What Is A Terminal Server?

Microsoft Terminal Services permits the IT departments to have their all applications to a single server to be used by users at any place in the world. It is especially true in "Windows Server 2003", as it is a "multi-user system". For instance, in spite of deploying database, accounting or any other software on all of the desktops, it might simply be put on a server so that the remote users can log on to use it across the internet. This facility makes up gradation, troubleshooting, and management of software very easily by simply centralizing it at the server. Few third party companies are now also offering software which permits companies to share a single application over the terminal Services. In spite of giving access to the whole server desktop, an administrator might simply allow access to a single application to an authenticated user.

Terminal Server is basically a component of Microsoft Windows operating systems for both the client and server versions which permits a user to access applications or data stored on remote computer over the network connection. Depends upon the Remote Desktop Protocol or RDP, Terminal Server was first introduced in "Windows NT 4.0" which is also called as Terminal Server Edition.