A Remote Access VPN is what you need. This (if setup correctly) will allow your laptop/desktop to map a network drive on the office server so that you can copy/edit/replacve files on the server. It will also allow you to do remote desktop if you wish.
If you are not tech savvy, you should look...
Hi,
it depends what you mean by restrict. Do you want to control access to specific folders, content types (.exe files), restrict access by time of day/day of week? One way would be to place a reverse proxy in front of the server and configure rules on the proxy to control what users can access...
If you are not comfortable or knowledgeable about installing and configuring RRAS, and opening ports on your firewall to allow the VPN traffic trough to the server, you can use a hosted VPN service such as www.accessmylan.com that does not require RRAS or open firewall ports.
Here is a document on how to create a new virtual directory on Exchange 2003 - not exactly what you need (ignore the SSL stuff) but should get you started.
http://support.accessmylan.com/kb/article-56.html
I've not used the test site you mention but getting a HTTP error 500 on Exchange 2003 normally points to having forms based authentication enabled. The Microsoft technet article http://support.microsoft.com/?id=817379 gives a solution. You can use the ActiveSync Tester tool on...
You best option is to use a VPN service which allows the SBS server to create an outbound link. Check out www.accessmylan.com - I think it may solve your problem otherwise you are down to using some of the remote desktop tools such as gotomypc or logmein.
m.
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