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Tuesday, August 11, 2009 9:54 AM

Introducing Web Single Sign-On for RemoteApp and Desktop Connections

In Windows Server 2008 R2, the Web Single Sign-On (Web SSO) feature provides users with the ability to enter their credentials only once during logon to Remote Desktop Web Access (RD Web Access). After logon, users can launch RemoteApp programs that are
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Monday, July 21, 2008 9:26 AM

Configuring Terminal Servers for Server Authentication to Prevent “Man in the Middle” Attacks

General Intro “Man In The Middle (MITM) attack” is a term used to describe a class of security vulnerabilities in which an attacker intercepts communication between two parties and impersonates each one to the other. The attacker can view
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 1:49 PM

Problems using default credentials with Vista RDP clients with Single Sign-on Enabled

Note: This post was updated with improved suggestions. With Single Sign-on enabled , the current user’s credentials, also known as “default credentials”, are used to log on to a remote computer. In several scenarios, users may get the following error
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Friday, March 14, 2008 12:45 PM

Instantaneous Session Broker redirection leveraging CredSSP

This article discusses some significant improvements achieved in Windows Server® 2008 related to redirecting connections in a TS Farm. Understanding the terminologies: Terminal Services Session Broker (TS Session Broker) is a role service in Windows Server®
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 5:59 PM

Problems using saved credentials with Vista RDP clients and above

Background Information Windows Vista Credential Delegation policy does not allow a Vista RDP client to send saved credentials to a TS server when the TS server is not authenticated. By default Vista RDP clients use the Kerberos protocol for server authentication.
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Friday, May 04, 2007 5:04 PM

Single credential prompt for TS Gateway Server and Terminal Server

What is the advantage of displaying a single credential prompt for TS Gateway Server and Terminal Server? There are two levels of authentication required for a successful connection to a Terminal Server through a TS Gateway server. First level of authentication
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Thursday, April 19, 2007 4:45 AM

How to enable Single Sign-On for my Terminal Server connections

Note: This post was updated on March 12, 2009, to include the latest information.   What is Single Sign-On? When applied to Terminal Services, Single Sign-On means using the credentials of the currently logged on user (also called default credentials)
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Wednesday, March 28, 2007 10:22 PM

TS connection experience improvements based on RDP 6.0 client customer feedback

Many users have downloaded the RDP 6.0 TS client through Windows update since it was released. We have received significant feedback on the RDP 6.0 client -- both on what you liked and what you disliked. In this post we want to let you know that we heard
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Monday, January 22, 2007 6:51 PM

Vista Remote Desktop Connection Authentication FAQ

Update: Some additional improvements are coming in this area. Please see this article . There has been a lot of feedback about the new authentication features introduced in the latest version of the Remote Desktop Connection client. These features are
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