4.8. Terminal Services Maintenance and Error Recovery

If you remember the fundamental law of the universe known as Murphy's law, you will remember that if anything can go wrong, it will. That's not actually true, but it's certainly funny, and for computers in general it seems all too accurate. I'm happy to report that Windows Server 2008 gives us some procedures to use in case we see errors or problems with Terminal Services. In fact, in Windows Server 2008 Microsoft introduced a new mode to make logging maintenance issues even easier. I'll discuss it now.

4.8.1. Terminal Services' Terminal Server Drain Mode Feature

Back in the "old days" of Windows Server 2003, administrators would sometimes have to take servers hosting Terminal Services down ...

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