Configuring Terminal Services Profiles and Home Folders

When a user connects to a remote computer through a Terminal Services (TS) connection, the user’s profile is stored on that remote terminal server by default. This point is important because when many users access the same terminal server, profiles are centralized and can consume a large amount of server disk space. If storage space on the terminal server is insufficient, you should plan to store user data and profiles on a disk that is separate from the terminal server’s system drive. Also consider using disk quotas to limit the amount of space available to each user. (You can configure disk quotas through the properties of the drive on the terminal server where the profiles are stored.) ...

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