[THIN] MSTerminalServices.org - February 2006 Newsletter

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MSTerminalServices.org Newsletter of February 2006
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In this issue:
What's up?
KB Articles of the Month
Ask our MVPs!
Learning Zone
On the Spot
Rumours on the SBC Space

Welcome to the MSTerminalServices.org newsletter! Each month we will bring you
interesting and helpful information on MS Terminal Services and server based
computing. We want to know what all *you* are interested in hearing about.
Please send your suggestions for future newsletter content to:
CRodrigues@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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1. What's up?
By Claudio Rodrigues, Terminal Server MVP

Hi there!

This promises to be an exciting month for our website. As of February, 1st,
2006, I am now the official editor for MSTerminalServices.org and many things
will be added/changed here; all to benefit the TS nuts out there like me.

I will be writing monthly articles on everything TS related we see out there
and new sections will be added to the website. The main idea is to cover
everything that is on the horizon, from events to rumors.

In this particular section I will try to write about what is coming up in terms
of technologies, trade shows, add-ons and so on.

Speaking of upcoming events we have Cebit (Germany, first week of March) and
the BriForum (Washington, DC, second week of April). For Cebit I do not expect
to see any major products/technologies related to SBC announced but it is
always a good way to see pretty much all major vendors in one single shot.

For BriForum, now with an extra day, I do expect a great conference with lots
of good stuff. But at the same time I was surprised to see that some sessions
are really on the very low end (come on, a whole session on how to hide
terminal server drives???). But I guess it is simply up to us to go for the
good stuff and ignore the rest. I guess Brian is just trying to cover a bigger
audience. Let's see how it will turn out.

If you guys have any suggestions/comments please do not hesitate to contact me
at CRodrigues@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (mailto:CRodrigues@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
at anytime.

Cheers!

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2. KB Articles of the Month

Here are some interesting and useful Terminal Services related articles posted
by Microsoft in the last month:

Terminal Services event messages 1100 or 1114 in Windows 2000 Server or Windows
Server 2003
(268065) - An event ID 1100 message is logged in the Event Viewer on a
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server-based computer, or an event ID 1114 message is
logged in the Event Viewer on a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer.
The event ID messages may be?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268065/en-us

SQL Server 2000 cluster does not install on Windows Server 2003-based computers
where Terminal Services is installed
(301520) - You cannot install SQL Server 2000 on a computer that runs Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 and that has Terminal Server installed on a server cluster.
After you provide all the correct information to SQL Server 2000 Setup (and
provide the?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301520/en-us

Terminal Services: You Receive No Warning When Shadowed Session Ends
(281909) - In Microsoft Windows XP Terminal Services, when you shadow another
session, you receive no warning if the original session ends regardless of the
reason. When this behavior occurs, you automatically return back to the first
session that you?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281909/en-us

Cannot Remotely Control a Disconnected Session
(281156) - When you try to remotely control a session through Terminal Services
Manager, you may receive the following error message: Terminal Services Manager
Can't remote control Session (ID #) because it is disconnected with user's
required permission?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281156/en-us

You cannot create a new connection to a Citrix ICA client in Windows Server 2003
(871172) - Explains that only the TCP protocol transport type is available when
you try to set up a new connection to a Citrix ICA client in Windows Server
2003.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871172/en-us

How to redirect the default printer of a Terminal Services client to a Windows
Server 2003 Terminal Server session
(911913) - Provides a hotfix and a registry entry that you can use to redirect
only the default printer of a Terminal Services client to a Windows Server 2003
Terminal Server session. This feature may reduce the load on the server when
many users are connected.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/911913/en-us

Services that are turned off by default in Windows Server 2003
(812519) - When you install Microsoft Windows Server 2003, some services may
not start automatically. You may expect these services to start automatically
because they start automatically in other versions of Windows. This problem
occurs because in Windows?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/812519/en-us

You may not be able to paste an item in an Office 2003 program after you
connect to a Windows Server 2003-based server that is running Terminal Server
(840872) - Fixes a problem where you cannot paste an item in the clipboard to
an Office 2003 program when you connect to a Windows Server 2003-based server
that is running Terminal Server or Remote Desktop for Administration.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840872/en-us

The Mshta.exe process does not close when you exit an HTML application that is
published on a Terminal Server that is running Windows Server 2003
(909096) - Describes a problem that occurs when you try to exit a Microsoft
HTML application program from a remote desktop session.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909096/en-us

