MSTerminalServices.org Newsletter of June 2006 Sponsored by: 2X Software ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Publish any Windows application onto a Linux desktop with 2X Application Server's Linux client 2X ApplicationServer tunnels any Windows application onto remote desktops, including a Linux desktop, without the need to install the application onto each user's machine. This saves significantly on administration and support. 2X ApplicationServer is available for free for up to 5 applications. Download your 5 FREE application license (http://www.2x.com/applicationserver/application-publishing.htm) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. What's up? By Claudio Rodrigues, Terminal Server MVP Hi there! This month some very cool stuff is going on. As you probably know Brian Madden and Rick Dehlinger are en route to Seattle. Along the way they will have many meetings with customers, companies, communities, bars, ladies, etc and will try to get a good idea on how we can improve the community relationships with Microsoft (much improved I must say) and Citrix (am I the only one that thinks Citrix is stubborn and does not give a **** about customers/communities). Let's pray for them :-) On the TS side there was a good webcast showing the TS features we will probably see on Windows 'Longhorn' Server once it is released. And finally, first week of July, RecordTS should be out! Make sure you keep an eye on http://www.tsfactory.ca for more information! For the next month's interview we are going to have Andy Hertzfeld here. If you have no clue about him, please check http://www.folklore.org. That is all folks! 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KB Articles of the Month Here are some interesting and useful Terminal Services related articles posted by Microsoft in the last month: An event ID 10010 error message may be logged many times in the event log of your Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running Terminal Services (873375) - Either of the following error messages may be logged many times in the event log of your Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based computer that is running Terminal Services. The following event ID error message may be logged in the event log if the Citrix MetaFrame program is installed on your terminal server: Event Type: Error Event Source: DCOM Event Category: None Event ID: 10010 Description: The server 601ac3dc-786a-4eb0-bf40-ee3521e70bfb did not register with DCOM within the required timeout. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/873375/en-us An event that is logged in the Security log does not include the IP address or the computer name of the Terminal Services client (891076) When a Windows Terminal Services client successfully logs on to a terminal server, an event is logged in the Security log. However, this event does not include the IP address or the computer name of the Terminal Services client. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/891076/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) - When you connect to a Microsoft Windows Server 2003-based server that is running Terminal Server or Remote Desktop for Administration, and you then copy an item and paste it in a Microsoft Office 2003 program, the item is not pasted successfully, and you may receive the following error message: Cannot empty clipboard http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840872/en-us Terminal services and remote desktop session events are not logged in Windows 2000 Server 893368) - If auditing to log terminal services and remote desktop session events is enabled on a Microsoft Windows 2000 Server-based computer, the events are not logged in the System event log. For example, auditing is enabled for event logging for Terminal Services client logoffs and for shadowing. Note: Shadowing makes it possible for you to monitor a session of another user. All information that is displayed on the computer of the session that you are shadowing also appears on your computer. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/893368/en-us High processor usage from the spooler occurs when a user logs off from a session on a terminal server that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows 2000 (840371) - When a user logs off from a session on a terminal server (a server that has Terminal Server enabled) that is running either Microsoft Windows 2000 or Microsoft Windows Server 2003, the Spoolsv.exe file consumes a large percentage of processor time for a short time. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/840371/en-us Citrix MetaFrame XP or Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0 do not work as expected after you install Update Rollup 1 on a Windows 2000 SP4-based server (904711) - Consider the following scenario. You have either of the following products installed on a Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4)-based server:<ul><li>Citrix MetaFrame XP Server for Windows with Feature Release 3 (FR3)<li>Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server 3.0</ul>You install Update Rollup 1 for Windows 2000 SP4 on this Windows 2000 SP4-based server. After you install the update rollup, you use the Citrix Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) Client program on a client computer to establish a connection with the Windows 2000-based server. You then try to run a published program on this server. In this scenario, when you establish the connection with the Windows 2000-based server, you notice that you cannot run the published program. Additionally, you are not prompted to enter the user logon credentials. Subsequently, the client computer becomes unresponsive and you have to end the ICA Client session. