Remote Desktop for Administration Tasks

Updated: January 21, 2005

New ways to do familiar tasks

This table lists common tasks for Remote Desktop for Administration (formerly Terminal Services in Remote Administration mode). The user interface for performing these tasks is different in Windows Server 2003 family operating systems than it was in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 or Microsoft Windows 2000.

Please choose your upgrade path:

Windows NT 4.0 to one of the Windows Server 2003 family operating systems
Windows 2000 to one of the Windows Server 2003 family operating systems

Windows NT 4.0 to one of the Windows Server 2003 family operating systems

If you want to	In Windows NT 4.0 use	In Windows Server 2003 family operating systems do this
Create a Terminal Services connection	Terminal Server Client	Open Remote Desktop Connection. For more information, see Remote Desktop Connection .
Remotely administer your server with Terminal Services	Not available	Use Remote Desktop for Administration. For more information, see Remote Desktop for Administration overview .
Create a Terminal Services connection using the World Wide Web	Not available	Use Remote Desktop Web Connection. For more information, see Remote Desktop Web Connection .

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Windows 2000 to one of the Windows Server 2003 family operating systems

If you want to	In Windows 2000 use	In Windows Server 2003 family operating systems do this
Create a Terminal Services connection	Client Connection Manager and Terminal Services Client	Open Remote Desktop Connection. For more information, see Remote Desktop Connection .
Remotely administer your server with Terminal Services	Use Terminal Services in Remote Administration mode, enabled with Add or Remove Programs	Remote Desktop for Administration. For more information, see Remote Desktop for Administration overview .
Create a Terminal Services connection using the World Wide Web	Terminal Services Advanced Client	Use Remote Desktop Web Connection. For more information, see Remote Desktop Web Connection .

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