I thought the term "Presentation Virtualization" was dropped since launch of Windows Server 2008 R2, since it was hardly mentioned in any new Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 literature. It was almost used in synonymous with Remote Desktop Services (f.k.s Terminal Services) RemoteApp.
Right now, I'm attending the Virtualization Pro summit 2010 at Las Vegas. Presentation Virtualization is still mentioned by a few MVP speakers, including Sean Deuby. Sean defined Presentation Virtualization as the display being abstracted from the originating processes.
Showing posts with label RemoteApp. Show all posts
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Hello Remote Desktop Services, Goodbye Terminal Services
With the major launch of Microsoft Windows 2008 R2, Terminal Services is now renamed as Remote Desktop Services (RDS) to indicate additional functionality. The major addition is the support of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
Terminal Server is now renamed as Session Host. Session Broker (in-built load-balancer) is now renamed Connection Broker. Presentation Virtualization (Present-V) has apparently been taken out of Microsoft dictionary - RDS RemoteApp is used in place. The term (Present-V) which you saw in my earlier posts can now be replaced with RDS RemoteApp instead.
Terminal Server is now renamed as Session Host. Session Broker (in-built load-balancer) is now renamed Connection Broker. Presentation Virtualization (Present-V) has apparently been taken out of Microsoft dictionary - RDS RemoteApp is used in place. The term (Present-V) which you saw in my earlier posts can now be replaced with RDS RemoteApp instead.
Securing enterprise applications using RDS RemoteApp
Windows 2008 has a new feature in Remote Desktop Services (RDS a.k.a Terminal Services) that allows individual applications to be presented to users via RDP. Although the applications are installed and run on Terminal Server (now known as Session Host), Users interact with the virtualised applications as if they were installed locally. This feature is known as RemoteApp.
There's a growing security demand for Internet traffic to be segregated from the corporate applications due to the recent high profile APT incidents. We conducted a trial that leveraged primarily on this RDS RemoteApp. Internet applications (i.e. Internet Explorer etc) are virtualised and executed via RDP, which effectively permit only screenshots, key stroke and mouse clicks to be transmitted between client and server. Even if the Internet applications were subverted by Trojans, it would have no impacts on existing corporate applications. Corporate applications are protected and there's no drop in user experiences. The setup is simple and fits well on existing infrastructure. And the trial is a huge success.
There's a growing security demand for Internet traffic to be segregated from the corporate applications due to the recent high profile APT incidents. We conducted a trial that leveraged primarily on this RDS RemoteApp. Internet applications (i.e. Internet Explorer etc) are virtualised and executed via RDP, which effectively permit only screenshots, key stroke and mouse clicks to be transmitted between client and server. Even if the Internet applications were subverted by Trojans, it would have no impacts on existing corporate applications. Corporate applications are protected and there's no drop in user experiences. The setup is simple and fits well on existing infrastructure. And the trial is a huge success.
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