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Microsoft Windows XP Remote DesktopAlvin LohProgram ManagerTerminal Services Group Agenda Introduction and history Where is Terminal Services today? Overview of Remote Assistance and Fast User Switching Discussion about Remote Desktop Questions Terminal Services Technology Microsoft? Windows NT? 4.0 Server Terminal Server Edition – Application serving only. Microsoft Windows? 2000 Server family For Remote Administration and Application Serving. Microsoft Windows XP – Using TS to enable some really cool scenarios. What’s New in Windows XP? Remote Assistance Fast User Switching Remote Desktop – Focus of our talk today Windows XP Feature Matrix Fast User Switching Built on TS technology Only available in Home Edition and Professional. In Professional you get it when you are not joined to a domain. Allows users to leave programs running in the background while others are logged on and doing work. Windows Shell team did the friendly UI and we (the TS team) did the plumbing. Remote Assistance A novice can ask an expert for help and have the expert remotely control the users desktop. Designed for the peer-to-peer support scenario. Several Escalation channels – e-mail, save to file, Messenger. Shared access to the console of the novice user. Remote Desktop Brings core terminal services technology to consumer platform. Allows a user to access a Windows XP Professional computer from a remote location and get the experience of a Windows XP computer and all of its applications without actually having physical access to the Windows XP computer. Diagram of Remote Desktop? How Do I Enable Remote Desktop? Enabled by selecting a check box (open My Computer and click the Remote tab). See next slide. By default, Administrators can remotely connect. You can add users in the following new built-in group – Remote Desktop Users Group. No reboot required. UI to Enable Remote Desktop and Add Users Remote Desktop Connection UI Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories