In my previous post titled Windows 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Services (RDS) (1 of 2) where I covered Understanding and Deploying RDS, I gave an intro to RDS as well as the basic installation of the ...

Many organizations that use Remote Desktop Services or Terminal Services are not using a VPN connection before allowing connections to their in-house servers or workstations. If no VPN is required, ...

Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Services is a popular desktop virtualization product. RDS provides users with a Windows client desktop that is shared among other users on Windows Server and allows ...

Servers running Remote Desktop Services (RDS) are in many ways expensive desktops that just so happen to live in the datacenter. RDS is unique in that its servers are likely the only ones where users ...

A multiuser, thin client environment for Windows servers from Microsoft. The user's machine functions like an input/output (I/O) terminal to the central server. Software installation, configuration ...

If you receive the error message “To sign in remotely, you need the right to sign in through Remote Desktop Services” when trying to connect from Windows Remote ...

As the title says, Terminal Services became Remote Desktop Services with the release of Windows Server 2008 Support Pack 2. Don’t feel bad if you still refer to Terminal Services: Microsoft employees ...

Adam Bertram is a 20-year IT veteran, blogger and freelance writer. Follow him on the social platform X @adbertram. As such, RDS is a valuable and widely available tool for operations continuity, ...