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Published by
Helge Klein on
August 19, 2007.
In an earlier post I wrote about a great technology that finally makes it into terminal services with Windows Server 2008: ClearType or Font Smoothing, as it is sometimes called. I will stick to the term ClearType for the time being.
ClearType greatly enhances the display of fonts on the nowadays prevalent LCD screens. By adding support for ClearType in version 6 of the RDP protocol Microsoft bridged part of the gap that still separates terminal services from desktop PCs in terms of functionality and appearance. Continue reading ‘Bandwidth Requirements for ClearType over RDP’
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Published by
Helge Klein on
August 10, 2007.
[Updated 2009-12-11 for Server 2008 R2]
Microsoft has published two visually very appealing posters which depict in great detail important components of its upcoming OS Server 2008. The poster on Active Directory Components details Lightweight Directory Services (formerly ADAM), Federation Services (ADFS), Rights Management Services, Group Policy, Management and Read-Only Domain Controller. Continue reading ‘Windows Server 2008 (R2) Component Posters’
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Published by
Helge Klein on
August 3, 2007.
This post covers a technology developed by Microsoft Research in the late 90s that finally made it into terminal services: ClearType.
ClearType
As is sometimes the case with technology, it is difficult to explain how it works, yet easy to see the benefits. Let us start with the easy part. Continue reading ‘Windows Server 2008: Architectural Changes Relevant to Terminal Services #2′