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/904711/en-us ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: I gave up on the idea of asking people for questions about TS/Citrix. We will now select the questions from our secret library and post them here for your enjoyment. :-) 'Dear TS MVPs. The more I read about Profiles, the more I give up on the idea of going the TS route. First of all, why do I need roaming profiles? And why have they become such a hassle in a TS environment??? Is there a fix for that other than FORMAT C:?' FDISKMan, Somewhere ANSWER: Dear FDISKMan. Nice nickname. It seems you like to take the easy route when troubleshooting things. I like that. And trust me, I thought about FDISK'ing many servers I had the pleasure to manage? So why roaming profiles? Well, simple. If you have one TS only and you are not too worried about your users' preferences going to the limbo if the TS dies, you do not need roaming profiles. :-) Profiles as you know, are user specific settings/information that gets saved/updated when a user logs in to a Windows computer, regardless of being a TS or not. In a simple way it is in your Documents and Settings\Your Username folder. So if you have multiple TSs in a farm, all providing the same applications or desktop to the users, you want the user to have the same settings (for example his MAPI profile for Outlook) regardless of the TS he logs in. That is where roaming profiles come to the picture. If you logon to TS1 your roaming profile is copied from the network to the local Document and Settings on the TS. After you logoff, it is copied back to the network (assuming no local cache). If you logon again but now to TS2, your roaming profile is now loaded there and the same thing happens. Great, so the user always gets his 'customized settings'. Perfect. But there is a catch? The problem is that sometimes these profiles get corrupted thanks to network issues, applications not releasing files/keys, etc. And then hell breaks loose. Once the profile is corrupted, corruption follows you no matter where you logon (looks like the local government here!). So what can you do before things get out of control? Well the best option for sure is to use what we call a HYBRID profile. This is done by using a MANDATORY profile (imagine it as a read only profile) with some tricks to actually read everything that is user specific from the network, load all that for the user when he logs in and if something changes, save all that during logoff. This way the profile itself never gets corrupted (as it is mandatory) and the user will always have his own settings (as these are saved at logoff and restored at logon). But how can you do that? Check FlexProfiles (http://portal.loginconsultants.nl/forum/index.php?board=16), a nice and free toolkit from Login Consultants! Of course there are commercial options out there like Simplify Profiles from triCerat and others. If you do need to stick with roaming profiles, the best thing is to make sure you get UPHClean (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1B286E6D-8912-4E18-B570-42470E2F3582&displaylang=en), another great freeware available on the Microsoft website! 4. Learning Zone Third Party Add-ons: Do you really need them? http://www.msterminalservices.org/articles/Third-Party-add-ons-need-them.html Date - June 14, 2006; Author - Cláudio Rodrigues; Section - Articles :: General In this article I try to explain what I think about third party tools in a TS environment and if this is the best way to go or not. Setting up Citrix shadowing from A to Z http://www.msterminalservices.org/articles/Setting-Citrix-shadowing.html Date - June 20, 2006; Author - Stefan Vermeulen; Section - Articles :: Management Tools Stefan goes takes a deep look at Citrix shadowing. All your options, explanations and so on! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Publish any Windows application onto a Linux desktop with 2X Application Server's Linux client 2X ApplicationServer tunnels any Windows application onto remote desktops, including a Linux desktop, without the need to install the application onto each user's machine. This saves significantly on administration and support. 