Terminal Services Role

The Terminal Services server role in the Windows Server® 2008 operating system provides technologies that enable users to access Windows®-based programs that are installed on a terminal server, or to access the full Windows desktop. With Terminal Services, users can access a terminal server from within a corporate network or from the Internet.

The following topics describe changes in Terminal Services functionality that are available in this release:

• Terminal Services Core Functionality
  
  
• Terminal Services Printing
  
  
• TS RemoteApp
  
  
• TS Web Access
  
  
• TS Licensing
  
  
• TS Gateway
  
  
• TS Session Broker
  
  
• Terminal Services and Windows System Resource Manager