It has also
been extremely useful for administrators performing remote administration of their
servers. While Terminal Services has improved in both performance and functionality, it
has almost always needed help from third-party products to make it production-worthy.
For example, many environments rely on Citrix layered on top of Terminal Services to
provide direct application-based access rather than giving users a full remote virtual
desktop environment through the standard Terminal Services.
Windows Server 2008 has added some much needed functionality to Terminal Services
that gives it a much better value out of the box. A Terminal Services Gateway role
now allows connections to occur securely over the Internet via HTTP over SSL (HTTPS)
without the use of VPN connections. Terminal Services Remote Programs is another new
feature that allows individual applications to be executed remotely while appearing to
be local to the desktop. Finally, Terminal Services Web Access allows remote programs
to be accessed through a web-based portal. These three new major features of Terminal
Services fill in the missing functionality that previously forced administrators to look
at third-party solutions to provide remote application access to their users. Some additional
minor, yet useful, functionality has also been added to Terminal Services. Certain
Plug and Play devices connected to the client computer can now be made available in the
remote session.
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