Deploying Terminal Services

Deploying to Client Computers

Windows-based client computers connecting to Terminal Services should have at least an 80386 microprocessor running at 33 MHz (though a 486/66 is recommended), a 16-bit VGA video card, and the Microsoft TCP/IP stack. The Terminal Services client runs on Windows 2000, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 3.51 or later.

The Terminal Services client takes up only about 500 KB of disk space and typically uses approximately 4 MB of RAM when running. If client bitmap caching is enabled, another 10 MB of disk space might be used. For best performance, a computer running the Terminal Services client should have a total of 8 MB of physical RAM or more under Windows for Workgroups 3.11 or Windows 95, 24 MB or more for Windows 98, and 32 MB or more for Windows 2000.

The RDP client software is now installed by default as a subcomponent of Terminal Services. By default, the various clients are installed in the directory:

%systemroot%\system32\clients\tsclient

There are two options to deploy the client:

Create a file share to do the installation over the network.
Select Terminal Services Client Creation from the Administrative Tools menu, and make a client image that can be installed with a floppy disk.

Note

The Terminal Services client requires TCP/IP to connect to the server, but Terminal Services itself can use IPX to gain access to Novell servers if necessary.