An Introduction To Terminal Services Remote Programs (Part 4)

Thursday, 28 December 2006 by Michel Roth

Brien M. Posey has posted an article on msterminalservices.org about Terminal Server Remote Programs. This is part 4.

"In the previous article in this series, I demonstrated the procedure for distributing a remote program by means of an RDP file. In this article, I will conclude the series by showing you how to use an MSI file for remote program distribution.

Before I get started, there are three things that I need to quickly mention. First, in order for the technique that I�m about to demonstrate to work, the new workstation that will be running the remote program must have version 6.0 of the Remote Desktop Connector installed. This is the version that is included with Windows Vista.

Second, in order for a user to be able to run a remote program, the user must be authorized for remote login just as they would need to be if they were going to be working directly from the terminal server.

Third, at the time that this article was written both Longhorn Server and Windows Vista were still in beta testing. As such, any of the techniques that I have described could potentially change by the time the software is released."

Read the entire article here.