The Life of Brian : Terminal Services

Windows Server 2008 Terminal Server Resources

BrianM — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:40:00 GMT

As I’ve done with Active Directory and Failover Clustering I'm going to share with you some links and resources for Server 2008’s Terminal Services. I for one really like some of the new features of Terminal Services. I also seen some...(read more)

Server Core CoreConfigurator

BrianM — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:54:40 GMT

I know i'm late on this but I've got to blog about it. Fellow Directory Services MVP Guy Teverovsky has created the coolest tool yet for Server 2008 Server Core. It is the Server Core CoreConfigurator . After you copy the four files to your Server...(read more)

RSAT Missing Tabs in Active Directory Users and Computers

BrianM — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:26:13 GMT

Some of you may have noticed there were some missing tabs in Active Directory Users and Computers after you installed RSAT on Windows Vista. Specifically the Terminal Services Profile, Remote Control, Environment, and Sessions tabs are not there. The...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 Reviewers Guide - Reviewed

BrianM — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 22:04:33 GMT

After spending a bit of time on Amazon I noticed that books, movies, and other random things you can buy all had customer reviews. I started to think, why don't white papers and technical documents have the same? Today I've decided to take action...(read more)

Windows Server 2008 Component Posters

BrianM — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 15:41:00 GMT

Back in January of 2007 I posted that TechNet Magazine had a really cool poster that showed Active Directory as a Jigsaw puzzle. I noticed in my latest copy of TechNet Magazine that it included two new posters. One of them was another Active Directory...(read more)

Update: AdminPak for Windows Vista

BrianM — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 17:46:34 GMT

I wanted to keep everyone up-to-date on the latest developments of the missing AdminPak for Windows Vista. To catch up on the subject you can look here and then here . I have some good news and some OK news. First the good news: I have been informed by...(read more)

AdminPak for Windows Vista

BrianM — Mon, 28 May 2007 16:44:00 GMT

Updated News Here Here is a brief update to a problem a lot of us have encountered, installing the AdminPak on Windows Vista to support your server environment. Take a look here for my previous post on this that has the only supported work around from...(read more)

Vista Remote Desktop Connection Authentication FAQ

BrianM — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:44:44 GMT

If you haven't noticed my links on the left hand side of my blog you really need too!!! I've had the Terminal Services Team Blog up there for some time now and I check it often. Tonight I just saw another great post from the team. This post addresses...(read more)

Unbelievable Remote Desktop Software!!!

BrianM — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:26:00 GMT

I’ve been looking for a good tool that allows me to manage a large amount of servers via Remote Desktop for…well for as long as I can remember. I’ve become tired of the Remote Desktops MMC because of its lack of features. Yesterday I found a truly unbelievable...(read more)

New Remote Desktop Connection tool

BrianM — Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:57:00 GMT

On the subject of managing your servers, Microsoft recently released the Remote Desktop software to go along with the one that is built into Windows Vista. If you have Windows Vista you don’t need this but if you are using XP SP2 or Server 2003 you may...(read more)