Virtual Applications and Desktops

Virtual Applications and Desktops

Virtual terminal service is a tool frequently used for remote access to server resources. Virtual terminal services allow the desktop environment for a server to be exported to a remote workstation.

This allows users at the remote workstation to execute desktop commands as though they were sitting at the server terminal interface in person.

The advantage of terminal services such as those provided by Citrix, Microsoft, or public domain virtual network computing (VNC) services is that they allow for complex administrative commands to be executed using the native interface of the server, rather than a command-line interface, which might be available through SSHv2 or Telnet.

Terminal services also allow for the authentication and authorization services integrated into the server to be leveraged for remote users, in addition to all the logging and auditing features of the server as well.