Chapter 3. Installation Prerequisites for MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0

3. Installation Prerequisites for MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0

Terms you'll need to understand:

• Terminal Services Licensing

• Terminal Services Client Access Licenses (TSCALs)

• Citrix Connection Licenses

• Application Server mode

• Remote Administration mode

• Remote Desktop

• Citrix Migration License

• Citrix Upgrade License

Concepts you'll need to master:

• Direct access to the Data Store

• Indirect access to the Data Store

• Installing Terminal Services in Application Server mode in Windows 2000 Server

• Installing Terminal Server in Windows Server 2003

As much as we would love to tell you to just place the MetaFrame software in the CD-ROM, install it, and you'll figure out what you need to do as you gowe can't. With complicated systems that host hundreds of users, as is the case with MetaFrame Presentation Server, that approach can quickly turn into a recipe for disaster. Sure, you can install a graphics program and figure it out as you go, but thin client solutions require careful planning and educated design approaches.

In this chapter, we cover the necessary prerequisites that should be met prior to your attempting to install MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0. In addition to the hardware and software requirements, we cover licensing and the types of licenses involved in this process. Although you probably don't need to know the ins and outs of licensing, you should know what is required for your environment and what can break from not providing proper licenses.