<UserAccount> Properties: Terminal Services Profile Tab
Applies To: Windows Server 2008
The Terminal Services Profile tab allows you to configure the user profile environment for when a user remotely connects to a terminal server.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
Profile Path |
Specify the profile path assigned to the user when the user connects to a terminal server. Assign the user a separate profile for Terminal Services sessions. Many of the common options that are stored in profiles, such as screen savers and animated menu affects, are not desirable when using Terminal Services. |
Terminal Services Home Folder |
Specify a path to a home folder to be used for Terminal Services sessions. The folder can be either a local folder or a network share. |
Deny this user permissions to log on to Terminal Server |
Specify if the user can connect to terminal servers. Even if this check box is cleared, the user still needs to be given permission to connect to a terminal server. The Remote Desktop Users group on the terminal server is used to give users and groups permission to log on remotely to a terminal server. |
Additional considerations
Membership in Administrators, or equivalent, is the minimum required to configure the properties of a local user account.
Membership in Account Operators, or equivalent, is the minimum required to configure the properties of most domain user accounts. In some cases, membership in Domain Admins, or equivalent, is the minimum required.
Review details about using the appropriate accounts and group memberships at Local and Domain Default Groups (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477).
If you do not configure a profile path or a home folder on the Terminal Services Profile tab, the settings configured on the Profile tab will be used, even for remote connections. If settings are configured on both tabs, the settings configured on the Terminal Services Profile tab will take precedence over the settings configured on the Profile tab for remote connections.
For information about configuring profile settings by using Group Policy settings, see Using Group Policy Settings.
For more information about implementing user profiles for users connecting to a terminal server, see the Terminal Services page on the Windows Server 2008 TechCenter (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=73931).