In a deployment of Windows Vista Enterprise Centralized Desktop, Remote Desktop Protocol is used to connect the guest operating systems and applications running centrally on Virtual Server with each user’s desktop client device. First introduced with Microsoft Windows NT® Server version 4.0, Terminal Services Edition, the RDP client has since been enhanced to optimize network usage and deliver an enhanced user experience through features such as printing to local printers, 32-bit color and sound, support for console mode connections, session directory, and local resource mapping.
RDP 6.0, introduced with Windows Vista and Windows Server code name “Longhorn,” adds support for the ability to remotely access a single application instead of the entire Windows desktop. RDP 6.0 also enables “desktop composition,” which makes it possible to deliver the Windows Aero™ experience and applications based on Windows Presentation Foundation to remote desktop client devices running Windows Vista.
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