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title: "Terminal server search – search email and files in RDS | Lookeen"
url: https://lookeen.com/solutions/search-in-vdi/terminal-server-desktop-search
lang: en
description: "On a terminal server, many people share one machine. If every session indexed on its own, the server would soon be overloaded. Lookeen Server takes over …"
published: 2018-12-21T13:17:04+00:00
modified: 2026-10-23T09:00:00+00:00
---

# Terminal Server Desktop Search

On a terminal server, many people share one machine. If every session indexed on its own, the server would soon be overloaded. Lookeen Server takes over indexing centrally – everyone searches the same permission-checked index.

[Talk to us](https://lookeen.com/contact) [Lookeen Server](https://lookeen.com/solutions/enterprise-search/lookeen-server)

## Why Lookeen Server in virtual environments

One central index replaces searching in every single session, and your permissions stay as they are.

### One index instead of hundreds

The server indexes mailboxes and file servers once, centrally. Sessions don’t index anything themselves – sparing CPU, memory and storage on the hosts.

### Search in the browser

Search runs in any browser in the session, nothing to install in the image. The Lookeen app and the Outlook add-in can be added via MSI.

### Ready instantly

Even non-persistent desktops have the complete, current index from the first moment.

### Rights stay intact

Results only appear for people with access in Active Directory, Exchange or on the file server.

## Notes for Terminal Server

What to watch for with Remote Desktop Services, Azure Virtual Desktop and shared sessions.

-   **Remote Desktop Services:** Lookeen Server runs on its own server; sessions access it via browser, app or Outlook.
-   **Azure Virtual Desktop:** multi-session hosts benefit from the central index too.
-   **Separate visibility:** everyone only sees their own mailboxes and the storage they have access to.

Related: [Search in VDI](https://lookeen.com/solutions/search-in-vdi/desktop-search-in-vdi) · [VDI & terminal server](https://lookeen.com/use-cases/vdi-terminal-server) · [Citrix](https://lookeen.com/solutions/search-in-vdi/citrix-desktop-search) · [VMware](https://lookeen.com/solutions/search-in-vdi/vmware-desktop-search)

## Try it free, no strings attached

Test the full feature set of Lookeen for 14 days – with your own data.

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