Re: novice terminal services questions
- From: "Gary M" <garym_dontspamme@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:09:47 -0500
he has 4 PCs in the main office, all running XP Pro.
the licenses he has purchased are per device, and he does have more users
than computers.
the PCs will all be XP Pro, and the server is windows 2003.
only other thing at the two remote sites will be printers.
is the main reason not to have all of this on one server an issue with
redundancy, that is the one server crashes you lose everything,
or is it performance related?
thanks for the reply.
gary
"Hank Arnold (MVP)" <rasilon@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Gary M wrote:
never had dealt with terminal services before, so would appreciate any
help and hints here.
I will be setting up a server for someone who has two remote sites in
addition to his home office.
I'm kind of jumping in at the end, he has been working with the company
who sold him his accounting package, and they recomended for cost savings
to do terminal services.
each remote site will have two PCs.
he has purchased windows 2003 server with 10 licenses.
he wants each remote PC (4 of them) to be able to connect to the server
at the home office, both for his non-microsoft accounting software, and
for accessing the server as a file server.
what all is needed in this setup?
even though he purchased licenses with the server, he still has to
purchase terminal services licenses, right?
we would still need VPN boxes of some kind at the remote sites, correct?
he wants them to have Word, Excel, and Outlook, are there special
licenses to purchase since they want to connect via terminal services, or
just the basic office license for each PC?
My first recommendation is that you convince this guy to hire a consultant
to put together the strategy and, possibly, help implement it. It's not
clear how many computers he has in the in office. You didn't say what kind
of CALs he bought... per device or per user. If you have more users than
computers, you need per device. If you have more computers than users, you
need per user.
A lot of information is needed about the network. Is this the only server?
If yes, you are walking on thin ice. trying to do all this with a single
server (DC, TS, Application server) is playing Russian Roulette with all
the chambers filled. It is highly *NOT* recommended.
You don't give any indication of the server configuration. What OS are the
remote PC's running? What is at each site (besides the 2 PC's)?
You'll almost certainly want a VPN for security.
You will need TS licenses. 1 for each computer (or user) that will access
the applications.
You will need a license for each user who will access Office. You should
get an Open License for it with as many licenses as needed...
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Regards,
Hank Arnold
Microsoft MVP
Windows Server - Directory Services
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