Did the 'talent' get the day off with pay too? :-)
On 11/11/10, Jacob <ja...@excaliburfilms.com> wrote: > Just one day.. I would just give them the day off. Too much of a headache > for one day. > > > > We had to move back in April. We gave the employees Friday off, with pay, > while us techs moved and setup all the workstations/servers/etc. We talked > about having employees, like data entry, work from home. Just not with the > extra time and effort. 80 employees. > > > > From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:17 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Terminal Server or VPN? > > > > In a few weeks (Dec 17th) we'll be having a massive "work from home" day > (200-ish users, because we're moving our office to a different city) and we > have the option of standing up some Terminal Servers or just running with > VPN. Most users are expected to just want MS Office apps and Internet > Explorer. Several (a couple dozen) will also want RDP access to their > desktops. > > > > We have 3 TS servers now (1 2K8, 2 W2K3) but have the capability to stand up > more 2008 TS servers. I have no experience setting up TS farms or getting > them available for ability to his via Internet, although both of these > appear to be pretty straightforward. I am also under the impression that TS > via Internet uses less bandwidth than a straight-up VPN connection. > > > > VPN is already established but we'll certainly have many users using their > home PC that don't currently have VPN configured and would much rather have > them connect via Terminal Server than install, configure and then connect an > unknown system - from a security/patched/AV standpoint - to VPN. > > > > I think it's kind of six of one half dozen of another as far as overall > effort, but I REALLY don't want unmanaged home PC's connecting via VPN. > > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin -- Sent from my mobile device ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
