{"id":10382,"date":"2010-02-10T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T18:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10382"},"modified":"2010-02-10T18:12:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T18:12:00","slug":"remote-desktop-session-hosting-sizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10382","title":{"rendered":"Remote Desktop Session Hosting Sizing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/downloads\/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;FamilyID=ca837962-4128-4680-b1c0-ad0985939063\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> a guide on Windows Server 2008 R2 Remote Desktop Session Hosting capacity planning. Remote Desktop Session Hosting, what the hell is that?&#160; That\u2019s the new name for Terminal Services.&#160; Yes, the naming department struck again and now IT Pro terminology has a bigger carbon footprint than cows or airplanes.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Remote Desktop Session Host (RD Session Host) role service lets multiple concurrent users run Windows-based applications on a remote computer running Windows Server 2008 R2. This white paper is intended as a guide for capacity planning of RD Session Host in Windows Server 2008 R2. 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