2X ApplicationServer is available for free for up to 5 applications. Download your 5 FREE application license (http://www.2x.com/applicationserver/application-publishing.htm) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. On The Spot This month we talked to the famous Doug Brown. I do not need to explain any further who the man is. :-) If for some reason you have never heard of Doug, please change careers now. TS/Citrix is not for you really. Seriously, Doug is the man behind Methodology in a Box, a must read for anyone doing Citrix deployments out there. After working for the dark side for so many years, Doug saw the light and is now here with us. Enjoy this great interview with a great guy! Cláudio: Hey Doug. First of all many thanks for taking the time for this interview today. It is always a pleasure to talk to you. I wish we could start doing podcasts soon, but I cannot find the time to put all the hardware I will need together for that. So I am still doing it the old way. My apologies for that. :-) Doug: Thank you Cláudio and as always, it is nice to speak with you and your readers. I would also like to take this time to note that I have been working very hard to roll out podcasting and would like to announce that in middle-to-late July, I will be launching DABCC Radio! I hope you will allow me to interview you early on as I know you are working on some really interesting technology that would be a lot of fun to talk about on DABCC Radio. Sounds good? Cláudio: For sure! Let me know when you get the podcasting thing going. Well my first question is the usual stuff. How did you get hooked up on server based computing? I know you have a software development background right? But from there to SBC, how did it happen? Doug: How did I get in to SBC??? I've always felt that SBC was my calling as I was raised on the centralized mindset. To answer your question, I would have to take you way back to when I was just a little boy fiddling around with these things they called "computers". My Dad, who was an early mainframe engineer, would bring me down to his office to play with the big mainframes. That is actually where I learned how to write code and where I was first taught the power of centralization. In those days, late 1970s, business people did not see the value of the PC. They saw it as a toy and my Dad was just like everyone else, but being a kid, I thought the world of Compaq, IBM and Microsoft. This being said, when I would tell my Dad about this Bill Gates character and this upcoming powerhouse called Microsoft, he would just laugh and tell me how the PC was lacking in some great detail and how It needed centralization. So, without going into 10 years of arguments I will just say that my Dad drilled it in my brain that the applications need to be centralized, along with their data and management. Then many years later a friend of mine handed me a copy of Citrix WinFrame and I about lost it. It was centralized computing on a PC, a PC based Mainframe. What more could I ask for? From that day on, I've been hooked on Server-based computing!!! Yes, I do have a background in development. That also goes way back to the late 1970s as back then there was nothing else to do but write code. I would write little programs to make DOS better or to manage data, like my tape collection, or even to dial phone numbers like they did in War Games, but that is a story for another day.. ;-) Then when I was in High School, I took a job writing database programs for a bank. At first it was fun but then after writing the same old stuff day in and day out I got a bit bored and ended up quitting. What I wanted to do was write what I wanted to write? :-) Don't we all?? So, I took a few years off to be a kid and then went to work at a consulting company. I have always kept a compiler installed on my workstation and I've managed to write a few scripts and apps over the years to make my life easier. That is actually how my application, Advanced Print Manager (www.dabcc.com/apm) came along. It started off as a simple app to help me automate printer drive mappings and then grew from there. Cláudio: Interesting story! After all these years working for Citrix and now working on your own, do you think you changed a lot what you think/thought about TS, the market and so on after leaving Citrix? And if so, Why? Doug: Great question, yes I have or at least I hope I have as we are nothing if we don't continue to "change" and learn from what is going on around us. "Change" might not be the perfect word and I like "evolve" much better. The world "evolves" hopefully from knowledge and I feel that I have been lucky to be part of a couple of really great organizations and have been fortunate to work with and know a lot of bright and giving people. They all taught me the same thing and that is to keep an open mind and always question what is going on around me. When I started at Citrix, I promised myself that I would always try to keep an open mind and be true to my consulting roots, i.e. someone who creates solutions and not just peddles products because they are getting paid. I feel that these basic goals have helped me to continue to change and evolve. So, how have my thoughts changed? Well, in some ways they have and in some ways they have not. Like I said, I've always tried to create solutions and not just peddle products and today, with DABCC, I have even more of an opportunity than I had in the past. In the SBC space we see a lot of new technologies, not just Citrix and Terminal Services but companies like Provision Networks and Ericom to name a few. So to answer your question and to stick to