The specifications explain the formal processes during the project, for example, decision making, time schedules, measurable results and milestones, approval procedures and criteria, exit scenarios, and escalation mechanisms. The technical concept describes the technical procedures, such as selecting hardware and operating system components, how to integrate the terminal servers in the existing infrastructure, and installing all required applications. Planning phase After the successful pre-study, a complete technical concept and set of specifications are drawn up. If desired, a corporate concept can be drawn up during the pre-studies for a future production environment based on terminal servers. Do not forget that the results of the pre-study might lead to the conclusion that terminal servers are not recommended for a particular implementation. After all pre-study activities have been completed, you will have an analysis document describing the actual situation, a rough concept describing the target situation, an estimate of all costs, and presentation material for all business units involved. The test environment outlines the basic feasibility of any future project. Pre-study, including test In this phase, the service provider analyzes the target environment, the IT terminal server strategy is defined, required core applications are defined, the total cost of ownership (calculating the total costs) is determined for different operation models, and the test environment is installed.

Either an internal or an external service provider normally handles the implementation of such a project. Terminal server projects are typically divided into five phases. Finding out which areas of a company terminal servers can be effectively used and implementing successfully, from a technical point of view is the objective of a terminal server project. They are better suited for some tasks than for others. A four-wheel-drive truck would be a lot better for these tasks, although their basic structure (a vehicle with four tires and a steering wheel) doesn’t differ much from a sports car. No one expects a sports car to be perfectly suited to all tasks in construction or manufacturing.

So what is the difference between a successful and a failed terminal server project? The technology itself works, as has been proved, just not under all circumstances.

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