Familiar Procedures
NetMan Desktop Manager adds shortcuts to applications installed on terminal servers to the user's Start menu. No separate authentication with the terminal server is necessary when a user clicks on such a shortcut, because NetMan Desktop Manager's single sign-on function uses the network login information for authentication with the terminal server. Unlike Microsoft Terminal Server, NetMan Desktop Manager leaves no visible difference in access to locally and centrally stored applications.
Furthermore, because NetMan Desktop Manager is smoothly integrated in the accustomed Windows desktop, with uncompromising support for Windows standards, there is no special user interface or operating principle for users to get used to.
Double-click to Open Files
Thanks to NetMan Desktop Manager's integrated content redirection, files on the terminal server can also be opened by double-clicking. It makes no difference whether the file is stored on the local disk drive or on the server, or as an e-mail attachment. NetMan Desktop Manager automatically starts the application associated with the file on the server, and opens the file. NetMan Desktop Manager thus does away with the roundabout method required by Microsoft Terminal Server, in which the user must first open the appropriate application, then the file. With NetMan Desktop Manager, users can simply continue using their habitual working methods.
Content redirection is integrated dynamically by the NDM client. When there is no connection to the terminal server - if the employee is in the field, for example - double-clicking a file starts the locally associated application instead. As soon as the terminal server is available again, double-clicking opens files on the terminal server.
If is the file to be opened is on another server in the network, it is opened on directly over the backbone from one server to the other. NetMan Desktop manager achieves higher performance by avoiding the extra round trip through the user's workstation.