Understanding the Terminal Server Session Directory

Friday, 03 December 2004 by Michel Roth

Another great article by Brian Madden about the Terminal Server Session Directory.

"The Session Directory is nothing more than a database that keeps track of which users are running which sessions on which servers. This information is used when a user wants to disconnect from a session and then reconnect back to it in multi-server environments.

Not every multi-server load-balanced environment needs a Session Directory. For example, if your environment is configured so that users are not allowed to leave disconnected sessions on a server, then you won�t need a Session Directory. Also, if you're using a third-party tool like Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server, then you will not need to use Microsoft's Session Directory since MetaFrame will manage it for you."

Read the full article over @ Brain Madden.