This sounds like a job for either VM Hosted Apps or XenDesktop. Looks like you would need Private Image mode, but that is always open to debate.
<gag> View? What is View? </gag> Carl Webster Citrix Technology Professional http://dabcc.com/Webster > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Humphries [mailto:nt...@hedgedigger.com] > Subject: terminal services/citrix/xen desktop etc for bean counters. > > Anyone here had any success with using these technologies in an > accounting/CPA environment? I have a 25 person CPA client that is > interested in doing something to support working remotely for a few > employees and also opening a 3 or 4 person branch office in the near future. > Lacerte and Quickbooks over a VPN just don't cut it. Some items that make > the project difficult... > > 1) They went paperless a couple of years ago and dual monitors for > everyone is important for workflow. So, we need good support of dual > monitors. > 2) User rights. Everyone right now is local admin on machines. You can thank > intuit for making it near impossible to avoid. > 3) Quickbooks (see intuit issue above) claims terminal services is not > supported in anything but their enterprise version. They are a CPA firm and > install multiple versions of quickbooks on workstations. Not sure if using a > VM, rather than TS gets around this. > 4) Software/Printer installs. Almost every intuit and CCH product they use > comes with it's own PDF printer that must be installed. This already causes > the occasional printer driver problem on physical machines. > > Anyone have any advice for what solutions would be right out or deserve > consideration? I just found out about Xen Desktop Express for 10 or fewer > users. That has piqued my interest. The competitor to that is VMware's > View, right? > > Thanks for any help/knowledge you can share. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- You are currently subscribed to ntsysadmin as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/u?id=8142875.a9cf90b99baa17cb4fcf8293a59eb3b1&n=T&l=ntsysadmin&o=9079815 or send a blank email to leave-9079815-8142875.a9cf90b99baa17cb4fcf8293a59eb...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com