my goals of creating solutions I would have to say that I have found a new love for all things Server-Based Computing. Or to put it another way, Citrix does not always have to be the answer although I feel Citrix is like Microsoft or IBM, you can't go wrong with a Citrix solution. Not one bit. Terminal Services, is really attractive and with Longhorn they are adding some awesome features that should help extend the adoption of SBC. Remote programs / seamless applications are really nice and provide a compelling solution for customers that want to centralize their applications but can't afford or don't need all of the bells and whistles that come with the 3rd party add-on products like Citrix. Provision Networks is very attractive to me nowadays as they not only bring seamless published applications to the current version of Terminal Services, but they bring some much needed features to SBC that Citrix has yet to offer as well as others that they do better, examples being the management of USB synchronization for devices such as the BlackBerry and the ability to address the many issues related to the user profile to name a few. I'm a huge fan of theirs and feel it is a nice solution for many customers today. Ericom is another up and coming solution and have a great seamless windows engine. A great advantage they have is their size. They have offices all over the world and partners ranging from RTO Software to IBM which means a lot when a company is looking for support and longevity. Of course there are many others too, the NOMachine, ProPalms, etc. What we see today is that the SBC world is much bigger than just Citrix and Terminal Services and hence my mind is more open than ever. I think a customer needs to look at what they need in a solution and then build it with the tools available. I guess that is easy to say and not nearly as easy to do. So, back to your question, To answer it, I would have to remind you of an email you sent to me about three years ago asking me why DABCC was 99% Citrix focused and why I did not do more with Terminal Services and the other solutions. My response was because Citrix was the ONLY alternative. Today that is just not the case and I have really enjoyed the opportunity to play with many of these solutions and talk to customers running them. I've learned that one tool does not fit all. I must admit it was hard for me as I adore Citrix MetaFrame but today I'm also a proponent of a number of the other options. Of course, I'm NOT discounting that fact that Presentation Server 4.0 is the best! It is also the most expensive too and not everyone has that much money. Cláudio: Well I do think there was a lot more than Citrix three years ago. I am a living proof of that. :-) In my case I have been working with Citrix since they were an OS/2 based company and feel they have lost that passion for innovation, now live off their gold mine (subscriptions) and in the past few years have not done anything groundbreaking. Some features have been added here and there, but nothing else. Not like what I used to see in the past. What do you think? We know there is room for LOTS of innovation in the SBC market and if someone could pull this off, it would be Citrix. If that is the case, why they seem to be stagnated? Doug: WOW. Now that is a loaded question. What do I say? I think Citrix is a great company and filled with some great people, but are going through the pains associated with growth. They are becoming a big business and with that comes problems that we do not always understand. I would also say that I have a tremendous amount of respect for the guys that made the gamble to start Citrix. Everyone should remember that Citrix was the first one to do what they did. They built the SBC world and because of that they were, in my mind, seen as the innovation kings! That being said, I won't say lightning can't strike twice, but WinVIew, WinFrame, and MetaFrame where such great ideas and so innovative that no matter what they do, they will have a hard time topping these. But that does NOT mean they are not innovative. I also think that Citrix does not necessarily want to take the risks the founders did, nor should they be forced too. They have a very mature product that still leads the SBC Industry and now they are expanding into other technologies that also fit in, such as SSO, Smart Access, Security solutions and things like that. Instead of building these solutions from scratch they went out and bought them. Is that bad? I don't think so; Microsoft does it all the time. They just bought Softricity, and Softricity is innovation at its finest. Now Microsoft owns them and is able to reap the benefits of the risks that the founders of Softricity took. That is great for Microsoft as well as everybody else. I think Citrix has learned from Microsoft and they are now doing the same thing which likewise is great for us all. Is there room for more innovations? Yes, Citrix is doing it with some of the Consolation technologies. I think that Autonomic Load Balancing ought to be a really interesting and can be a very innovative solution. I would love to see it not only support ICA but RDP too but I don't feel that will happen I also