Sorry – typo. Microsoft supplies a Remote Desktop client for Mac, not a TMS client.

From: Richard Grant [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:03 PM
To: 'The Museum System (TMS) Users'
Subject: RE: TMS on Microsoft Terminal Services?

Hi Ariana,

The Diebenkorn Catalogue Raisonné has been using Remote Desktop for a long time. Users are scattered all over the country. We have only six TMS licenses, but often all are in use simultaneously. That means six instances of TMS running on a server with a single processor and 2 gigs of RAM. We rarely have any performance problems unless a big copy or backup is under way. Being a 501(c)(3) we could buy the client access licenses (CALs) through Tech Soup so they were practically free. Our users run XP, Macs (for which Microsoft supplies a TMS client) and also XP on Macs under Boot Camp. Technically we have had very few problems.

Feel free to call if you have questions.

Richard Grant
The Richard Diebenkorn Catalogue Raisonné
3200 College Avenue #2
Berkeley, CA 94705
510-428-1400
510-459-4556 (mobile)
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From: The Museum System (TMS) Users [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of French, Ariana
Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:45 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: TMS on Microsoft Terminal Services?

Hello all,

Does anyone use Microsoft Terminal Services (now called Remote Desktop Services) to deliver TMS to your users? If so, would you please share your opinions of this configuration and your hardware and network specifications? We’re trying this out for a small group of users and any feedback is appreciated.

Thank you-        

Ariana

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Ariana French
Database Administrator

Yale University Art Gallery
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