Services of terminal

See also: TSE

The Services of terminal (in English: Final Services or Final Server Edition or TSE ) are component of Microsoft Windows (present in the versions customer or server) which makes it possible a user to reach applications or data stored on a distant computer by means of a connection network.

Based on the protocol RDP, Terminal Services appeared on Windows NT 4.0 (Final Server Edition). Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R 2 made many improvements there. Microsoft also uses Terminal Services in Windows XP for the function of remote assistance . Windows XP (edition " Professional" only) a license mono user of terminal using includes RDP.

Customer

Microsoft provides the customer " Remote Desktop Connection" (previously called Final Customer service ) to connect itself on the waiter part of the application. This customer is available on the majority of the versions 32-bit of his operating systems Windows and also on the operating system Mac OS X of Apple.

The software Rdesktop is another customer for the systems Unix (of which GNU/Linux).

Under Windows XP, one can call the console of the services of Microsoft terminal via the order mstsc , typed in the menu to carry out menu to start.

Structure centralized

One of the interests of " Terminal service" (or of more advanced products like those developed by the company Citrix and Systancia) is to allow users the use of applications installed not on their machine but on a waiter. Thus, it is not necessary to deploy and maintain the applications on all the stations customers. The controlled environment of a waiter of production also makes it possible to simplify the resolution of the problems.

External bonds

  • Windows 2000 Terminal Services on the Microsoft site (in)
  • Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services on the site Microsoft
  • rdesktop: customer UNIX

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