Re: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs

2013-11-21 Thread Greg Keogh
ths I'll let you know. On 20 November 2013 12:15, Ken Schaefer wrote: > > > > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *David Connors > *Sent:* Wednesday, 20 November 2013 11:53 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* R

RE: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs

2013-11-19 Thread Katherine Moss
environment. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Ken Schaefer Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 8:15 PM To: ozDotNet Subject: RE: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com<mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.

RE: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs

2013-11-19 Thread Ken Schaefer
From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of David Connors Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2013 11:53 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs I guess my point is that unless you're a bank or whatever with 60K rank and fi

Re: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs

2013-11-19 Thread David Connors
On 18 November 2013 16:55, Greg Keogh wrote: > I don't know to replace this functionality without a domain. Any links or > articles? I just looked up > ADFS and > I see it's a new server role in 2008R2, but I can't get the big pi

RE: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs

2013-11-18 Thread Ken Schaefer
To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs *grin* It's ok Greg, we just said that to freak you out. We know how sensitive you are. :p Seriously though, my home has no DC. I used to have a long time ago (when I was a Server guy doing infrastructure) but I no longer have a s

Re: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs

2013-11-17 Thread Stephen Price
*grin* It's ok Greg, we just said that to freak you out. We know how sensitive you are. :p Seriously though, my home has no DC. I used to have a long time ago (when I was a Server guy doing infrastructure) but I no longer have a server (replaced it with a NAS) which uses Samba for connecting to th

Re: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs

2013-11-17 Thread Greg Keogh
Chaps, your comments about not needing a domain have me alarmed a bit. Ten years ago I set one up here for the home (and home office) for unified management of accounts and groups, and it worked wonders! We can login to all machines and VMs here with our domain accounts and all the permissions work

Re: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs

2013-11-17 Thread David Connors
On 17 November 2013 17:35, Greg Keogh wrote: > The last hurdle is the domain controller. I'm not sure how I can have a DC > in the cloud, has anyone done this sort of thing? I'm guessing I'll have to > have a VPN that includes our home machines and the other cloud machine(s). > Any general advice

Re: [OT] Going cloudy with metaballs

2013-11-17 Thread Stephen Price
I've not used a domain controller for years. All my machines have a local user account and now with Windows 8 its a Microsoft account which syncs stuff between computers automagically, and I guess its a cloud based user account/authentication. I do have a NAS and once you log in you hit the remembe

[OT] Going cloudy with metaballs

2013-11-16 Thread Greg Keogh
Folks, I'm looking at the feasibility of phasing-out the server box under the desk here in the home office and putting everything it does in the cloud. My source and task lists are in BitBucket, my backups to into Rackspace and all my mail now comes via Gmail. Soon I will point my domain names to I