Maybe, or maybe just stand up some workstations VMs in a free ESXi
environment...

But perhaps that's VDI, too...

Kurt

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Webster <[email protected]> wrote:
> "If it works via RDP, but not in a shared TS environment, then I'd probably 
> see about getting multiple VMs running as targets for RDP."
>
> You mean, GASP!, VDI??? <smirk>
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Webster
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]]
>> Sent: Friday, March 22, 2013 3:22 PM
>> To: NT System Admin Issues
>> Subject: Re: virtualization question
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Stephen Holtz
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > Ok, another newbie to the world of virtualization here.  I have a POS
>> > (point of sale) program that I want to be able to be accessed by iPads
>> > using a RDP client.  However, I would like to put multiple instances
>> > of the program on a server so that each iPad can access the POS
>> > program and keep it open during service.  Any help even a starting point
>> would be helpful.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > TIA,
>> >
>>
>> Questions...
>>
>> o- Is this a new POS program, or is it currently in use elsewhere?
>> o- If it's currently in use, what are the back end and front end platforms -
>> Windows, *nix?
>>
>> If it's currently in use, and has a Windows front end client, you shoud
>> probably talk withe the vendor regarding whether it plays nice on a TS 
>> server,
>> or whether it will play nice with RDP.
>>
>> If they don't know, then I'd explore whether it works via RDP first, and then
>> test to see if you can make it run in a Windows VM, and then test an install
>> on a TS server.
>>
>> If it works via RDP, but not in a shared TS environment, then I'd probably 
>> see
>> about getting multiple VMs running as targets for RDP.
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