Thank you very much for your suggestions, they are valuable. After reading them I'm leaning more towards the single mega-domain option. Thanks to the network segments and the human resources database we know were people are, the same for the computers, therefore the domain info is redundant. A domain per remote site was fine 5-6 years ago, when they were opening offices as independent replicas of the HQ and the network connection was a on-demand ISDN link to send/receive e-mail. Today we are upgrading the ADSL connections to 20/1mbps in all offices and 4x20/1 in the HQ (at 30Euros/month per link is a bargain! :-)
On 7/26/05, Robert Schetterer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, so my answers are filled in > ... > done this setups with vpn 4 offices and 100 users , no problem > mostly networking questions. > the more dicussed question was using outlook/exchange ( or linux > dervirat ) and pst files et, since the users wanted to have groupware > features like outlook. I'm lucky, these guys use a web site for groupware and standard POP/IMAP clients for the e-mail, so, as you say, it is just the network, I wasn't sure if a single mega-domain would hold, or if it is worth to have a full blown Active Directory on Win-2003 server. > this will help you using profiles and policies, laptop moving users and > so called roadwarriors may give the most pain as they need vpn > setups and other policies They give more pain anyway, with their viruses, spyware, downloaded games, home "improvements", hard disk damages, etc. The special profiles and VPN setups are just a minor nuissances :-) Thanks again! Carlos -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/samba
