Re: SBS with Terminal Server
- From: "Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]" <les.connor@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:37:14 -0500
Hi John,
So long as the LOB apps will run on a TS, this is a great approach. In fact,
with the limited amound of users in the current environment, and subject to
your hardware being up to the task .....
Install Virtual Server on the SBS. Install your TS as a virtual machine,
join it to the domain. A new link to 'Connect to my Company's Application
Server' will magically appear in Remote Web Workplace :-).
Now this is sweet. From anywhere you have an internet connection, and
without installing any software, anywhere, your mobile users have access to
the LOB apps, as well as the rest of the domain/network resources :-)
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Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]
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"JohnL" <JohnL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have recently settled in my first SBS2003. I was going to say that I
completed installation of an SBS2003 network but now I believe that it
will
never be 'completed' :-) Anyway now I can take a breather and sit back and
review some of the issues.
When we started out we were going to have a completely wireless setup as
there was just one reception workstation and 2 business partners with
laptops
who would be in and out of the office. Well I got through all the RADIUS
installation OK but it turns out that performance is just not good enough.
The big problem is the line-of-business applications that these people
need
to use. Being a developer I was amazed at how limited the configuration
options are for these apps. They mostly seem to have derived from old DOS
apps to which have been retrofitted some multi user capabilities. They all
expect the binaries and data to be in a single folder hierarchy with no
configuration options to separate the data to a different
folder/drive/share.
The trouble with these types of apps is that you cannot install the
executables/binaries/read only bits on the local machine (eg laptop) and
have
them access data on a network share. So all binaries have to be loaded
over
the wire (or wireless) with consequential performance hits.
So now we have GigaBit Ethernet installed and the laptop users plug in
when
in the office. When I got RWW up and running and the partners discovered
Remote Desktop Connection they were really impressed. However now we have
only one permanently wired in workstation (reception) which is available
(only after hours) for RDC.
So finally I get to my question. I we were to set up a Terminal Server
could
it be used via RWW and RDC to access the business apps (with just screen
updates/keyboard/mouse going over the wire)? I note that in RWW only
administrators can remote connect to servers - does Terminal Server appear
as
a server in RWW or are there other options?
Any advice links, pointers would be appreciated - we probably will not be
doing this in the short term.
John
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C++/C# Developer
Part time SBS2003 Admin
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