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Add a Terminal Server to a Terminal Server Group

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Applies To: Windows Server 2008

A terminal server can be a member of more than one terminal server group in Terminal Services Manager.

To add a terminal server to a terminal server group by using the Add Computer action

  1. In Terminal Services Manager, in the left pane, click the terminal server group to which you want to add the terminal server.

  2. On the Action menu, click Add Computer.

  3. In the Select Computer dialog box, select whether you want to connect to the local computer or to another computer. If you select Another Computer, you can type the NetBIOS name, the fully qualified domain name (FQDN), or the IP address of the computer. You can use Browse to search for the computer.

  4. Click OK. The computer will now appear in the terminal server group in the left pane and Terminal Services Manager will automatically try to connect to the computer. The computer will be identified by its NetBIOS name, fully qualified domain name (FQDN), or IP address, depending on what you provided in Step 3.

To add a terminal server to a terminal server group by using the Add to Group action

  1. In Terminal Services Manager, in the left pane, click the name of the terminal server that you want to add to a terminal server group.

  2. On the Action menu, click Add to Group.

  3. In the dialog box, a list of terminal server groups appears. If an appropriate terminal server group is not listed, you can click Create Group to create a new terminal server group.

  4. In the dialog box, select the name of the terminal server group to which you want to add the terminal server, and then click OK. The terminal server will now appear in the terminal server group in the left pane and Terminal Services Manager will automatically try to connect to the computer.

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