(Source: Deployment Options for Microsoft Office 2010)
Overview
Administrators can use Windows Server® 2008 Terminal Services as a deployment option to allow users to operate the Office 2010 applications from their workstations. Terminal Services is run on a shared server and presents the application user interface on a remote system, such as a local workstation. Using Terminal Services to take advantage of App-V enables the optimization of the application through the sequencing process of application virtualization and then uses Terminal Services to deliver the application as a presentation virtualization.
Advantages
- Centralizes management of applications, such as controlling application usage and license metering, which can help administrators ensure compliance.
- Supports end-user roaming experience and to quickly make applications available to end-users.
- Provides thin-client support.
- Reduces network traffic because only keyboard, mouse, and display information is transmitted.
Limitations
- Application availability is dependent on both the network infrastructure and the servers running the application.
- Graphic-intensive applications might experience degradation in performance.
- Less flexibility of traditional end-user experience on a workstation.
Recommendations
- Presentation virtualization is a good solution if application compatibility, such as running multiple versions of Office, is required and you want to use the processing power of servers running Terminal Services to operate the applications.
- When older workstations do not support the operating system, presentation virtualization is a good solution.
- Ensure that redundancy is in place for presentation virtualization infrastructure to avoid having a single point of failure.
Deployment Help & Tools
- Windows Server Terminal Services
- Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
- Microsoft Application Virtualization for Terminal Services
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