"If it works via RDP, but not in a shared TS environment, then I'd probably see 
about getting multiple VMs running as targets for RDP."

You mean, GASP!, VDI??? <smirk>

Thanks


Webster


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 3:22 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: virtualization question
> 
> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Stephen Holtz
> <ste...@addisonreserve.cc> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, another newbie to the world of virtualization here.  I have a POS
> > (point of sale) program that I want to be able to be accessed by iPads
> > using a RDP client.  However, I would like to put multiple instances
> > of the program on a server so that each iPad can access the POS
> > program and keep it open during service.  Any help even a starting point
> would be helpful.
> >
> >
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> 
> Questions...
> 
> o- Is this a new POS program, or is it currently in use elsewhere?
> o- If it's currently in use, what are the back end and front end platforms -
> Windows, *nix?
> 
> If it's currently in use, and has a Windows front end client, you shoud
> probably talk withe the vendor regarding whether it plays nice on a TS server,
> or whether it will play nice with RDP.
> 
> If they don't know, then I'd explore whether it works via RDP first, and then
> test to see if you can make it run in a Windows VM, and then test an install
> on a TS server.
> 
> If it works via RDP, but not in a shared TS environment, then I'd probably see
> about getting multiple VMs running as targets for RDP.

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