Renovating a small computer lab

[prabhat14]

Hello everyone,

I am upgrading a computer lab, which contains around 8 computers with 120 users, 1 printer, and 1 scanner.

In the past we have been using server 2003 with xp.

Now, I want to use server 2008 r2 with windows 7. It would be awesome if I could use the Remote Desktop Services/Terminal Services.

This is how I want it set up.

The server will contain all the profiles, saved data, and applications.
The client computers' log-on screens will lead the users directly to their personal profile. I would also like to give everyone limited amount of space.

All the client computers can use the printer and scanner.

My server is an AMD core 2 duo x64 with 4 gigs of ram.

How do I do this? what windows 7 version do I use? Since this is all in a LAN through a ethernet, it should be pretty fast right. I really don't want any lag.


If this is impossible, do you have something reasonable or better in mind.

Thanks,
Prabhat

 

[hang-the-9]

You want Win 7 Pro on the clients. You also want to double the RAM in the server for good performance for 8 connections.

Everything else is basic Terminal Services setup. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/rds-product-home.aspx

You do have a bit of reading to do though to get it all configured. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/ee236407.aspx