Some beginner questions for configuring WTS in Windows Server 2003

[Oscar]

I've succesfully installed WTS at 2003 Server and the clients are able to
connect through the internet. Now I need to implement the right
configuration. This is the situation :

There are a few groups of users :

group 1 : clients : have to link to application 1
group 2 : corparate users : have to link to application 2
group 3 : anonymous users : have to link to application 3

1. How can I manage to make one account that can be used by more than one
user simultaneously ? At the moment I need to make a new user account for
each user who connects to the WTS. In case that one users logs in with an
username which is connected already, the former user is disconnected and
receives the message `´The remote session was disconnected because another
user has connected to the session´

2. Is it possible to create a anonymous login account for connection to WTS
?

3. Is it possible to provide a link at a web page which holds the servername
or IP adress and login username and password in order to have the session
opened automatically instead of first typing the URL in IE, and then typing
the server name again at the Remote Desktop Web Connection and click connect
and finally typing username and password at the Windows login window ? I
guess there must be a way to minimize all this clicks.

regards,
Oscar

 

[Guest]

Well you seem to have skipped the testing & pilot steps to your implementation, but here's some advice

1. You can enable one user to logon to more than one concurrent session via Terminal Services Configuration -> Server Settings -> Restrict each user to one session = "No

2. I don't recommend having multiple different people logging on (simultaneourly) with the same user account, as they also share the same profile which can cause data loss (if a user saves something on their desktop)

3. Citrix MetaFrame has anonymous accounts you can use to run Published Applications, however Terminal Server does NOT (as far as I know

4. You can customize the remote desktop web connection so that users only have to click one button "Connect", reference here
http://www.workthin.com/tshta.htm#RemoteDesktopWebConnectio

Patrick Rous
Microsoft MVP - Terminal Serve
http://www.workthin.co



----- Oscar wrote: ----

I've succesfully installed WTS at 2003 Server and the clients are able t
connect through the internet. Now I need to implement the righ
configuration. This is the situation

There are a few groups of users

group 1 : clients : have to link to application
group 2 : corparate users : have to link to application
group 3 : anonymous users : have to link to application

1. How can I manage to make one account that can be used by more than on
user simultaneously ? At the moment I need to make a new user account fo
each user who connects to the WTS. In case that one users logs in with a
username which is connected already, the former user is disconnected an
receives the message `´The remote session was disconnected because anothe
user has connected to the sessionÂ

2. Is it possible to create a anonymous login account for connection to WT


3. Is it possible to provide a link at a web page which holds the servernam
or IP adress and login username and password in order to have the sessio
opened automatically instead of first typing the URL in IE, and then typin
the server name again at the Remote Desktop Web Connection and click connec
and finally typing username and password at the Windows login window ?
guess there must be a way to minimize all this clicks

regards
Osca

 

[Oscar]

Hi Patrick,
thanks for your reply,

See my additionaly replies :

2. I don't recommend having multiple different people logging on

(simultaneourly) with the same user account, as they also share the same
profile which can cause data loss (if a user saves something on their
desktop).

The situation is that the profile for this user is configured to start an
application on login. So it doesn't deal with specific profilesettings.
Since the application deals with a database, each user is recognized and
treated uniquely by the login of the database application. I've seen that
this works and it didn't gave any noticeable performance drop with respect
to the case that the users log in PER DEVICE. The only question that I have
is how the License Server treats the licences in case that for example 10
different people login by PER USER setting from different devices and they
all use the same user account. Would I need to purchase 10 user CALs or only
one ?

3. Citrix MetaFrame has anonymous accounts you can use to run Published

Applications, however Terminal Server does NOT (as far as I know)
As far as I learned from several publications, Terminal Server permits
anonymous accounts with the External Connector installed. However, the price
for this feature is very very high : $8000. After browsing through the
internet, I found some companies selling the External Connector for several
prices, ranging from about $1900 to $15000. I couldn't find any explanation
for this price interval and to my opinion it is far too expensive. I wished
there was a version of External Connector limited to about 10 concurrent
users and selling for a normal price. I hope Citrix Metaframe can solve this
problem.

regards,
Oscar