Using Microsoft Windows Terminal Server

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Running the FaxPress Plus client software on a Microsoft Windows Terminal Server provides the same easy-to-use, integrated messaging features associated with running the FaxPress Plus client on PCs running the other Windows operating systems.

The Microsoft Windows Terminal Server Edition is an extension of the Windows NT Server 4.0 and 2000/2003 product lines. In a Microsoft Windows Terminal Server/Citrix MetaFrame environment, all applications are loaded on and processed on the dedicated terminal server.

Terminal Server users experience the Windows NT workstation desktop operating system and Windows-based applications centrally installed and running on the server from low cost thin-client terminals. This centralized administration results in rapid deployment of applications.

The FaxPress Plus client application, for example, must be installed only once on the Terminal Server, and then have access rights assigned, for the FaxPress Plus client application to then become available to all end-users on the network.

Windows Terminal Server provides users access to 16- or 32-bit Windows-based applications from the following types of desktops:

About Citrix MetaFrame

The Citrix MetaFrame add-on package is installed after your NT or 2000/2003 server has the terminal server option enabled. The Citrix MetaFrame application provides Microsoft's Windows Terminal Server with additional server and client functionality by allowing any client, no matter what operating system, to connect to a Windows Terminal Server and run a Windows application through their browser. MetaFrame also provides a secure encryption option, load balancing, and enables publishing and application management from a single server in a server farm. Additionally, Citrix MetaFrame provides Citrix MetaFrame Administrator tools for the Terminal Server, which the Terminal Server alone does not have.

Citrix Published Applications

Citrix Published Applications can be an HTML application (Citrix NFuse) or a Windows 32-bit application that allows Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator users web-based access to applications such as Microsoft Word/ Excel, FaxPress Plus client, VBScript and JavaScript Programming.

Castelle has tested the FaxPress Plus client with Citrix Windows 32-Bit Published Applications configured for Microsoft Word/ Excel/ PowerPoint/ Access.

FaxPress Plus does not support Citrix WinFrame 1.7/1.8 for the 3.51 NT Server platform.

Citrix Standard and Non-Standard Published Apps

Castelle is compatible with Citrix Standard Published Applications. Standard Published Applications include any Windows-based 32-bit Microsoft applications such as Microsoft Office and printing applications. Castelle cannot guarantee support for non-standard, non-Windows-based applications. These include custom applications for DOS, Unix, AS/400 running accounting, financial and payroll systems that must print to a DOS printer.