think there is a lot of innovation in other places, I've already mentioned Provision Networks and Ericom and I would also point out other companies such as RES which is one of my all time favorites. They have a killer solution that solves a real problem through a completely different end-user first approach. I love them for that and this is another area that I've been able to see since I have opened my mind a bit more since leaving Citrix. I think the world of RES and their people and highly recommend them and their solution. There are also technologies like what the ThinAnywhere guys are doing with 3D graphics acceleration. I know Citrix is going to be doing that too but I would put my money on the ThinAnywhere guys. They not only give you 60 frames per second, but they do it for both ICA and RDP. I can go on and on about all the different solutions in the market and must also include RTO Software. They completely changed the market by addressing Microsoft's memory shortcomings and are only getting better and better at it. So to answer your questions, yes, I strongly believe that innovation is all around us! To dive a bit deeper into Citrix, I think, and this is my opinion, that they really need to hire a GOOD CTO. Not a marketing guy or some former consultant, but someone that really knows his stuff. Look at what Microsoft did with Ray Ozzie. Mr. Ozzie is going to turn Microsoft back in to an innovation machine with his vision for the future and Microsoft has the money to do it. Look what he has done with the Microsoft Live solution. I know Microsoft Live products are not something to drool over but there is a bigger picture. He was able to create a vision, put a team together and execute that vision. I think Citrix can learn from that. The biggest problem I see with Citrix is what I like to call their "shooting arrows in the dark" way of doing things. What I mean is that they need to create a clear vision, build a team, execute that vision and then give it the time to mature to what they want it to be. Since they have started branching out from the old MetaFrame product they have made a slew solutions that have been EOL'ed as quick at they came out, MSAM being one of them. I don't understand why. It seems like they have a vision but no clear cut plan to achieve it. This is where a really good CTO comes into play. Of course this is just my opinion. I'm not discounting their successes, but believe they can be GREAT and a household name if they would just get a REAL CTO. Someone like Mr. Ozzie. Cláudio: Well I am available Citrix. I can work as a CTO and was even offered a CTO job last year that I had to decline for many reasons. So Citrix, I am here! Doug, as you are not with Citrix anymore I guess you played a lot with Terminal Services both on 2003 and Longhorn. Considering that most of the Citrix customers using their enterprise product do not use most of the features they paid for, do you really think for the majority of the market that all these bells and whistles are necessary and if they are, why is not everybody using them? And do you think Microsoft will hurt Citrix by offering the most wanted features that probably 50% of the market would be happy with? Doug: Yes I have played with Terminal Services in both Windows 2003 and with the beta's of Longhorn TS. To save time I will concentrate my answer on the TS in Longhorn solution. I think the value-add that Microsoft is adding to TS in Longhorn is amazing, seamless windows, published applications, a web interface and a secure gateway. These are the features that people need. They are also doing some great stuff around making RDP more dynamic and bandwidth friendly. This being said, I think a good chunk of customer can benefit from running Terminal Services only. I truly believe that based on my experience. I would also mention that and remind people that Citrix is a 3rd party. They are not a platform but an add-on just like RES PowerFuse,Tricerat Simplified Printing and Provision Networks USB-IT. Can a customer create a better solution using Longhorn and a couple of other 3rd party products cheaper and better than they can with Citrix? Maybe. BUT, there is a bigger picture here and that is support? The benefit of Citrix is that you know that at the end of the day Citrix will try to help you solve your problems. They are a one stop shop for your support needs vs. calling three or four companies and having them blame each other. I would also wonder that if I was an IT director I would buy Citrix just to give me the piece of mind??? It goes back to the old saying that nobody was ever fired for buying IBM. The big problem is that I've hearing a lot of complaints that Citrix is not supporting their products the way they used to and are creating unhappy customers. I think this is because they are growing to big and people are being worn thin, but again, that is just a guess. In conclusion, I look forward to the launch of Longhorn and think it is going to be a lot of fun to watch how everything plays out. I know I will be writing opinions around it and can't wait as it will be more than a little interesting. I also think that this release is about a year away which gives Citrix time