Upgrading to Terminal Services

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The approach you take to upgrade to Terminal Services depends upon your existing Terminal Services setup:

WinFrame with or without MetaFrame    There is no direct upgrade path from WinFrame to Terminal Services. In this case you first have to upgrade to Microsoft Terminal Server 4.0 and then upgrade to Windows 2000.

Terminal Server 4.0 without MetaFrame    With Terminal Server 4.0 installed, there is a direct upgrade path to Terminal Services. When you install Windows 2000, the server recognizes the Terminal Server 4.0 edition, automatically perform the upgrade, and automatically enable Terminal Services in Application Server mode. Note that you might need to reinstall existing applications if you enable Terminal Services in Application Server mode.

Terminal Server 4.0 with MetaFrame    Upgrading from Terminal Services 4.0 with MetaFrame is similar to upgrading from Terminal Server 4.0, but first you need to upgrade to the MetaFrame version for Windows 2000. After MetaFrame is upgraded, you can follow the same procedure for upgrading from Terminal Server 4.0 without MetaFrame.

Windows NT without Terminal Services    When you install Windows 2000, select Terminal Services in Remote Administration or Application Mode, to enable Terminal Services.