It is interesting to note that TS Easy Print makes use of XPS (XML Paper Specification), Microsoft's alternative to PDF. This new feature allows you to use your local printer in a TS session even if the printer driver is not available on the server. I just tried it with a relatively new USB stick and it didn't work, probably because the driver of the memory stick doesn't support device redirection. It would be nice if this works like USB devices under VMware Workstation. Plug and play devices supporting device redirection can be accessed from a TS session. Plug and Play Device Redirection Framework You can enable Desktop Composition thru the RDC client's Experience tab. However, this only works if the Terminal Services are running in administration mode or the host is a Vista machine. If the client is a Vista machine you can even use Aero as long as the client's hardware supports it and Desktop Experience is installed on the server. Desktop Experience is a feature you can add with Server Manager in Windows Server 2008. The latter only works together with Windows Server 2008. Users can work with a desktop similar to the one they know from Windows XP or Vista. So if you are transferring a huge file or print a large document using RDP, your desktop won't freeze, anymore. Keyboard, mouse and display data has a higher priority now than other RDP data. It possible to work with 32 bit color mode and ClearType font smoothing. You can't use full screen mode with previous RDC versions. Furthermore, 16:9 and 16:10 displays are now supported. The maximum display resolution is 4096x2048 now. You can configure the RDC 6 client to warn you to stop the connection process if Server Authentication fails. In Windows Server 2008, it is possible to allow connections only if Network Level Authentication is enabled. This reduces the risk of man-in-the-middle attacks. The new RDC client authenticates against the server before a Terminal Services session is established.

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