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Customizing Terminal Services Web Access
A quick one: Change the TS Web Access banner and keep users better informed of what they're connected to.
- By Greg Shields
- 10/06/2008
If you're tired of the standard banner text that you see at the top of your browser when you connect to a Terminal Services Web Access page, you can actually modify its text. Since this text is stored in text format in the TS Web Access' IIS application, modifying it is as simple as changing a line of code.
On your TS Web Access server, look in the folder C:\Windows\web\ts\en-US for the default.aspx file. Open it and scroll down and search for this piece of code:
string L_WindowsServer2008_Text = "Windows Server® 2008"; string L_TSWebAccess_Text = "TS Web Access";
In quotes are the two pieces of text that define what is seen on that top banner. Changing this text immediately changes what is seen by the next browser that connects to the TS Web Access Web site.
Congrats! Now, you've got a customized site for deploying applications to your users.
About the Author
Greg is an independent author, speaker, and IT consultant, as well as a Founding Partner with Concentrated Technology. With nearly 15 years in information technology, Greg has developed extensive experience in systems administration, engineering, and architecture specializing in Microsoft OS, remote application, and virtualization technologies. Greg is a Contributing Editor and columnist for TechNet Magazine, a former columnist for Redmond Magazine and Virtualization Review Magazine, and has authored or contributed to ten books and countless white papers and webcasts. His writing is regularly seen in publications like TechTarget online, e-books from Realtime Publishers, and the UK-based IT EXPERT Magazine. He has also produced numerous video training series for CBT Nuggets.