30.1 Preparing a Terminal Server Application

A terminal server application is an application being hosted on a Microsoft Windows terminal server or a Citrix MetaFrame server. Users run the application through terminal server client sessions on their workstations.

To prepare a terminal server application for distribution to users:

  1. Install the application on the terminal server. For information about distributing applications to terminal servers, see Distribution: Applications to Terminal Servers.

  2. Ensure that users have the ICA client (for Citrix MetaFrame servers) or RDP client (for Windows terminal servers) installed on their workstations. For more information, see Section 38.1, Installing the RDP and ICA Clients.

  3. Ensure that users have terminal server accounts that provide the file system rights needed to run the application. If desired, you can set up one account for all users. For more information, see Section 38.3, Managing Terminal Server User Accounts.