Re: Best way to handle SBS 2003 users who are permanently remote
- From: mike@home
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:09:15 +1100
Hi Jenny,
Thank you for the quick reply. It is extremely useful and
informative.
If I have understood correctly, the roaming profile/folder redirection
setup is essentially aimed at local users who may use different PCs to
access the server and not so much at remote users who probably only
use one machine, such as a laptop.
This latter group are catered for by using offline folders and some
combination of the various methods for external server access such as
RWW, RDP, VPN etc.
Mike
On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:14:12 GMT, v-yanniw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
("Jenny wu [MSFT]") wrote:
>Hi Mike,
>
>Thanks for using the SBS newsgroup!
>
>For your description, I understand that you want to get best practices that
>SBS remote users acces internal resource of the SBS network. If I am off
>base, please don't hesitate to let me know.
>
>In SBS 2003 environment, SBS provides several methods to make remote users
>conveniently connect to the internal resources. That is: VPN, RWW and RDP.
>
>===================
>I. Using RRAS wizard (Server Management console -> Configuration E-mail and
>Internet Connection Wizard -> Configure Remote Access), we can easily setup
>VPN server and when remote users VPN to the SBS network, they can work as
>internal computers and access resources with appropriate access permissions.
>
>Detail information:
>How to install and configure a Virtual Private Network server in Windows
>Server 2003
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;323441
>
>314076 HOW TO: Configure a Connection to a Virtual Private Network (VPN) in
>Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314076
>
>===================
>II. Another easier method is that through RWW (Remote Web Workspace) site
>to connect to internal computers and access the Companyweb site.
>
>The SBS RWW is a dynamically created web site that provides a single,
>simple, and consolidated entry point for remote users to access SBS
>features. It empowers external SBS users by providing one place from which
>all relevant features of SBS, such as Outlook Web Access, Windows
>SharePoint Services, and the remote user desktop, can be accessed from
>outside the network firewall. To access RWW, one can access
>http://fully_qualified_domain_name/remote remotely, or
>http://servername/remote locally.
>
>Connecting through RWW allows users to connect to the server resources
>without additional configuration such as VPN or RAS. It also allows VAPs to
>connect directly to the internal workstations for troubleshooting purposes.
>If SSL is deployed along with RWW, you ensure the communication is secured,
>and all data is encrypted and protected over the web.
>
>===================
>III. We can also publish terminal services to internet and use RDP client
>application to connect to internal computers.
>
>To configure any method to use, it is recommended you take a look at the
>following KB article to get detail steps:
>
>825763 How to configure Internet access in Windows Small Business Server
>2003
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825763
>
>===================
>IV. To your scenario, you need not configure roaming profile or folder
>redirection and the both features need to be used in internal network. You
>may choose enable offline files and save some important files or folders in
>server side and enable them offline files. Those users can edit those files
>and synchronize them with server when they VPN to the SBS network.
>
>A: Roaming user profiles enable users to log on to any computers in a
>domain while preserving their user profile settings. In another word, when
>enabled roaming profiles, users have same profiles (such as desktop) when
>logon any domain computers. In this way, User profiles are stored at an
>administrator specified server location. When a user logs on and has been
>authenticated within the directory service, the user profile, including
>user settings and documents, are copied to the local computer. User profile
>changes made on the local computer are then captured. Changes will then be
>copied to the user profile stored on the server and be applied the next
>time the user logs on.
>
>314478 How to Create and Copy Roaming User Profiles in Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314478
>
>314886 Some Issues to Consider If Windows XP Users Have Roaming Profiles
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314886
>
>324749 How To Create a Roaming User Profile in Windows Server 2003
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=324749
>
>B: Folder Redirection is a User group policy. This means that a user for
>whom you configure folder redirection must have a group policy linked to
>some folder structure where their user object is subordinate, such as a
>site, domain, or organizational unit.
>
>When we enabled some folders' Folder Redirection, the folders content in
>client computer will be saved in one server box. And when we click the
>folder on workstations, we will be redirected to server box and open the
>files located the server box.
>
>For example, we enabled My Documents Redirection, The My Documents item on
>the desktop or Start -> My Documents just is a link to the server shard
>folder location and there is not factual content in the folder.
>Additionally, if we open My Computer -> Documents and Settings -> domain
>user profile folder, we will not see My Documents folder for we enabled My
>Documents redirection.
>
>More detail inforamton:
>Folder Redirection feature in Windows
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232692/EN-US/
>
>The option related Users will show the default settings in Server
>Management you open it every time.
>Server Management Console-> Users->Configure my Documents Redirection, you
>will find the item in Client Documents Redirection page.
>
>C: Offline files: You can make network files available offline by storing
>shared files on your computer so that they are accessible when you are not
>connected to the network. If you do this, you can work with the files the
>same way that you work with them when you are connected to the network.
>When you reconnect to the network, changes that you made to the files are
>updated to the network.
>
>How to use offline files in Windows XP
>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307853/EN-US/
>
>How To Configure Offline Files to Synchronize When a Particular Network
>Connection Becomes Active
>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=312171
>
>841171 How to configure client-side caching on a Windows Server 2003 server
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=841171
>
> 274789 The Folder Redirection Feature Does Not Function
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=274789
>
>===================
>Hope above information helps! If you have any unclear about the post
>content please feel free to let me know. I am looking forward to your reply!
>
>Have a nice day!
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Jenny Wu
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>>From: mike@home
>>Subject: Best way to handle SBS 2003 users who are permanently remote
>>Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 19:11:20 +1100
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>>Hi,
>>
>>I wonder if anyone can recommend a best practice for the situation
>>where a few sbs 2003 users are more-or-less permanently remote? If I
>>have understood roaming profiles correctly, these are only used from
>>the server during local access. Please tell me if this is incorrect.
>>
>>My current thoughts are to use local profiles coupled with folder
>>redirection. Is there a better way?
>>
>>In this particular instance these users need intermittent access to
>>some shared data on the server and also access via a terminal server
>>session to a stock control application running on the server.
>>
>>Mike
>>
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