12.6. The Terminal Server Gateway

Terminal Services Gateway, or TS Gateway, is another of the new role services that are part of the Terminal Services role. The service creates a secure connection in a terminal server session between a remote user and a corporate or private network that allows the remote user to run RemoteApps without having to create a VPN connection. The list of available remote programs that a user sees can be customized for each specific user.

There are three ways to set up the TS Gateway service:

  • As the remote access point for a LAN

  • As the access point where clients are validated by a Network Access Protection (NAP) policy service or a RADIUS server

  • As an SSL connection bridge that is part of an Internet-facing demilitarized ...

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