Re: [MCN-L] MCN ITSig: TMS for Mac users - Windows VM or Terminal server?

2015-10-29 Thread Beaudet, David
At the NGA, the TMS application is installed only on a handful of workstations. Most TMS users have an .rdp configuration file deployed to their workstations and they use the Remote Desktop Client (on Mac and Windows) to connect to one of a number of Remote Desktop Services (formerly Terminal S

Re: [MCN-L] MCN ITSig: TMS for Mac users - Windows VM or Terminal server?

2015-10-28 Thread Jeffrey Evans
At Princeton we remote in with Microsoft remote aps. Works well enough for our Mac users who tend to be lighter users of TMS. Jeff Evans 609.865.2562 Photographer, Manager of Visual Resources Princeton University Art Museum http://artmuseum.princeton.edu > On Oct 28, 2015, at 12:43 PM, Alex

Re: [MCN-L] MCN ITSig: TMS for Mac users - Windows VM or Terminal server?

2015-10-28 Thread Heck, James
We currently have a Terminal server that Mac users RDP to and access TMS through that windows server. We have looked at Citrix and VMWare View but haven't moved forward with those due to costs compared to a basic Windows box and Terminal server. In either of these solutions you only need to updat

[MCN-L] MCN ITSig: TMS for Mac users - Windows VM or Terminal server?

2015-10-28 Thread Alex Garcia
Hello all, I’m curious to know what your recommendation is for Mac users who need to work in TMS. Is it preferable to use a Windows VM or to setup Terminal server and have the Mac users use that instead? If you could explain why you recommend what you do that would be really helpful. Thank y