What is the difference between Remote Desktop Services and Terminal Services? We run a Windows Server 2008 R2 server. There are several administrators who need to access this server. Windows 2008 allows only two concurrent sessions with different users.
So I thought of installing Terminal Services.
But I wonder what will happen to the server if I do so? What will be installed additionally? Will there be more features, ports, issues with the server?
Best Answer
Technically Remote Desktop is Terminal Services. In Remote Administration mode you can have 2 administrators get to the remote desktop for troubleshooting and general administrative purposes.
When you install Terminal Services you have the opportunity to have multiple users access the desktop. Windows 2008 also provides alot of facilities for accessing individual applications on that server.
Using Terminal Services does require extra licensing.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/rds-product-home.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/licensing-terminal.aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770371(WS.10).aspx