First published on CloudBlogs on Oct, 16 2007
Starting with the RC0 release of Windows Server 2008, Terminal Services Web Access (TS Web Access) requires the most recent update to the Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) client software. This updated version is available in the beta versions of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3).
If you are taking part in a
Microsoft Connect Beta
program, you can download the beta versions of Windows Vista SP1 or Windows XP SP3 from the program Web page.
If you are not an administrator, and you are using TS Web Access at your workplace, contact your system administrator to determine whether your workplace is participating in a Microsoft Beta program. If it is a participant, your system administrator can help you to obtain the updated RDC client software.
Information for Administrators
When a user who has an older version of the RDC client tries to use TS Web Access, they receive an error message with a URL that points them to more information. The target URL of the link currently points to this article. You can modify the target URL by using an ASP.NET application setting. To modify the target URL, follow these steps:
Note
To complete this procedure, you must be an administrator of the TS Web Access Web site.
-
Open IIS Manager on the server that hosts the TS Web Access Web site. To do this, click
Start
, point to
Administrative Tools
, and then click
Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager
.
-
In the navigation pane of IIS Manager, expand the server name, expand
Sites
, expand
Default Web Site
, and then click
TS
. (By default, TS Web Access is installed to this location. If you installed TS Web Access to a different site, locate and then click the site name.)
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Under
ASP.NET
, double-click
Application Settings
.
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In the
Actions
pane, click
Add
.
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In the
Add Application Setting
dialog box, do the following:
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a. In the
Name
box, type
rdcInstallUrl
.
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b. In the
Value
box, enter the target URL for the link.
Note
To restore the link to point to the default URL, right-click the
rdcInstallUrl
application setting, and then click
Remove
.
Alternatively, you can use a text editor, such as Notepad, to directly modify the Web.config file for the TS Web Access Web site. By default, the path of the configuration file is %windir%WebtsWeb.config. To do this, under the
<appSettings>
section of the file, add an entry that is similar to the following, where
URL
is the target URL for the link:
<add key="rdcInstallUrl" value="http://URL" />
Additional Information
For more information about TS Web Access and about other Terminal Services features, see the
Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services TechCenter
or the
TS Team Blog
.
Thank you for using the pre-release version of TS Web Access.
Terminal Services Team
