question onusing ts/web to connect to a server

[harveymasons]

My boss connected to one of our clients 2003 server remotely by opening up a browser and typing http://mail.(the domain name).com/tsweb

I Was wondeing if someone could explain how this works and how to set it up?
Also, why does one type mail before the domain name?? Once he logged in it was as if he was using remote desktop.

SO it looks like terminal services over the web is a way to use remote desktop via a browser but how would I enable this on a 2003 server I am setting up and do I have to type mail.domain name or can that be what ever I want?

thanks in advance,
harvey

[Matridom]

My boss connected to one of our clients 2003 server remotely by opening up a browser and typing http://mail.(the domain name).com/tsweb

I Was wondeing if someone could explain how this works and how to set it up?
Also, why does one type mail before the domain name?? Once he logged in it was as if he was using remote desktop.

SO it looks like terminal services over the web is a way to use remote desktop via a browser but how would I enable this on a 2003 server I am setting up and do I have to type mail.domain name or can that be what ever I want?

thanks in advance,
harvey

mail.whatever.com is probably the DNS name of the server. The name only matters as a pointer, you can use the IP address also.

Secondly, you would need to install the webserver for Terminal Services (btw, this can also be on a different system) the webclient is accessible as port of backoffice, it can also be downloaded seperatly.

The webclient only works through Internet Explorer, it uses the browser's ActiveX functions to enable the connection. (btw, port 3389 needs to be open to the TS server)

[harveymasons]

Thanks for the quick reply.

So suppose the address is mail.abc.com that means this server is known on the public inernet as mail.abc.com???

Just seems strange that they would use mail before the domain name??

thanks again,
HArvey

[Matridom]

Thanks for the quick reply.

So suppose the address is mail.abc.com that means this server is known on the public inernet as mail.abc.com???

Just seems strange that they would use mail before the domain name??

thanks again,
HArvey

It's how the DNS is setup. If it's mail.abc.com, i suspect you are probably running exchange on it, meaning that mail.abc.com would need to point to the exchange server for e-mail to work.

the mail.abc.com is a function of DNS, not a function of TS.

[harveymasons]

ahhh, that was the answer I Was looking for. Yes, they are running exchange on this server. SO it makes sense now.

So mail.abc.com is the dns entry on the internet that points to this exchange server correct?? Would this also be called an mx record??

thanks in advance,
harvey

[Matridom]

ahhh, that was the answer I Was looking for. Yes, they are running exchange on this server. SO it makes sense now.

So mail.abc.com is the dns entry on the internet that points to this exchange server correct?? Would this also be called an mx record??

thanks in advance,
harvey

No, mx is different, check your dns, you'll probably see an A record for mail.abc.com or just mail.

[harveymasons]

Thanks again for your extremely helpful information. Could I trouble you to explain what an MX record is and how it works. I always thought it was a dns entry for e-mail?
IG. mail.abc.com???

But by your last post it is something different??

thanks a million,

regards,
harvey

[Matridom]

Thanks again for your extremely helpful information. Could I trouble you to explain what an MX record is and how it works. I always thought it was a dns entry for e-mail?
IG. mail.abc.com???

But by your last post it is something different??

thanks a million,

regards,
harvey

has per...

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/....html#xtocid11

A DNS Mail Exchanger resource record that specifies where mail for a domain name should be delivered. You can have multiple MX records for a single domain name, ranked in preference order

I just tells mail where to go, not computers.

[harveymasons]

Thanks again!! I appreciate it.

Harvey

[Grateful_Dad]

Check out www.dyndns.org - you can create an account and play around with some dns settings. There are 4 or 5 different types of dns records "A" and "MX" the two most used though. "A" records point to a site and MX records point to some mail exchanger ( doesn't have to be exchange) We use ( or the browser/dns) A records to surf web. Mail servers use MX records to transfer mail to destination.

[Matridom]

Check out www.dyndns.org - you can create an account and play around with some dns settings. There are 4 or 5 different types of dns records "A" and "MX" the two most used though. "A" records point to a site and MX records point to some mail exchanger ( doesn't have to be exchange) We use ( or the browser/dns) A records to surf web. Mail servers use MX records to transfer mail to destination.

all the dns records get much use. i would howerver place "pointer" and "cname" records higher then MX records. Just cause you don't hear about them does not mean they are not used.

[cyberhh]

The mail server had IIS, Terminal Services and TS Web Client installed (TSWeb is found under Web Server details in Add/Remove Programs / Windows Components) and then you can use xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/tsweb to access the Web Client version of TermSvcs - where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is the IP address - you can also use any valid Dns entry for the same host - ie mail.company.com/tsweb

I hope this is an acceptable explination.