After discussing the inbox Plug and Play device redirection capabilities in Windows Vista and Windows Server codename “Longhorn”, in this conclusive part of the series, we talk about how third-party Plug and Play device drivers can be authored in such...

In the last part of this series, we introduced the new Plug and Play Device Redirection Framework and discussed how to redirect Windows Portable Devices based digital cameras and media players. In this part, we are going to talk about a targeted retail...

This is a three part series on the new Plug and Play Device Redirection Framework introduced in Windows Vista and Windows Server codename “Longhorn”. In this first part we introduce the Framework and talk about the inbox supported Windows Portable Devices...

A while back, Lisa Brummel announced, among a list of other more sober and serious changes to our workplace in Microsoft, that we will all have decent Starbucks coffee in every building. Since then, we have been hearing stories from our colleagues in...

We've released the new version of the Remote Desktop Client corresponding to Vista. Here are some of the new features: Server Authentication Plug and Play redirection TS Gateway support Monitor Spanning 32-bit color and...

This article describes a few behavioral differences between Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server Codenamed Longhorn in Remote Administration mode. Note that these changes will be available in Beta 3 and later builds. Architectural change - Session...

(…because the clipboard is a shared system resource) A few years back we came across a bug where a customer was unable to copy data from a remote session to the local session using the TS shared clipboard. They had a script in the remote session that...

The TS shared clipboard allows you to copy and paste data between local and remote sessions. When it works its really simple and seamless, but what about when it doesn’t? Diagnosing clipboard problems can be hard and frustrating! The majority of...

Katie Koepke has written a good overview of the new Remote Programs feature in Longhorn Server. It’s on Brian Madden’s website . Please try out Remote Programs and let us know if there are any bugs or missing features!

How to Configure TS session limit remotely TS provides many settings that allow an administrator to customize to their specific requirements. This settings can be set for a specific user (in Terminal Services Extension to Local Users and Group,...

One of the new features of the Terminal Server/Remote Desktop Client in Windows Vista is the support for multiple monitors. If the machine running the TS-Client has a multi-monitor configuration that creates one logical rectangle, then the TS-Client can...

Reader "Joe" asked for: -GPO templates to automate the "desktop lockdown" for the thin-client/SoftGrid experience There's some documentation in the Knowledge Base: Locking Down Windows Server 2003 Terminal Server Sessions and in a white paper...

Many of you have had issues installing Office 2007 Beta 2 and Office 2007 Beta 2 Tech Refresh. Depending on whether you downloaded Office 2007 from the web or used one of our eval CD / DVDs you will get one of two different product keys one of which causes...

Please suggest a topic for future post on the TS Team blog. We have some ideas for what to discuss, but we'd rather talk about what you're interested in. Please leave a comment with your idea. Thanks! Rob

How to enable/disable TS connections remotely Hello, my name is Soo Kuan Teo, I work on the Terminal Services Team. I would like to take this opportunity to begin sharing configuration features in TS. TS is about remotability. It allows users...

Hi, I am Nitin and I work as program manager in the Terminal Services team. I would like to talk about the WMI provider that we have introduced for Terminal Services Licensing and Terminal Server Gateway. In Longhorn server, we have introduced...

One of the many new features Vista brings to Remote Desktop is ClearType support. Turn it on, you may be surprised at how much nicer the screen looks with fonts rendered in ClearType. (If you’re not sure what ClearType is and why you should care, you...

Here's an underused resource: The Terminal Services forum on TechNet. This is a great place to ask questions, find answers, and even answer other people's questions. Check it out.

As I already mentioned in the previous post , we had a chat on August 1st where we talked about Terminal Services in Windows Server “Longhorn”. Ted Kummert, Chandra Shekaran, Tad Brockway, Joy Chik, Alex Balcanquall, Nelly Porter, Gaurav Daga, Samim Erdogan...

Finally! We were able to pull folks together for the next live chat on Terminal Services in Longhorn. The previous one was done last September, so there is going to be a lot more we can talk about. One notable change from last year - Ted Kummert, Corporate...

TS License Server Discovery Part 2 Last time, we discussed TS License Server discovery in TS4 and Win2000 . Now let’s move on to Win2003. Windows 2003 With Win2003, it was pretty easy for us to get started. We fixed the registry-based discovery...

TS License Server Discovery: or Why Listening to your Customer is a Good Idea Hi, name is Rob Leitman, and I work on the Terminal Services team. Right now I work on TS Web Access and Remote Programs Publishing, but when I started on TS about eight...

For those of you not attending TechEd this year - I have compiled information about Terminal Services sessions AND how you can access some of them without being there. 1) Terminal Services sessions : SVR408 Terminal Services Capacity Planning, Performance...

Microsoft just announced intent to acquire Softricity . Bill Gates’ keynote tomorrow morning at WinHEC will probably mention the acquisition and perhaps even have a demo involving Softricity. This is quite interesting for Terminal Services, considering...

WinHEC 2006 is beginning tomorrow in Seattle. The Exhibition Hall is already open. Terminal Services is going to have an important presence in this year’s WinHEC. I want to very briefly mention the few things the TS team is doing: SER014 - Optimising...