<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Related components </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> RemoteFX, Microsoft App - V </Td> </Tr> <P> Remote Desktop Services (RDS), known as Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 and earlier, is one of the components of Microsoft Windows that allows a user to take control of a remote computer or virtual machine over a network connection . RDS is Microsoft's implementation of thin client, where Windows software, and the entire desktop of the computer running RDS, are made accessible to a remote client machine that supports Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). With RDS, only software user interfaces are transferred to the client system . All input from the client system is transmitted to the server, where software execution takes place . This is in contrast to application streaming systems, like Microsoft App - V, in which computer programs are streamed to the client on - demand and executed on the client machine . </P> <P> RemoteFX was added to RDS as part of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 . </P>

Is terminal services the same as remote desktop