[THIN] Re: Citrix VS Terminal services, what's the difference?

From: "Evan Mann" <emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 18:00:59 -0400
I had a 1 MF XP1.0 FR2 server at my old company and here I have 4
Windows 2000 Terminal servers.  No big farm where I needed load
balancing and things like that, just basic systems.

My biggest complaint of not having a client like PN Agent or Nfuse
(called something else now, forgot the name) where I can give certain
users access to specific apps only, and force it upon them.  If I want
to force an app on a user with terminal server, I have to do it with the
environment tab in AD Users/Computers, or create an RDP using the
program line.  Most of my users need access to 2 or more apps. I DO NOT
want to publish a desktop so I need multiple RDPs.  That's anightmare to
maintain for many users, and on top of it, unless I restrict the NTFS
permission on an RDP, they can disable the program that is being
launched.  With PN Agent, I can push shortcuts right to their desktop
and make it seamless. With Nfuse, I tell them to go to a webpage, and
based on their username, they are shown the links for what apps they
need.  Set it to run seamless and the user doesn't even know they arein
another machine. =20

Right now, with 2000 terminal server, my programmer creates a customized
app that kills explorer.exe and shows them the select shortcuts for apps
they need.  It's much more managable, but still far from the management
Citrix offers.  Which is my other biggest missing piece, the
managability of what users can access what apps, on a per user, and more
importantly, on a group, level.

Terminal Server is not as functional as Citrix, IF you need those extra
features.  If you find you aren't using them, why pay the extra $$?

-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of John Van Gerpen
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:32 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Citrix VS Terminal services, what's the difference?=20

I administrate Windows 2000 network and Citrix Medaframe XP.  Looking at
CO$T$ and maintenance associated with Citrix I'm considering scrapping
Citrix and going with a Terminal services RDP environment. All my
clients are WinXP and Wyse terminals (RDP).  The only down side I know
is the load
balancing Citrix can do, and Terminal services cannot.   What do you
think
the advantages and disadvantages are between RDP & ICA?=20
Is Terminal services as functional as Citrix?

Thanks in advance
 John.
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