3. Add Users to a Terminal Services Environment

Now that you have created the necessary user profile and home directory shares you will need to set up new and existing users to take advantage of profiles that roam from server to server and a terminal specific user home directory.  If you are going to be deploying more than one server you will need to make User Property changes to configure the user for Terminal Services environments. 

In order to test your MetaFrame XP installation you will need to create a test user for every security group.

3. 1.        Terminal Server Home Directory

Because MetaFrame XP supports multiple simultaneous users, a separate copy of the application-specific .INI files is maintained for each user. Any .INI files associated with Windows applications are searched for in the user-specific home directory.  If a user installs a Windows application, .INI files are created or modified in that directory. If you want multiple users to use the same Windows application, you must use the change user /install command to install all application .INI and .DLL files into the MetaFrame XP system directories during software installation, or manually copy and merge the appropriate information into each user's .INI files in their respective home directories.

Citrix MetaFrame requires a user to have a home directory to store application settings informational files. 

When adding a user to the MetaFrame farm you must add a Terminal Server Home Directory which is located by clicking the profile button in the users properties box.

       Click the Connect radio button and select the drive letter you assigned for exclusive use for the users Citrix home directory and then type \\servername\ts users home directory\%username% in the Terminal Services Home Directory text box.

The following is a screen shot of the users Terminal Services Profile tab in Windows 2000s Users and Computers utility:

3. 2.        Terminal Server Profile Path

A Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 User Profile describes the Windows NT configuration for a specific user, including the users environment and preference settings. For example, those settings and configuration options specific to the usersuch as installed applications, desktop icons, color options, and so forthare contained in a User Profile.   Profile settings are applied to the user during logon and updated each time a user logs off properly.

A word to the wise, you need to keep your eye on the size of the profile folder. This can be done in multiple ways; you can set disk quotas via group policies and I also recommend excluding the Internet Temporary Files from the user profile via group policies.   I will discuss policies in more detail later on in the document. 

A profile path is used to store the look and feel of your workspace environment. 

When adding a user to the MetaFrame farm, you must add a Terminal Server Profile Path located by clicking the profile button in the users properties box

       Type: \\servername\profiles share\%username% in the Terminal Server Profile Path text box as show below.

The following is a screen shot of the users terminal services profile tab in Windows 2000s Users and Computers utility.