Article ID: 312102 - Last Review: November 1, 2006 - Revision: 4.1

HOW TO: Connect a Handheld PC to a Terminal Services Server

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to connect your Handheld PC Professional device to a Terminal Services server.

You can use your Handheld PC Professional device to connect to a Microsoft Windows NT 4.0-based or Microsoft Windows 2000-based server that is running Terminal Services. After you connect to a Terminal Services server, you can use the programs and network resources that are available on the Terminal Services server.

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How to Install Mobile Terminal Server

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server includes a tool that is named Mobile Terminal Server. This tool is a Microsoft Windows CE-based terminal client that can connect a Handheld PC Professional device to a Terminal Services server over an existing connection on the handheld device. The Mobile Terminal Server tool is located on the Windows 2000 Server CD-ROM, and is also available from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/downloads/terminalserver.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/downloads/terminalserver.mspx)

Connect the handheld device to your desktop PC, and the run the Setup program to install the terminal client on your device.

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How to Create a Terminal Server Connection

After you install the terminal client, you must create a connection. To create a Terminal Services server connection:

On the Handheld PC Professional device, tap Start, tap Programs, and then tap Terminal Server Client. This starts the Client Connection Wizard.
Type a description for the connection and the name or IP address of the Terminal Services server to which you want to connect.
If you are connecting to the Terminal Services server by using a dial-up connection, tap Low speed connection.
Tap Next.
Tap Log on automatically, and then type the user name, password, and domain with which to log on to the Terminal Services server. Or, do not tap Log on automatically if you want to type your authentication information each time you start the connection.
Tap Next.
Tap Display desktop if you want the Terminal Server client to display the full desktop from the Terminal Services server. Or, tap Launch application if you want a specific program on the Terminal Services server to be started instead of displaying a desktop.
Tap Finish. The Client Connection Wizard finishes and an icon for the new connection is added to the desktop. Double-tap this icon to start the connection and connect to the Terminal Services server.