Re: Terminal services advice

From: Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] (mwport_at_no_spam_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/06/04 

Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 09:12:08 -0500

As:

I emailed Andy. Looks like he's booked up at this time.

Here's a paper on implementing a Terminal Server in an SBS 2000 network. I
still think you may need some assitance is getting this set. Take a look at
it and see what you think.

Using SBS 2000 with Terminal Services in Application Server Mode
http://members.microsoft.com/partner/products/Servers/SmallBusinessServer/SBS2000_Plus_W2KServer_Running_TS.aspx 

-- 
Merv  Porter  [SBS MVP]
===================================
"as" <as@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41017922-490B-4135-9F58-9C1EEB14229A@microsoft.com...
> I would like to contact Andy. Pls. advise how to get in touch w/him, or
have
> him contact me via this post. Thanks!
>
> btw, the first computer guy I had after a year wanted to bill me a monthly
> fee plus his hourly rate. That was the issue for me, although we really
only
> need quarterly support other than the TS situation and an email issue that
> needs to be addressed.
>
> Thanks for everyone's comments and help.
>
> "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks" wrote:
>
> > As?  Dude!  You are in the backyard of PSS mothership Charlotte.  Andy
> > Goodman is also around there and he's a small shop.  You got SBSers all
> > around you!
> >
> > If you have SBS 2000 that box did Terminal server in application mode.
> > SBS 2003 will not.  While it's not a good thing from an overall security
> > standpoint to be running TS on your domain controller I'll cut you some
> > slack until you grow a bit  ;-)
> >
> > I honestly think you need to find an SBSer in your neighborhood to help
> > you on this.  The amount of time you will spend setting up that server
> > to do TS in admin mode, deal with VPN issues and what not .... I think
> > you need to be out doing your business not dealing with computers.
> >
> > I can ping you up with Andy or better yet... troops?  Got any North
> > Carolinians around here?
> >
> > as wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > We're a very small company trying to open an equally small office in
another
> > > state. We run apps like Word and Outlook on the desktops, although all
the
> > > data is stored on our server for backup and monitoring since what we
do needs
> > > to be confidential. We also run the program for our contact manager,
> > > Maximizer, from the desktops, although the central database for
Maximizer is
> > > located on the server. We access the Maximizer database from the
desktop
> > > through a mapped drive. The desktops run Win2000, the server runs
Win2000 and
> > > SBS 2000.
> > >
> > > We do a lot of marketing, so we want to have all of our client
contacts for
> > > both offices in a central database.  Therefore, I'm looking at using a
VPN or
> > > Terminal Services to link the two offices. One wrinkle: we also are
using
> > > VoIP for our telephone system so that everything comes through a
central
> > > telephone number, too. I don't know if this is an issue given the size
of the
> > > pipe between the 2 offices.
> > >
> > > My questions:
> > >
> > > 1) Given our situation, is TS appropriate for what I want to do? Or
will VPN
> > > work? We will have at most 3-5 people in the other office. We have 4
users
> > > here in this office. I also have a friend who is going to help us out
with
> > > sales who will be working from home who hopefully will be able to
access the
> > > database, too.
> > >
> > > 2) How will I need to set this up? I posted this question during on
another
> > > thread, and the person said TS was appropriate, but also said "you
can't run
> > > it in app mode in SBS2003, and shouldn't in any prior version." What
does
> > > that mean?
> > >
> > > 3) She also recommended setting up another Win2000 server in my office
to
> > > run TS in app mode. How can this be done economically (e.g., do I
really need
> > > another server, and how can I keep the cost down on that given Win2000
and
> > > SBS2000 are expensive)? I'm trying to set up another office in a
desparate
> > > attempt to stay in business, so I really need to minimize the cost of
the
> > > implementation.
> > >
> > > 4) What costs will be involved - what can I expect?
> > >
> > > 5) How easy is this to set up and maintain? I do the maintenance for
our
> > > office as best I can right now, but I'm not a tech person. I haven't
had any
> > > luck finding a good tech person in Charlotte, NC since we are so small
even
> > > though we use a lot of technology given our size. The guys who can do
it want
> > > maintenance contracts, which we don't have enough need to make it
financially
> > > feasible, and the smaller guys really don't have experience in working
with
> > > SBS 2000.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance for any advice. I appreciate it!
> > >
> > > AS
> > >
> >
> > -- 
> > http://www.sbslinks.com/really.htm
> >
> >

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