Re: What do I need to use Terminal Server?

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Thanks for the advice. I read the article and although it is well written
it still seems complicated to someone with no MS Server experience. Maybe a
hands-on experience will change that. One point that concerns me is the
use of domain. Will this work if you are only using a workgroup? This is
still a small operation so they are using a standard company name workgroup.

I'm starting to see some major modifications to the overall network setup
ahead. While this is not bad from my perspective, I see major resistence
from the powers that be, seeing this as excessive compared to what they are
used to.

Any more thoughts appreciated.




"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Bob wrote:
Hi Everyone!

I'm looking for a little advice on an office configuration requiring
remote
access. Terminal server was one of the suggested applications to resolve
the issue.

In the current setup we have 5 networked computers in an office
environment,
4 of which use an application, installed on each PC, that shares a common
Access database stored on a 5th PC. Two or three users are accessing the
database at the same time.

Three remote offices have recently been established, each of which needs
access to this same database in real time for entering data.

The questions are:

!) Is Terminal Server the best way to access the now remote database?

2) Is there some better way to do this?

3) What will we need, both hardware and software, if we choose to use
Terminal Server?

4) Is Terminal Server easy to setup and maintain or is it problematic?

5) Any caveats?

6) Would something such as WebEx and GoToMyPC be better?

The first thing to realize is that you are going to run into the
Concurrent Inbound Connection limitations on that "5th PC". You didn't say
what operating system it is running, but both XP Home and Pro have
limitations which will cause you difficulties. The limitations are on
*connections*, not *computers*. Each computer can - and often does - make
more than one connection.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314882

concurrent connections:

5 for XP Home
10 for XP Pro/Tablet/MCE
49 for SBS 2000
74 for SBS 2003
Unlimited for full Server O/Ses

Since you are running a Windows program on the pseudo-server (the "5th
PC"), you will need to replace the XP it is running with a real MS server
operating system. Terminal Services is only available on a server
operating system anyway. Since it will be difficult to run TS without
having a domain and Active Directory, the workstations must be running XP
Pro.

Here is a link to an MS TechNet article "A Guide to Deploying Terminal
Services":

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/05/TerminalServices/

It is very well written and should answer your questions about TS.

You should contact the tech support for the specific application you are
using. They will know the best way to set up remote access to their
program and have guides for doing so.


Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


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