And these "in the field" users, which is what I have here... their machines are not actually part of your network, correct? Not members of the domain?
>>> Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> 4/13/2010 8:18 AM >>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Joseph Heaton <jhea...@dfg.ca.gov> wrote: > How do you guys manage remote users' machines? Most of our laptop users come in the main office on a regular basis -- usually every day. We treat those laptops basically the same as desktops, for the most part. We've got a couple users "in the field" who only occasionally visit the main office -- a few times a year. Those laptops are set to pull Microsoft updates directly from Microsoft, rather than our internal update servers. Ditto for anti-virus updates. Other applications are handled on a very inconsistent, ad-hoc basis. Sometimes we just wait until they visit the LAN, sometimes I remote in (VPN, RDP, PSEXEC, etc.) and do stuff. I'm not happy with this, but haven't been able to do anything better with our budget. > Is it even possible, realistically? It's possible. It may be expensive or time-consuming. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
