Manage TS RemoteApp

Prior to Windows Server 2008, a remote connection to a terminal server displayed the desktop of the server, and the client could start the applications that the user wished to use. With Windows Server 2008 TS RemoteApp, specific applications are made available to the remote clients and when they are run, given reasonable network speed, it appears to the user that the application is on his or her computer. TS RemoteApp provides both the means to select the applications the remote client can use and the means to package and deliver the program to the user, as well as the primary way of managing remote clients and their access to the terminal server. These functions are performed with the TS RemoteApp Manager, which can be opened either from Start or the Server Manager.

1. Open the TS RemoteApp Manager by clicking Start menu | Administrative Tools | Terminal Services | TS RemoteApp Manager.
   Or, in the Server Manager, open Roles and Terminal Services, and click TS RemoteApp Manager.
   In either case, the TS RemoteApp Manager will open for the local server.
2. In the Actions pane on the right, click Add RemoteApp Programs. The RemoteApp Wizard will open.
3. Select the programs that you want the remote clients to run. For each of the programs, click Properties. Consider any changes you want to make to the name, the location of the startup file, the alias, whether it is available through TS Web Access, and whether the user can use command-line arguments.
4. Click OK when you are finished with a program's properties dialog box. When you have selected all the programs you want to make available, click Next. You are shown the list of programs and their properties that you want to make available. If you see something you want to change, click Back; otherwise click Finish. The programs will appear in the list at the bottom of TS RemoteApp Manager.
5. In the body of TS RemoteApp Manager, you can click the word "Change" in a number of areas, or click any of the three Actions pane options beneath Add RemoteApp Programs, and in all cases, open the RemoteApp Deployment Settings dialog box.
6. The default RemoteApp Deployment Settings are generally what you want to use, but it is good to review them to see what they are so you can change them in the future if the need arises. For example, if you want to use a digital signature, then the tab by that name is where you would add it. Click OK to close the RemoteApp Deployment Settings dialog box.