Benefits of Terminal Services

Deploying Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services on servers gives the customer the following general benefits:

• Rapid, centralized deployment of applications : Terminal Server is great for rapidly deploying Windows-based applications to computing devices across an enterprise ” especially applications that are frequently updated, infrequently used, or hard to manage. When an application is managed on Terminal Server, and not on each device, Administrators can be certain that users are running the latest version of the application.

• Low-bandwidth access to data : Terminal Server considerably reduces the amount of network bandwidth required to access data remotely. Using Terminal Server to run an application over bandwidth-constrained connections, such as dialup or shared WAN links, is very effective for remotely accessing and manipulating large amounts of data because only screen graphics, keyboard strokes, and mouse clicks are transmitted, rather than the data itself.

• Windows anywhere : Terminal Server helps users become more productive by enabling access to current applications on any device ”including underpowered hardware and non-Windows desktops. And because Terminal Server lets you use Windows anywhere, you can take advantage of extra processing capabilities from newer , lighter-weight devices such as the Pocket PC, PADs, and intelligent phones.

Terminal Services is Microsoft's implementation of Server Based Computing (SBC), which means that all software resides on the server. Additional benefits of a SBC environment include

• IT consolidation

• Smooth migrations from non-Windows environments to centralized II- infrastructures

• Lower application ownership costs

• Elimination of additional development, testing, or deployment procedures for individual applications

• Accelerated application deployment

• Extended application availability

• Enhanced security

• Improved data backup and recovery

• Improved end user support

• Uniform desktop experience from any network access point