Terminal Services for Microsoft Windows Server 2003: Advanced Technical Design Guide

By Brian S. Madden

A guide to Microsoft Windows server 2003 covers such topics as application and installation strategies, using profiles, client device strategies, accessing terminal servers through the Web, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971151040
• ISBN13: 9780971151048
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Brianmadden.Com Pub Group
• Length: 500 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Saved me headaches, time and money

This book answers some very important questions on your install that you didn't even know you had. There were a couple of things in here that saved me countless hours of beating my head against a wall because of how a certain function worked in regards to a firewall, for instance. After this book arrived, I took a quick glance at it and knew this was the one. I told my boss that I was going to need a "reading day" for this one - something unheard of - a day to just do research. Paid for the book and the day in spades. The money saved was an entire server that I just am not going to be able to use, so I don't have to buy it! That's big. I was going to have 3 servers, now just 2. Mostly, it told me I was on the right track, but showed me where simple things could make a big difference up front - before my first server even arrived.

One of the best technical books I've ever read...

... and I've read quite a few of those! I bought the book after running Terminal Server 2003 for a while, and immediately discovered better ways to implement printing and user profiles (flex profiles seem to be exactly what we needed). Explanation of licensing was also very useful.What I like most:- very concise and accurate presentation, often with flow diagrams;- whenever there're several methods to do something, authors always discuss advantages and disadvantages of each method;- real-life examples;- references to low-cost or free third-party tools;- good style and occasional humor!I would highly recommend this book to specialists designing and implementing Terminal Services on Windows 2003 Server.

Great book, good authors.

I might be a bit biased since I am a customer of Ron's but this is a solid technical book. Ron and Brian write like they are talking to you. Explaining the way things work and don't, without a bunch of boring 3 page explanations for the tiniest of things that you should know anyway, yet they still seem to jump into details of a system at just the right time. Best chapters?: Printing, the User environment, Perfromance optimization and high availability. Great resources.

Another great book.

Another great book from Brian. I have both of his MetaFrame XP books and this fits right into the collection. I dont use straight Terminal Server for many servers but this book seems to be able to help with both my Citrix environment and TS environment. Easy to read, good flow, doesn't sound like some boring, preachy lecture.

Brian and Ron Shine Through

I've been a fan of Brian's books for a while. I bought this book cause a customer of ours was thinking about ditching Citrix and going pure TS, and I wanted to see how realistic that was. It turns out there's a lot more you can do with Terminal Server than I thought!Like Brian's other books, this one is well laid-out, methodical, and covers everything you need to know. I highly recommend it!