With the launch of Windows Server 2003 (WS2K3), Microsoft has continued to improve upon Terminal Services. At the launch event, Microsoft focused on the fact that this version of Windows is the most customer driven to date. Terminal Services’ new features clearly demonstrate this focus, and Microsoft has continued this focus on customer-driven enhancements with the recent release of Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1.

This book will cover the new features and enhancements in WS2K3 Terminal Services and the new features included in Service Pack 1. It will also include best practices for configuring and managing Terminal Services with an eye to the new techniques available to systems administrators in WS2K3. Because of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) 5.2, Active Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI) access to Terminal Services attributes of user objects, new Group Policy Object (GPO) controls, and Session Directory, there exists the ability to use native Terminal Services as an enterprise-class solution for providing users with Terminal Services–based desktops.

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