Hi there, How many terminal services sessions can you have opened at once with windows 2000 server?

Assuming you have the correct TS licensing (after 90 days of free use) setup with Microsoft then you should be able to have 200 concurrent connections maximum.

are you sure? I taught it was only 3? I just have a windows 2000 server license but have TS installed and I can connect no probs. do I have to buy a seperate license to enable me to have 200 concurrent connections?

Copy this link to your browser and it explains all. I was looking at form the licensing view, as TS expires after 90 days. Hope it helps. http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/server/help/ts_lice_c_015.htm

If you are only getting 2 connections you are probably running terminal service in remote admin mode and not application mode. Remote admin allows 2 concurrent administrator connections. The 3rd will be denied. It's not an issue of licensing unless you are using 9x/NT clients. If you are using Windows 2000 clients and connecting to a Windows 2000 server then you don't need any addition TS licenses. Glen

hi Glen Thanks for your reply. So are you saying I can have more than 2 people connecting to a terminal server configured in application mode only if they are on windows 2000 without buying any additional licensing?

During the 90 day 'evaluation' period you can have as many connections as the servers hardware will handle - memory, drive space, network traffic etc. After that, 9x and NT users will need a client access license to connect to the server. Without it, they will not connect. Windows 2000 Professional users will not need an additional license. So I guess to answer your question, yes. The reason for this is because if you are running 98 for example and connect via TS to a server running Windows 2000, that 98 client is essentially now running on a Win2000 desktop - you need to pay for that. If they are already licensed for Win2000 on their computer and connect to another Win2000 machine they aren't really changing the OS so no additional license is needed. Terminal services in application mode is only limited in connections by licenses if required, or a practical limitation of performance based on the reasons I stated above. Hope that helps. Glen