Configure Terminal Services in Windows 2008

Overview/Description
Windows Server 2008, the most complete server release to date, includes many new features and functionalities. New Terminal Services features in Windows Server 2008 enable users to remotely access Windows-based programs that are installed on a terminal server either by corporate network or via the Internet. Terminal Services enables applications to be installed and deployed from a central location, allowing for easier application upgrades and maintenance. New Terminal Services licensing requirements, along with the use of Terminal Services profiles, ensures successful client connections and consistent working environments for each terminal server session. This course examines the Terminal Services management utilities, remote desktop permissions, and Terminal Services group policy options designed to ease administration. This course is one in a series that covers the objectives for Microsoft exam 70-643: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring. Passing this exam completes the requirements for the MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuration certification, and counts as credit towards the following exams: Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator.

Target Audience
The audience for this path includes administrators who are rolling out and supporting Windows Server 2008 in the enterprise. The audience also includes individuals seeking certification on Microsoft’s new generation server platform.

Prerequisites
As an exam prerequisite, any candidate should have a minimum of one year of experience implementing and administering a network operating system in an environment that has the following characteristics: • 250 to 5,000 or more users • three or more physical locations • three or more domain controllers • network services and resources such as messaging, a database, file and print, a proxy server, a firewall, the Internet, an intranet, remote access, and client computer management • connectivity requirements such as connecting branch offices and individual users in remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Configure Terminal Services in Windows 2008

install the Terminal Services role service

recognize the features of Terminal Services

recognize how clients establish connections to a Terminal Server

create a Terminal Services user profile

recognize the functions of Terminal Services profiles

add a home folder to a profile

install Terminal Services licensing

activate a Terminal Services licensing server

recognize how to recover a Terminal Service Licensing Server

connect a client to a Terminal Server

configure Remote Desktop Permissions for a user and a group

recognize the methods to launch Remote Desktop Connections

configure the Single Sign-on feature for a user

monitor Terminal Services Sessions using Terminal Services Manager

recognize the features of Terminal Service Manager

monitor Terminal Services sessions using Windows System Resource Manager

install Windows System Resource Manager

configure resources using Windows System Resource Manager

configure Terminal Server using the Group Policy Object Editor

recognize how to use the Loopback Policy with Group Policy

configure Terminal Services for Windows Server 2008

monitor Terminal Service Connections