Introduction

In a thin-client environment, a virtual session is created when a workstation connects to the server. These sessions are configured to match the environment. The components of the session that can be configured to enhance the session s performance include:

• Protocols
• Availability
• Security and shadowing
• Disconnection and timeouts

The configuration of your Terminal Services sessions can prove to be quite a daunting task. As such, it may take you a while to come up with a configuration that is best suited for your environment. In some cases, the default configuration will suffice, but in others a large amount of planning and configuration may be necessary.

Security may be one of the most important configuration tasks you will face. Every environment requires some type of security policy. Your security policy will be based not only on how strict you want to be but also on the users that will access your system and on how they will be accessing the system.

Creating Sessions

Your client connections will determine what clients can connect and what manner they will use to connect. A default connection is created when you install Terminal Services. You can configure this connection and create new connections using the Terminal Services Configuration application.

Before we go through the process of creating a new connection, let s talk a little about Terminal Services user sessions. Before you implement your Terminal Services Server, you should come up with a plan for how many users will be accessing your server and what method...