Terminal Services

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The Terminal Services feature of Microsoft Windows 2000 Server delivers Windows 2000 Professional and the latest Windows-based applications to computers that normally cannot run Windows. Terminal Services also offers a remote administration mode that allows administrators to access, manage, and troubleshoot clients. Through terminal emulation, Terminal Services allows the same set of applications to run on diverse types of computer hardware. For organizations wanting to increase flexibility in application deployment and control computer management costs, the Terminal Services architecture offers an important enhancement to the traditional two- or three-tier, client/server architecture based on servers and full-scale personal computers. For more information about Terminal Services, see "Deploying Terminal Services" in this book.