[THIN] MSTerminalServices.org - November 2006 Newsletter

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MSTerminalServices.org Newsletter of November 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:
SVermeulen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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1. What's up?
Stefan Vermeulen, Terminal Server MVP and Citrix CTP

Hi there!

Last month I mentioned Michael Burke as a new member of the
MSTerminalServices.org author team, and this month three new people have
joined. First is Rich Brumpton, second is Duane Bradley, and third is Patrick
Rouse who is also in the "On the Spot" section of this month. (I did the
interview with him before I knew he would join us as a writer).

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here(http://www.msterminalservices.org/Site_News/TechGenix-MSTerminalServices-New.html).

Pubforum Amsterdam has been a blast. It was great to see so many SBC
enthusiasts coming together to socialize about the technology and having some
fun on the side. Alex announced that as from next year there will only be 1
Pubforum per year, and it will be a blast. Next year's Pubforum will be in May
and the event will take place in the sunny Lisbon, Portugal.

That's all for now!

Catch you later!

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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:

Windows Base Terminal devices take multiple Terminal Services client access
licenses
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253292/en-us

You receive a "Stop 0x000000ab" error message when a Terminal Services client
computer logs off from a Terminal Services session on a Windows Server 2003
SP1-based Terminal Services computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/918673/en-us

You cannot establish new Terminal Services connections to a Windows Server
2003-based terminal server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/886675/en-us

Client computers cannot obtain a permanent Windows 2000 Terminal Services
Client Access License (CAL) from a Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services
Licensing server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/837211/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
SVermeulen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

QUESTION: Hello Stefan,

I have been put in charge of next year's budget for a few Terminal Servers. We
plan to have 100 concurrent users and I have been looking for info everywhere.
Some say 25 users per box, some say 50 and some claim 150 users on a box.
I am extremely confused as to how many servers to budget for; can you help?

Regards, Confused Connie

ANSWER: Dear Connie,

This is probably the most difficult question to answer. The first thing you
need is a mindset change. Sizing servers is mostly about applications, and not
about users. As strange as this may sound (because most servers are sized to
the number of users) you better get used to it.

An application can make or break a server. A single application can consume
100% of a processor, so 2 sessions can take possession of a dual CPU machine.
These days, with CPU control in Citrix CPS 4.0 or using a third party CPU
controller application you're in the clear, but be very careful when not using
these.

Other applications can consume so much memory due to poor programming or by
design, that you eat up all the available user mode memory space on a server
(2GB in total by default). Some weird ones may not even run a second session on
a server at all. (Not TS aware).

To start with, make an inventory on all the applications you will run. Try to
get your hands on a server or a powerful desktop and start testing the behavior
of your applications and try to have them run some real data that your users
actually use. That way you can draw a safe conclusion if you need 1, 2 or maybe
4 servers for your 100 users.

Keep in mind that it's always a good thing to have 1 extra server, just for
redundancy.

Good luck with the budget!

4. Learning Zone

Virtual IP addressing in Citrix Presentation Server 4.0
http://www.msterminalservices.org/articles/Virtual-IP-addressing-Citrix-Presentation-Server.html
Date - November 1, 2006; Author - Rich Brumpton; Section - Articles &
Tutorials: Virtualization
In this article Rich gives us an in-depth view on how Virtual IP addressing
really works. It will save you a bundle of time to get the logic behind it,
should you ever have an application requiring this functionality to get it
running.

Terminal Server Session Sharing Explained
http://www.msterminalservices.org/articles/Terminal-Server-Session-Sharing-Explained.html
Date - November 8, 2006; Author - Patrick Rouse; Section - Articles &
Tutorials: General
In this article Patrick explains the in's and out's of session sharing on
terminal server.

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5. On The Spot

This month we have an interview with Patrick Rouse. Patrick is a well-known
figure for those who use the Microsoft Terminal Server newsgroups to get
information and support on terminal server issues. The interview was taken
during Briforum Europe.

Stefan: Welcome Patrick, and thanks for taking the time to answer some
questions on this interview. Can you tell us how you got into the SBC part of
the IT industry?

Patrick: It all started back in 1994 when I was working for the Marines as a
Radio repair man. People came to me with computer problems, and I thought I
might just give it a shot. It turned out it was not rocket science and after
the army I got my first real IT job back in '96 at a small medical device
manufacturer hosting 25 nodes.

After doing that for a few years, in '98 it was time to move on, and I went to
California to work for Transamerica who had a 1700 node network running Novell,
a mainframe and Citrix Winframe.

Then in '99 or 2000 (I don't remember the exact date) I got the chance to work
as an IT manager for a charity organization, and had to provide remote access
via dial-up on 2k TSE.

Stefan: What got you started in the newsgroups?

Patrick: I started there like everybody else back in 2001 to get help for
myself on TS issues and helped out on some questions from others where I could.
By 2003 I was answering most of the questions as I had grown quite
knowledgeable on the subject.

Stefan: What made you create a website about Terminal Services?

Patrick: It started as a simple website just to host the links of common
questions I got in the newsgroups. That way I could answer questions wherever I
was, just by looking them up.It was only later that I started adding more
content to it

Stefan: Do you have any plans for the future with your website?

Patrick: Yes, certainly. Jason Conger's session here at Briforum Europe
inspired me on the possibilities on reporting on the Citrix RM database using
SQL and I plan to build some extra stuff where Jason did not come to yet.

I also intend to extend the site with a web shop to resell preferred
applications which I personally believe are a worthy extension to Terminal
Server.

Stefan: So you're a Microsoft MVP, a Provision Networks MVP, and last October
awarded as a Citrix CTP. How do you feel about all these programs, and what do
they do for you?

Patrick: I got nominated for MVP back in 2003 for the work I did in the Windows
IT PRO website and the posting in the newsgroups. It gave me the opportunity to
meet the people behind the product and to be able to get and give feedback on
the product to the makers. The same goes for the Provision program; an
excellent way to talk to the people behind the product and talk to them about
improvements and stuff.

I can't tell much for the Citrix CTP program yet, but I feel confident that it
will be the same. A good way to talk to them about the product, and to relay
messages I get from my customers and people from the forums and newsgroups to
address and to help them make better products.

The good thing in being in all these programs is to be able to give honest
advice to my customers as I am a strong believer in best "bang for your bucks",
and these programs help me get in depth information to come to the best
conclusion for a specific situation.

Stegan: Thanks again for taking time to talk to us, and I hope we will read up
on some great information in your articles on various SBC topics.

Patrick: It's a pleasure talking to you, and I will do my best on those
articles.

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6. Rumors on the SBC Space

For community events, the year is closed now. For next year we have Briforum
USA in Chicago in April and Pubforum Europe in Lisbon, Portugal in May. Rumors
are still going strong that Briforum Europe 2007 might be Amsterdam!

Citrix Iforum was a great event, although Presentation Server 4.5 (Ohio) was
not released. The most important hot news from Iforum is the plans for Project
Trinity. Basically it will provide a direct ICA session to the XP desktop
(PortICA). That will create some creativity for some. ICA to the real desktop,
or to a VDI running on VMware? Only time will tell I think.

See you next month!

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