Windows – Does Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials support multiple concurrent remote desktop users

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I'm investigating the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials product for a client, but it's unclear if it supports multiple concurrent remote desktop users, or even remote desktop at all. It mentions "remote access" on Microsoft's site, but doesn't elaborate.

Does Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials in fact support multiple concurrent remote desktop users? If so, can you provide a link to where this information is stated?

Best Answer

Small Business Server (since 2003 I believe) supports Remote Web Workplace: basically a Web-based authentication front-end to allow users to authenticate on the domain and herd them to their desktops for Remote Desktop sessions or a Terminal Server.

Ties it all up nicely into an Outlook Web Access, file sharing (new with SBS 2011), and SharePoint portal as well. Have the 2011 version installed at about four clients at this point. Can't beat it for a server OS for a small business (say < 75 users).

The users would not be Remote Desktop'ing into the server though; it doesn't work like a Terminal Server in that sense.

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