If you're talking about RDP (TS/RDS) or ICA (Citrix) bandwidth on the users' end is only an issue if they are on dial-up. Any kind of wired broadband connection is more than enough. Even a 256kbit line is fine.
Home satellite might be an issue; the problem is more latency than bandwidth. On 12/8/2010 6:01 PM, Gary Whitten wrote: > I'm not sure of all the reasons involved, but logmein and GotoMyPC are > banned by our security group for use in connectivity. We use a VPN solution > from company laptops into the network. For other users, a Citrix solution > is used. > > Until a few minutes ago, I was keeping an eye on this thread just on general > interest. I've just been asked to provide a comprehensive list of what is > needed for people to work at home. While this thread has generally > concentrated on the actual solutions involved, which we generally have set > up, something I don't think that has come up with is the requirements from > the user's end. > > If it's a company laptop, we can generally control the specs of the machine > and the software and policies on it. If it's a home machine going to a > terminal server, Citrix farm, etc., it's less so but as a rule, most > machines sold in the last several years can handle that, unless the user has > turned it into sludge with their computing habits. Still, I think a minimum > CPU and RAM requirement may not be a bad idea. > > Another big variable is bandwidth and connectivity. I think it would be > prudent to not support wireless connections for several reasons, primarily > that supporting them is rather hellish should something go wrong. In terms > of providers, I'm most familiar with cable (Comcast). Do satellite internet > providers for the home give enough bandwidth pull this kind of thing off? > I believe FiOS is definitely capable of the level of bandwidth needed. > Would you require a speed test with one of the sites out there that do that, > specifying a destination near your connection point, which wouldn't > necessarily be conclusive. > > What other considerations on this line of thought are there? > > Gary Whitten > > -----Original Message----- > From: Fergal O'Connell [mailto:foconn...@curamsoftware.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 6:25 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Remote access - Allow employees work from home > > Jim, > A user will pretty much RDP into their desktop and therefore have full > access to the full development environment - all other core services that > are not public lie OWA etc. > > Another option that is management and I have to consider is using a 3rd > party vendor to provide the solution for us - like logmein.com etc > > Win2008 R2 TS is something else that I have too look into but have very > little knowledge or experience in that area. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim McAtee [mailto:j...@zolx.com] > Sent: 08 December 2010 20:08 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Remote access - Allow employees work from home > > How many of these suggestions are being given in the context of a software > development environment? What do the remote developers actually need access > to? In many cases it's only to code repositories. Do they need RDP access > to their desktops? What about build systems? 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