Specifying the TS Client Start Location on the Virtual Desktop

The location on the virtual desktop where the TS Client initially positions itself can be controlled via the winposstr setting in the RDP file (Default.rdp or any other custom RDP file that you use). An example winposstr is: ...

News item from Terminal Services Team Blog on September 02, 2008.

Developing Applications for the TS Platform

While most 32-bit and 64-bit applications run “as is” on Windows Terminal Services, some do not perform as expected due to differences in the platform between Vista and Windows 2008 Terminal Services: 1. Multiple users – Issues related to...

News item from Terminal Services Team Blog on August 22, 2008.

How To: Extend the TS Session Broker to Support VDI (Part 1)

Terminal Services is both a collection of features and a platform for the TS team’s independent software vendor (ISV) partners. As a platform, we want to make sure that our components can be easily extended to support our partners’ vision...

News item from Terminal Services Team Blog on August 13, 2008.

“Smart-Sizing” the TS Client

Since the Windows XP timeframe, the TS Client has had the ability to run in “smart-sized” mode (users of Remote Assistance will be familiar with this mode). Smart-sized mode means that the entire remote desktop is always visible in the...

News item from Terminal Services Team Blog on August 07, 2008.

Saving TS Client Settings in an RDP File

Whenever you run the TS Client without specifying an explicit RDP file, the settings used for the remote session are always automatically saved back to Default.rdp. This is a hidden file located in your “My Documents” or...

News item from Terminal Services Team Blog on July 30, 2008.

Configuring Terminal Servers for Server Authentication to Prevent “Man in the Middle” Attacks

General Intro “Man In The Middle (MITM) attack” is a term used to describe a class of security vulnerabilities in which an attacker intercepts communication between two parties and impersonates each one to the other. The attacker can view and/or...

News item from Terminal Services Team Blog on July 21, 2008.

Remote Desktop Connection (Terminal Services Client 6.1) for Windows XP SP2 x86 platforms

Hello everyone, we heard a lot of feedback from you about the need for the Remote Desktop Connection client 6.1 to be made available as a standalone install for Windows XP SP2 to ease deployments of Windows 2008 Terminal Services. In response to...

News item from Terminal Services Team Blog on June 25, 2008.

Terminal Services Application Analyzer Beta

What is Application Compatibility for Terminal Services? Application Compatibility is the term given to the collection of issues which prevent an application from executing satisfactorily (or in an expected manner) in a given environment - in this...

News item from Terminal Services Team Blog on May 19, 2008.

Problems using default credentials with Vista RDP clients with Single Sign-on Enabled

With Single Sign-on enabled, the current user’s credentials, also known as “default credentials”, are used to log on to a remote computer. In several scenarios, users may get the following error message when trying to connect to a TS server with...

News item from Terminal Services Team Blog on April 30, 2008.

Instantaneous Session Broker redirection leveraging CredSSP

  This article discusses some significant improvements achieved in Windows Server® 2008 related to redirecting connections in a TS Farm. Understanding the terminologies: Terminal Services Session Broker (TS Session Broker) is a role...

News item from Terminal Services Team Blog on March 14, 2008.