W2K3 Term Server on DC

[Tim Uckotter]

We're planning on migrating our W2K servers to W2K3 and wanted to know if
there was a problem with our W2K3 Primary domain controller also running
Terminal Services and Terminal Services Licensing Server so we could free up
the current W2K Terminal Server for other uses.

Tim

 

[Guest]

Technically, yes it's possible, but not advisable.

TS is a multi-user workstation, which is possibly the worst choice of roles
to mix with a DC, SQL Server or Exchange Server.

The best setup for TS is a dedicated computer, which is a member server, and
can be anything from a workstation class single CPU machine, to a dual-cpu
server class machine with hardware RAID, hot-plug SCSI Drives.... (depending
on what apps and how many users you need to support)

http://www.workthin.com/tshw.htm

Patrick Rouse
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server
http://www.workthin.com