Ward wrote this little tip on how to automate this! Recently a senior network administrator Read More... Posted Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:19 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Guest Authors, Terminal Services

• Why 64-Bit is Good for Terminal Services

  A while back I wrote an article for MSExchange.org on why 64-bit is good for Exchange 2007. 64-bit is good for more than just Exchange 2007 and SQL 2005, and this series will cover other scenarios that can benefit from 64-bit. Let's look at terminal services Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 12, 2006 6:27 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Terminal Services

• Enable Remote Desktop Remotely

  Well I goofed the otherday :( I installed a new 2003 server into my network and went home, figuring I could login from home and finish up the last bit of configuration after a good meal. What I didn't do was enable remote desktop, making things a bit Read More... Posted Thursday, January 19, 2006 6:37 AM by rodney.buike | 1 Comments Filed under: Terminal Services

• Terminal Services Licensing Primer

  Probably one of the most confusing things ever created by mankind is Microsoft Licensing. In regards to Windows Server 2003, terminal services licensing has undergone some changes. Most notably is it no longer contains any built-in license like Windows Read More... Posted Thursday, December 22, 2005 6:43 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Terminal Services

• Quick Tip: Editing a Terminal Server Users Registry

  When working in a fat client environment and you need to make a change to a users local machine registry key you can connect to the remote registry and make your changes. In a thin client environment, all users share the HKey_LocalMachine key and each Read More... Posted Thursday, August 25, 2005 8:54 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Terminal Services

• Quick Tip: Change Terminal Server Port

  Windows 2000 Server, XP Pro and Windows Server 2003 all listen on TCP port 3389 for connections. There are times when you need to change this. Let's say you have only one static IP but you have three servers/workstations you need to connect to. What do Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:29 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Terminal Services

• Quick Tip: 2003 Terminal Server Console Session

  One of the cool new features of Windows Server 2003 is the ability to get a console session on the terminal server. Unlike Windows XP Pro which gives you the console when you connect via RDP, Windows Server 2003 starts a new session when you connect via Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 12, 2005 11:30 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Terminal Services

• Terminal Server Performance Tweaks

  I find myself responding to users about slow terminal server performance on a weekly, if not daily basis. Most of the time it can be attributed to user expectations and impatience, but there are some things that can be done to enhance the user experience Read More... Posted Monday, July 11, 2005 11:28 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Terminal Services

• Terminal Services Command Line Administration

  Managing your Windows 2003 Terminal Server can be done faster and easier with a few simple command line tools. There are a lot of them so hang on! Change User - When installing applications on a terminal server you must be in Install Mode. To toggle the Read More... Posted Friday, June 24, 2005 7:34 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Terminal Services

• Terminal Server Fallback Printer Driver

  Windows Server 2003 SP1 introduces a new feature called Terminal Server Fallback Printer Drivers. Terminal Server Fallback Printer Driver allows you to default to a PCL or PS (or both) capable printer driver to use if the driver required by the client Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 05, 2005 7:50 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Terminal Services

• Using RDP over SSL

  Windows Server 2003 SP1 introduces a new feature to the mix, RDP over SSL. This feature will allow you to use TLS authentication and encryption with your RDP connections. It still uses RDP and TCP port 3389 so your firewall rules should not need to be Read More... Posted Wednesday, March 09, 2005 8:00 AM by rodney.buike | 0 Comments Filed under: Terminal Services