The Generic Programs Are Not Viewable from the Terminal Server Client on a
Clustered Server
(278849) - You have created a generic application resource type in a group and
you have selected the Allow application to interact with the desktop option,
which enables the program to run as a foreground program that is viewable. This
program, however, may?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278849/en-us

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3. Ask our MVPs a question

This is simple and straight forward: shoot us your TS/Citrix question and we
will get some of the top Terminal Services MVPs together and get you an answer,
from everyone?s point of view!
The best question of the month will be published here with all the answers from
these guys.
Just email us at CRodrigues@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

QUESTION: (As we just started this section this month I chose one of the top
questions we see pretty much everyday on the newsgroups): OK, the more I read
about terminal services licensing, the more confusing the whole thing becomes.
I cannot figure out what I need, how to license my applications, etc!! Am I
alone??? Please help me! Anonymous, Arkham Asylum

ANSWER: Dear Anonymous, we hear you. I am now in Ireland and even after a
couple of pitchers of Guinness I am not sure if I can answer that. Seriously,
Terminal Services Licensing has improved a lot and if you think it is confusing
today, you cannot imagine how it was when Windows 2000 was released. Back to
your question, the answer is simple.

First of all you must have what we call a Licensing Server. Assuming you are
using Windows 2003 (who is not? For crying out loud it is 2006!), the licensing
server can be installed on any Windows 2003 Server machine and it does not need
to be a terminal server at all. All your terminal servers will then contact
this server when needed to see if a machine has a license for using the
terminal servers. In some cases you may need to enforce on the TSs which
licensing server must be contacted. Simply follow this article: "How to
override the license server discovery process in Windows Server 2003 Terminal
Services" (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q279561)

Of course at one point you will need to add licenses to the licensing server
(it has a grace period of 120 days for Windows 2003 which means you do NOT need
the licensing server installed for 120 days). After installing the licensing
server you still have 90 days to add licenses, for a total of 210 days of 'free
evaluation' mode!

Now that you know you will need a licensing server at some point, which
licenses do you need? Well every user or every machine (depends if you choose
per user or per device licensing) that will access your TSs will need a Windows
Client Access License (Windows CAL) AND a Terminal Services Client Access
License (TS CAL). If you have an environment where multiple users share the
same machines (which means more users than machines) it makes more sense to use
per device license. If you have users accessing the TSs from multiple computers
(multiple offices, home, mobile access, etc) it makes more sense to use per
user license. If you deployed Windows XP Professional in your company before
April, 24th, 2003 (when Windows 2003 was released) you qualify for a free TS
CAL for every computer you deployed running Windows XP Professional. Check

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4. Learning Zone

Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 Printing Changes
http://www.msterminalservices.org/articles/Citrix-Presentation-Server4-Printing-Changes.html
Date - Feb 14, 2006; Author - Stefan Vermeulen; Section - Articles :: Printing
With Presentation Server 4.0 Citrix released a version with a major overhaul on
functionality. The most drastic one - in my eyes - was the new printing engine.
In this article I will talk about it, now that it has been around for quite a
while.

Can Third Party Software Solve your Terminal Server Printing Problems?
http://www.msterminalservices.org/articles/Can-Third-Party-Software-Solve-Terminal-Server-Printing-Problems.html
Date - Feb 02, 2006; Author - Wilco van Bragt; Section - Articles :: Printing
One of the biggest challenges in Terminal Server environments are printer
related topics, where the drivers' challenge is the main part of it. A lot of
third party manufacturers have developed products to beat these challenges. Are
these third party products useful in the printer challenge?

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5. On The Spot

The plan here is simple: every month I will interview someone in the SBC
industry; some will be well known to all of you but others will be the ones who
actually develop the products/technologies we all use and love.

I will try to let everyone know in advance who will be the chosen one for the
month so you can send me some of the questions you would like to see an answer
to!

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6. Rumors on the SBC Space

As you all know Microsoft is working on their own implementation of a TS
gateway with SSL support and their own web portal solution to access
'published' applications.

The bad news? Well I am pretty honest on what I like/dislike and I am sure that
I'm in no way violating all the NDAs I have signed out there. Unfortunately
Microsoft seems to like the approach 'let's make it complicated' and what I
have seen so far is not that exciting. Weird interfaces, weird ways of doing
things, etc. It was like reading a German car manual.

I will try getting a peek on what is up there these days and if they have
improved all the weird things, I will be the first one writing about it here!

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