Module 5: Designing a Terminal

Services Infrastructure

Module 5: Designing a Terminal Services Infrastructure

• Design Terminal Services Licensing

• Specify Terminal Services Connection Properties

• Design Device Redirection

• Design Terminal Services Gateways

• Design Terminal Services Broker

• Design RemoteApp Programs

• Design Web Access

Lesson 1: Design Terminal Services Licensing

• Overview of TS Licensing

• Checklist for TS Licensing

• Terminal Services License Server Discovery

Overview of TS Licensing

Microsoft Certificate Authority & License Clearinghouse

Windows 2008 Terminal Server License Server

Windows 2008 Terminal Servers

Checklist for TS Licensing

Tasks to be completed to install and configure TS Licensing:

Review prerequisites for installation

Install the TS Licensing role service

Activate the Terminal Services license server

Install TS client access licenses (TS CALs)

Configure the terminal server to support TS Licensing

Terminal Services License Server Discovery

• Workgroup

Scopes available to TS License Server Discovery

• Domain

• Forest

Lesson 2: Specify Terminal Services Connection Properties

• Remote Desktop Connection Display

• Single Sign-On for Terminal Services

• Terminal Services Easy Print

Remote Desktop Connection Display

Custom display resolutions

Monitor spanning

Desktop experience

Font smoothing

Display data prioritization

Network Level Authentication

Configuring the Remote Desktop Users Group

Single Sign-On for Terminal Services

What is single sign-on?

Key scenarios for single sign-on

Prerequisites for deploying single sign-on

Recommended configuration of Terminal Server when using

single sign-on

Terminal Services Easy Print

What is TS Easy Print?

Considerations for deployment

New functionality in Windows Server 2008

Changes in functionality from Windows Server 2003

Lesson 3: Design Device Redirection

• Plug and Play Device Redirection

• Microsoft Point of Service for .NET Device Redirection

Plug and Play Device Redirection

Microsoft Point of Service for .NET device redirection

Configuring a terminal server

Configuring a Remote Desktop Protocol file

Using redirected Microsoft POS for .NET devices

Lesson 4: Design Terminal Services Gateway

• Overview of TS Gateway

• Prerequisites for TS Gateway Functionality

• Terminal Services Connection Authorization Policies (TS CAPs)

• Terminal Services Remote Access Policies (TS RAPs)

Overview of TS Gateway

What does TS Gateway do?

How to prepare for TS Gateway

New functionality in TS Gateway for Windows Server 2008

Prerequisites for TS Gateway Functionality

Must have a server with Windows Server 2008 installed

Must be a member of the Administrators group

Must obtain an externally trusted SSL certificate

TS Gateway requires several role services and features

Terminal Services Connection Authorization Policies (TS CAPs)

What are TS CAPs?

Why are TS CAPs important?

Terminal Services Remote Access Policies (TS RAPs)

What are TS RAPs?

Security groups and TS Gateway-managed computer groups

Associated with TS RAPs

Lesson 5: Design Terminal Services Session Broker

• Overview of Terminal Services Session Broker

• DNS Round Robin and TS Session Broker Load Balancing

• Deploying TS Session Broker Load Balancing

Overview of Terminal Services Session Broker

• New functionality

• Preparing for TS Session Broker

• Special considerations

DNS Round Robin and TS Session Broker Load Balancing

• TS Session Broker Load Balancing system requirements

• DNS Round Robin configuration

Deploying TS Session Broker Load Balancing

• Add each terminal server in the farm to the SessionDirectory Computers local group

• Configure TS Session Broker settings for terminal serversin the farm

• Install the TS Session Broker role service

• Configure DNS for TS Session Broker Load Balancing

Lesson 6: Design RemoteApp Programs

• Key scenarios for TS RemoteApp Programs

• Deploying RemoteApp Programs through a file share or other distribution mechanism

• Managing RemoteApp Programs and settings

Key scenarios for TS RemoteApp Programs

What are the key scenarios for TS RemoteApp?

• Remote users and roaming users

Key scenarios for use…

• Remote sites

• Line-of-business (LOB) applications deployment

• Security and regulatory compliance

Deploying RemoteApp Programs through a file share or other distribution mechanism

Tasks to be completed to deploy RemoteApp Programs through a file share or other distribution mechanism:

Configure the server that will host RemoteApp Programs

Use TS RemoteApp Manager to add RemoteApp Programs

Use TS RemoteApp Manager to create .rdp files or

Windows Installer packages from RemoteApp Programs

Lesson 7: Design Web Access

• Overview of Terminal Services Web Access

• Functionality of TS Web Access

• Deploying RemoteApp Programs through TS Web Access

Functionality of TS Web Access

• List of RemoteApp Programs is dynamically updated

• Easily deploy RemoteApp Programs over the web

• Includes the TS Web Access Web part

• Includes Remote Desktop Web Connection

Deploying RemoteApp Programs through TS Web Access

Tasks to be completed to deploy RemoteApp Programs using TS Web Access:

Configure the Terminal server that will host RemoteApp

Programs

Add RemoteApp programs and configure global

deployment settings

Install TS Web Access role service

Populate the TS Web Access Computers security group

Configure the data source for TS Web Access