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+====== Using Windows Server as a Terminal Server ======
+Some of our clients use Windows Server (in our case, Server 2008r2 which is getting pretty old) as a terminal server. This has many advantages in allowing them to consolodate their usage in one location.
+At a certain level, it is more cost effective. The workstations can be anything laying around, and we don't care how reliable they are. Many of these clients simply purchase a used workstation, then make a Remote Desktop (RDP) connection to it. The operating system does not matter much, so long as there is a viable RDP client available on it. Currently, our clients use Mac OSX, Linux, and of course, various types of Windows. If a workstation dies, simply get another one and make the Remote Desktop connection again; your printers, applications and data are all still there. Unix has had this functionality for a long time, but Microsoft realized the need as far back as Windows Server 2003 and our clients have benefited from it.
+In our case, we created the servers as Xen Virtual machines. Two of these have gone through at least two pieces of hardware by simply copying the virtual image to a new physical machine, and they work very well.
+**Warning:** I'm not sure why, but a Windows Terminal Server can not be on the same installation as a Windows Domain Controller. In that case, you need two installations.
+There are some issues involved with doing this. This category in the Knowledge Base explores issues, and their resolution.
+  * [[microsoft_windows:terminalserver:server_hp_printers|]]
+  * [[microsoft_windows:terminalserver:rdp_printer|]]