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'''Terminal Services''' is a component of [[Microsoft Windows]] operating systems (both client and server versions) that allows a user to access applications or data stored on a remote computer over a network connection. Terminal Services is [[Microsoft]]'s take on [[Server (computing)|server]] centric computing.

Based on the [[Remote Desktop Protocol]] (RDP), Terminal Services was first introduced in [[Windows NT 4.0]] ''Terminal Server Edition''. The products [[Windows 2000]] Server, [[Windows 2000 Advanced Server]], [[Windows 2000 Datacenter Server]] and [[Windows Server 2003]] have introduced several improvements and new features. Microsoft used Terminal Services in [[Windows XP]] to allowallows aone user to assist another user (''Remote Assistance'') and to allowallows a userusers to take control of his/hertheir computercomputers remotely (''Remote Desktop''). ''Remote Assistance'' works in all editions of Windows XP, while ''Remote Desktop'' requires Windows XP Professional or [[Windows XP Media Center Edition]] 2005 or later.

Microsoft provides the [[client software]] '''Remote Desktop Connection''' (formerly called '''Terminal Services Client'''), available for most [[32-bit]] versions of their Windows operating systems and [[Apple Computer|Apple]]'s [[Mac OS X]], that allows a user to connect to a server running Terminal Services. Third-party developers have created client software for other platforms, including the [[open source]] [[rdesktop]] client for common [[Unix]] platforms. Both Terminal Services and [[Remote Desktop Protocol]] use TCP [[port 3389]] by default, which is editable in the [[Windows registry]].