by Joe Gleinser
25. March 2010 20:04
Microsoft's announcement of RemoteFX finally brings the user experience in Terminal Server (now Remote Desktop Services) closer in line with VMware View and XenDesktop. I'm withholding judgment until we're able to test this claim, but the marketing promises look appealing. Its inclusion with Server 2008 R2 SP1 means this can upgrade can be immediately rolled out to existing Terminal Server users without any expense.
In this rapidly changing product, its difficult to keep up with the name changes. Remote Desktop Services is now the official product name. Session Virtualization is now the technology offered by Terminal Server.
Read more about RemoteFX here: http://blogs.technet.com/virtualization/archive/2010/03/17/explaining-microsoft-remotefx.aspx