to get their vision and support together so that we don't go elsewhere. If we do then they will have to face the fact that they made a mistake. I believe the choice is Citrix's, not Microsoft's. All and all, it will be interesting and a lot of fun to watch. Cláudio: No more Citrix crap. :-) Now you are a Microsoft MVP for Terminal Services! That is great. What are your thoughts so far about the MVP program and Microsoft's relationship with technologists like you and me? Doug: What can I say? First off, I'm honored to be a Microsoft MVP as I think the world of Microsoft! Second, the way they treat us is really awesome. We get about anything we ask for and more. Microsoft has given us so all the opportunity to better ourselves and in my case help the industry as well. It is a truly awesome program!!! Cláudio: I know you are a big Softricity fan. Ok, I am another one. With this acquisition by Microsoft, what do you think we could end up seeing on the TS side as a result of this acquisition? Built-in SoftGrid client as soon as you enable Terminal Services? Doug: Softricity! I just adore these guys. First off, talk about innovation. These guys are awesome and truly created something that will change the face of computing. As far as what will we see on the TS side? I really don't know. I really don't. I think Microsoft would be smart to bundle SoftGrid in to the OS and then Vista and Longhorn customers would have a great reason to migrate to them. I don't know if they can do that with the DOJ Antitrust issues and all but I think that is what we all want and need. I think the Softricity deal is much bigger than TS as I think it can change the way we install apps, period. Imagine a day with MS Office ships as one file that you copy to a workstation or stream on demand. This can really help Microsoft's Software on demand vision. In some ways it can be seen as bad for TS as if I can have my apps streamed to me then why do I need TS? Well, of course we all know the answer to that. It is also about the data being centralized, right? Yes!! So, what do I say, but I'm in love with SoftGrid. I guess I will refer to the article that I wrote on the announcement of Microsoft's intent to acquire Softricity for more on my opinions on this subject. I think I said it all there. http://www.dabcc.com/dabcc/webapplication/aspx/dabcc.content.aspx?intPKText=1937&intPKChannel=13. Cláudio: Doug, that is all I have for you today. Again, I cannot thank you enough for having the time for this interview, especially now with your little girl at home! Doug: Thank you very much. I hope I was able to answer all your questions. Of course these are just my opinions as I see it. I'm not a god nor do I have all the answers. I'm just an engineer looking at it all from the outside in and it has been and is a wonderful space to cover. I truly love the Server Based computing world. Again, thank you for this opportunity and remember, next it will be my turn to interview you on DABCC Radio, ok? Cláudio: No problem Doug! It will be my pleasure to be part of DABCC Radio! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Publish any Windows application onto a Linux desktop with 2X Application Server's Linux client 2X ApplicationServer tunnels any Windows application onto remote desktops, including a Linux desktop, without the need to install the application onto each user's machine. This saves significantly on administration and support. 2X ApplicationServer is available for free for up to 5 applications. Download your 5 FREE application license (http://www.2x.com/applicationserver/application-publishing.htm) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Rumors on the SBC Space Rumors? This time I've none that I know that I can actually tell my readers. :-) Do not blame me. Blame the lawyers and the NDAs I have been signing all year long. Well we are trying to get a great interview for the website with one of the top guys around. I cannot reveal any names at the moment but as soon as we get the interview confirmed I will be here to tell you. :-) And after the Microsoft shopping spree last month, everyone is now talking about what will happen with Softricity and its Softgrid Platform. Will it be part of SMS 2007? Will Vista include something to make its adoption easier? Rumors and more rumors... And by the way, yes, I know how much Microsoft paid for Softricity. :-) That is a big rumor for sure. See you next month! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Publish any Windows application onto a Linux desktop with 2X Application Server's Linux client 2X ApplicationServer tunnels any Windows application onto remote desktops, including a Linux desktop, without the need to install the application onto each user's machine. This saves significantly on administration and support. 2X ApplicationServer is available for free for up to 5 applications. Download your 5 FREE application license (http://www.2x.com/applicationserver/application-publishing.htm) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the Subscription Management section to unsubscribe. MSTerminalServices.org is in no way affiliated with Microsoft Corp. 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