The Terminal Services component of the Windows Server® 2008 operating system provides technologies that enable users to access Windows-based programs that are installed on a terminal server, or to access the Windows desktop itself, from almost any computing device. Users can connect to a terminal server to run programs and to use network resources on that server.

The following topics describe changes in Terminal Services functionality that are available in this release:

• Terminal Services Core Functionality
  
  • Remote Desktop Connection Display
    
  • Plug and Play Device Redirection for Media Players and Digital Cameras
    
  • Microsoft Point of Service for .NET Device Redirection
    
  • Single Sign-On for Terminal Services
    
• Terminal Server Installation
  
• Terminal Services Printing
  
• Terminal Services RemoteApp (TS RemoteApp)
  
• Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access)
  
• Terminal Services Licensing (TS Licensing)
  
• Terminal Services Gateway (TS Gateway)
  
• Terminal Services Session Broker (TS Session Broker)
  
• Terminal Services and Windows System Resource Manager