StressedTechie
Technical User
Hi
TS and VPN is a totally new area to me. Basically I work for a firm that processes payroll for small companies. My project at the moment is to produce a feasibility study for using Terminal Services over VPN.
SCENARIO
We would like to offer clients the option to run their own payroll but on a system hosted at our office. The cleint would access via VPN into a Terminal Server. The processing would take place here and then the data stored on our main server.
I have searched the internet and found a number of articles on VPN and TS but still it is as clear as mud.
The above scenario does not sit well with me. I am concerned of the security implications, the costs and administration of such a project.
These are the questions I am looking for answers to
1/. What licencing implications are there
2/. Is it niave to think that the application we want to run via TS will work.
3/. What System Requirments do my TS and Client machines require (I am running small business server 2000 and windows 200 clients) Some of our clients are using older OS's ie ME, 9x and XP
4/. Administration - Is it a complicated install client side
5/. Security concerns should I be considering, apart from the obvious!
Cheers
I am nervous about this project as its totally new to me and I am concerned at the complexity and costs involved. I am wondering if a webbased solution may be easier!!!
TS and VPN is a totally new area to me. Basically I work for a firm that processes payroll for small companies. My project at the moment is to produce a feasibility study for using Terminal Services over VPN.
SCENARIO
We would like to offer clients the option to run their own payroll but on a system hosted at our office. The cleint would access via VPN into a Terminal Server. The processing would take place here and then the data stored on our main server.
I have searched the internet and found a number of articles on VPN and TS but still it is as clear as mud.
The above scenario does not sit well with me. I am concerned of the security implications, the costs and administration of such a project.
These are the questions I am looking for answers to
1/. What licencing implications are there
2/. Is it niave to think that the application we want to run via TS will work.
3/. What System Requirments do my TS and Client machines require (I am running small business server 2000 and windows 200 clients) Some of our clients are using older OS's ie ME, 9x and XP
4/. Administration - Is it a complicated install client side
5/. Security concerns should I be considering, apart from the obvious!
Cheers
I am nervous about this project as its totally new to me and I am concerned at the complexity and costs involved. I am wondering if a webbased solution may be easier!!!