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Hi. I am new to looking at Remote Desktop possibilities. So far I
can't find answers to these...

Is it possible for two people to connect remotely to the same host
computer at the same time?

If I am connected remotely to a PC, is it possible for this PC to be
independently used locally at the same time?

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Thanks.
Steve

 

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Steve Schapel wrote:
> Hi. I am new to looking at Remote Desktop possibilities. So far I
> can't find answers to these...
>
> Is it possible for two people to connect remotely to the same host
> computer at the same time?

Servers - yes.
Workstations - no.

> If I am connected remotely to a PC, is it possible for this PC to be
> independently used locally at the same time?

Servers - somewhat - depending on your setup/licensing.
Workstations - no.

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[Guest]

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Thanks a lot, Shenan. Ok, so I would need to be using a server OS on
the host machine, right? And so therefore Terminal Services licensing
system and CALs and all that become necessary... is this correct?

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Steve

Shenan Stanley wrote:
> Steve Schapel wrote:
>
>>Hi. I am new to looking at Remote Desktop possibilities. So far I
>>can't find answers to these...
>>
>>Is it possible for two people to connect remotely to the same host
>>computer at the same time?
>
>
> Servers - yes.
> Workstations - no.
>
>
>>If I am connected remotely to a PC, is it possible for this PC to be
>>independently used locally at the same time?
>
>
> Servers - somewhat - depending on your setup/licensing.
> Workstations - no.
>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.work_remotely (More info?)

Steve Schapel wrote:
> Thanks a lot, Shenan. Ok, so I would need to be using a server OS on
> the host machine, right? And so therefore Terminal Services licensing
> system and CALs and all that become necessary... is this correct?

(Pardon my jumping in)

Yep, unless you're using TS in admin mode (=Remote Desktop on W2003) - for
remote administration only - in which case no TS CALs are required.
>
>
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
>> Steve Schapel wrote:
>>
>>> Hi. I am new to looking at Remote Desktop possibilities. So far I
>>> can't find answers to these...
>>>
>>> Is it possible for two people to connect remotely to the same host
>>> computer at the same time?
>>
>>
>> Servers - yes.
>> Workstations - no.
>>
>>
>>> If I am connected remotely to a PC, is it possible for this PC to be
>>> independently used locally at the same time?
>>
>>
>> Servers - somewhat - depending on your setup/licensing.
>> Workstations - no.