Terminal Services

Terminal server computing allows users to access applications and data on a remote computer over a network using Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).    Only the user interface of an application is presented at the user client machine. Any input to it is redirected over the network to the server, where all application execution takes place.

Terminal Services is Microsoft's implementation of thin-client terminal server computing, where Windows applications, or even the entire desktop of the computer running Terminal Services, are made accessible to a remote client machine. The client can either be a standard PC, running any operating system as long as the terminal services protocol is supported, or a barebone machine powerful enough to support the protocol.

While terminal server computing has largely been overtaken by web server technology, where no client side application other than a standard internet browser is required, it is remains a platform which many established applications still require.  Although it will be around for a while yet, you may want to think twice about building an expensive platform to this legacy technology.  Emantra's Hosted Terminal Services have you covered.

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