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FAMILIAR WINDOWS
2000 MANAGEMENT
Many
of the costs of IT stem from the deployment of a wide variety
of complex systems. Each new system takes time for administrators
to learn, bewilders users in fresh ways, and seems to have its
own special quirks stashed ready for the moment when you think
you are finally ahead. Historically, remote access systems have
been particularly prone to such behaviour. Often separated from
the support systems available in the office, users have had
to struggle with systems that differ from those in use through
the rest of the organisation.
While Terminal Server is
certainly not faultless, it offers some major improvements on
earlier systems:
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If
you are familiar with Windows 2000 Server, or even Windows NT
Server, you are a long way towards being familiar with Terminal
Server.
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Those
parts of Terminal Server that will be new to you are presented within
a standard Microsoft interface, giving you a head start in learning
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Users
run the same applications as they do in the office, and in most instances
they are configured in the same way. This should make it easier for
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The
applications run on a server on the office network, not on the remote
PCs. This makes it much easier both to control how the applications
are configured, and to resolve problems with them.
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Terminal
Server has remote control functionality built in. You will be able
to take control of a remote user's session across your own internal
network.
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Using
a product that is a core component of a major operating system makes
life easier for all concerned, with an attendant reduction in costs.
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