talion83

I am currently looking into Thin Client based systems since the majority of my remote users connect to a 2008 based Terminal Services Farm. I am trying to avoid systems that use any proprietary based software (ie: ncomputing, citrix). The nComputing idea seems to be the one that fits best into what we want, except for the pesky software issue. The best case system is a diskless client that direct network boots into our existing RDP based environment (I understand that a PXE or similar environment will need to be enacted). Most of the solutions I've seen have embedded Linux or another OS - we would really prefer if clients just booted directly into the TS. Does such a system exist? or will a hypervisor of some type always be required? We are looking into a VDI solution either using Microsoft's client in 2008 R2 or VMware View (since we already have most of our systems virtualized on ESX hosts) - so if the direct to TS is not possible but there is/are devices that will go direct to a VDI...in which case going to Microsoft's would be preferable.

If the remote computers are running windows XP, look into the NLA mentioned by PeterH. In general, look into 'SSO' (Single Sign On, or Single Session Sign On). I am testing it right now for my RemoteApp users. I recommend making the Registry changes to a 'vanilla' XP install (I used a virtual machine initially) - export each of the settings, then combine them into a single Registry file. Once done you can easily run the .reg file either manually or via a script onto the computers. As a note, SP3 does need to be installed which will take care of the RDP 6.1 item as well.