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vijaykumar_totager




Joined: May 27, 2007
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:11 am
Post subject: Terminal Server Installation On windows Domain Controller

Hi,

Can some one suggest me what procedure needs to follow for installing terminal service on windows 2003 domain controller? As I am facing problem after TS installing on domain controller users are unable to login.

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Vijaykumar S Totager
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vera_noest




Joined: May 27, 2007
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Location: Sweden

(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:01 pm
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The installation doesn't differ from installing TS on a member server, but the default permissions do not allow normal user to connect to a TS running on a DC.
And there are some very good reasons for that. Keep in mind that a terminal Server is just a multi-user workstation. Do you really want your users to logon to your DC and use it as their workstation? I must strongly suggest that you don't do this.
Apart from the security risks, you could face performance problems as well. A DC in an Active Directory domain has quite some roles already, which are performed in the background. A TS is tuned differently to provide the quickest response times for interactive users. This can easily lead to performance problems for both the DC-role and the TS-role.

That said, if you want to continue with this setup, you will have to modify the Default Domain Controller Security Policy to grant your users the right to Logon through Terminal Services.
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netkepala




Joined: Oct 12, 2007
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 3:04 am
Post subject: not recommended

Hi,

It's not recommeded to enable terminal services on a domain controller, you shld always use another machine

Having said that, if u insist u can still logon thru terminal services by creating the user as the administrator group or use AD controller to allow user login using terminal services
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netkepala




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(Msg. 4) Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:48 am
Post subject: you can use an XP machine as terminal server

If the cost is too high for another Win2003 machine, you can use an XP based machine as terminal server such as ThinServer XP

www.aikotech.com/thinserver.htm
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