Configuring Terminal Services

You can configure the properties of a particular connection. Configuring the properties of a connection enables you to set login options. For example, if you want to assign different User name, Domain, and password for the users who can connect to the terminal server, you can configure the login settings. You can also configure the ability of the administrator to view the users session remotely.

To configure the Terminal services:

1. Select Start > Control Panel > AdmInistrative Tools > Terminal Services Configuration. The Terminal Services Configuration\Connections console appears.

2.In the console tree, click Connections.

3.Select Connections from the detail pane.

4. Select Action 3 Properties. The Properties dialog box appears. The Properties dialog box enables to select the level of encryption from the Encryption level. The default encryption level is Client Compatible, which mean any user can connect to the terminal server irrespective of the encryption capability.

The different options in the Properties dialog box are:

> Comment - Enables to enter the required comment

> Encryption - Enables to select the required encryption level. The different encryption levels are:
• High - Enables to encrypt the data that is sent from the server to client and client to server using 128 bit level of encryption
• Low - Enables to encrypt the data that is sent from the client to server using 56 bit level of encryption. Data is not encrypted when it is sent from the server to the client.
• FIPS Complaint - Enables to encrypt and decrypt the data sent from the client to the server and from server to client using Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) encryption

> Use standard Windows authentication - Enables to use the standard windows authentication when you have install another authentication package on the server.
If the user is not capable of the encryption mode that you have selected, then the user will not be able to connect to the terminal server.

5. Select the appropriate Encryption level from the drop-down list box.

6. Click Logon Settings tab. The Logon Settings tab appears.

The Logon Settings tab enables to configure the login settings for the terminal. The different options are:

> Use client-provided logon information - Enables to use the login information provided by the user to connect to the terminal server

> Always use the following logon information - Enables to assign different User name, Domain, and password for the users who can connect to the terminal server by selecting this option

> Always prompt for password - Enables to specify to prompt a user for password, always before logging to the server.

7. Select the appropriate option to set the login settings.

8. Click Sessions tab. The Sessions tab appears. Session tab enables you to configure the settings that determine the behavior of a user session that has been active, ideal, or disconnected. The different options available are:

> Override user settings - Enables to set the time out session for a connection. You can specify when to end the disconnected session. It enables to set the time limit for active and idle session.

> Override user settings when session limit is reached or connection is broken - Enables to select to disconnect or end session when limit that you have set is reached or if the connection is broken.

> Allow reconnection - Enables to set the reconnection option. You can select to connect the user as any client or can connect as the client that was disconnected.

9. Select the appropriate options.

10. Click Environment tab. The Environment tab appears.

The Environment tab enables you to set the initial program. You can configure to start a particular program when the user logs in. The options available are:

> Override settings from user profile and Remote Desktop connection - Enables to override the settings of a user profile.

> Start the following program when the user logs on - Enables to execute a program when the user logs on. The options available are:

• Program path and file name: Enables to enter the name and path of the program that you want to execute.

• Start in: Enables to specify the mode in which you want to start the program

11. Select the appropriate option if you want to set the initial program for the server.

12. Click Remote Control tab. The Remote Control tab appears.

Remote Control tab enables to configure the server to set remote control, which means the ability of the administrator to view the user’s session remotely. Remote control allows the administrator to view and interact with the sessions of the user. You can also configure the remote control that requires the user permission to view the session.

13. Select the appropriate option to set remote control.

14. Click Client Settings tab. The Client Settings tab appears. Client settings tab enables to configure client settings and color depth. You can also disable the required mapping settings. Audio mapping is disabled by default.
15. Select the required option.

16. Click Network Adapter tab. The Network Adapter tab appears. Network Adapter tab enables to select the network adapter and the number of concurrent connections to the terminal server.

17. Select the required network adapter from the Network Adapter drop-down list box.

18. Select appropriate option to set connections.

19. Click Permissions tab. The Permissions tab appears. Permissions tab enables to assign permission for different users. You can assign or deny full control to a particular user. An error message will appear if a particular user who does not have sufficient permission to access the terminal server tries to access the terminal server.

20. Select a user from the Group or user name box and assign the appropriate access.

21. Click OK.