Remote Desktop Web Connection

[Skittle]

I've jut read that you can access a Windows 2003 server for remote administration via a web browser. You have to install IIS 6 and enable Active X on the Windows 2003 server but once installed you cann access the server by typing in the ip address and 'tweb'.

http://MyIPAddress/tsweb

My question is, does Remote Desktop Web Connection connect to a console session so that you see all the server services running just as if you were sitting at the machine physically? Or is it a seperate session?



Dazed and confused

 

[58sniper]

It just gives you a Terminal Services/RDP connection, just like using an RDP client does. You can then log into the server as normal, and check services. The only thing the tsweb site does is install the ActiveX RDP client and start the connection.

Pat Richard, MCSE(2) MCSA:Messaging, CNA(2)

 

[Skittle]

Soooo.... if I understand you correctly, the Remote Desktop Web Connection is exactly the same as a standard Remote Desktop Connection only it uses a web browser.

My understanding of Remote Desktop Administration is that if you log on as a server admin account via
Accessories--->Communications--->Remote Desktop Connection
that you cannot see all of the services running because they are running on the seperate console session ( i.e. the physical one at the server screen ).
I could be wrong about this - I don't have the means to test it at the moment.




Dazed and confused

 

[Pete10uk]

If I understand what you are asking correctly. the anwser is yes!
I log on to SBS 2003 using my IE browser. It is as if you are sitting infront of the server it's self. you can also connect to your CD drive and select to hear sounds. Connection wise I use 2mb downstream and 256 upstream you would struggle to tell that you are not sat in front of the server unless you are using the CD drive which is a little slower. The only thing you have to remember is not to change any internet settings because if that stops working you need to make a trip to the server to fis these. also it is worth making sure you always restart instead of shutdown as often the trip to press the on button is not funny.

 

[58sniper]

Keep in mind that both the web based method and the RDP client don't show you some popups that you'd normally see (if you were at the console). An example would be if a server is rebooted and a service doesn't start, you don't see the popup message. Some applications do the same thing. Other than that, RDP rules.

Pat Richard, MCSE(2) MCSA:Messaging, CNA(2)