8. Step 4: Categorize Users

At this point, the list of users as well as their applications that will be hosted by Terminal Services has been validated. In order to properly size the Terminal Services environment, the load that users will place on it needs to be understood.

The implementation of Terminal Services will involve a significant change to the way that an end user’s applications are run. The applications will execute in a shared environment on a remote server rather than on the user’s dedicated local workstation. In planning for such a change, it’s unrealistic to expect to calculate the precise resources required. Instead, try to estimate them as closely as possible and provide some additional capacity in the system to compensate for ...

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