Off-Campus Terminal Services

Terminal Services allows you to access many University network resources from home. Authentication requires a NetID username and password.

Email the Help Desk or call 775-682-5000 (25000 on campus) to get Terminal Services (TS) access for your account. After your NetID account has been granted access to TS, follow the instructions below to connect:

  1. Using Internet Explorer 6.x, browse to http://ts.unr.edu.
  2. Click Yes or OK to accept any certificates that are offered.
  3. Click the Connect button.
  4. Login with your NetID username and password.
  5. Once you've logged in, a screen similar to a desktop displays (see example below). This means that you are connected and can now access the server of your choice.
  6. This Terminal server can be accessed via a Remote Desktop Connection or through a web client (IE 6.0 or greater required) with the server name of ts.unr.edu.
    • Windows XP: If you are running Windows XP or higher, the Remote Desktop Connection is already installed and can be accessed by Start/All Programs/Accessories/ Communications/Remote Desktop Connection.
    • Other Windows OS: If you are running older versions of Windows, you can download the Remote Desktop Connection from the main Terminal Services page.
    • Mac OS X: If you are a Mac OS X user with Microsoft Office 2004 installed, you can access the Remote Desktop Connection client by going to: Applications/MS Office 2004/ Additional Tools/Remote Desktop Connection/Remote Desktop Connection.
      • There is also a Mac OSX Client available on the main Terminal Services page
  7. For further instructions on how to access a particular server resource, please ask your Server Administrator or call/email the Help Desk for assistance.

Note: Access to the Terminal Server is limited and granted on a per-user basis.