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Windows Server 2008, Microsoft releases its most
powerful centralized application platform ever, offering an impressive array of
new capabilities that significantly improve the administrator and user
experiences. The new Terminal Services features provide a substantial upgrade in
functionality, performance, and user experience. Terminal Services now provides
centralized access to individual applications without the need to provide the
whole remote desktop. Organizations can provide more secure access to centralized applications or
desktops, and other resources from the Internet, by using HTTPS, without needing
to provide access via a Virtual Private Network (VPN) or opening up unwanted
ports on firewalls. This reduces the complexity needed to provide secure remote
access to applications and data for users, partners, or customers. Applications
running remotely are integrated with the local user's desktop - looking,
feeling, and behaving like local applications. For
deployments with several servers, the new load-balancing features provide a
simple way to ensure optimal performance by spreading sessions among the
least-loaded available resources.