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From: kevinp on 11 Apr 2010 18:31 Please advise on the best way to do this... In our office I have two physical servers, a license for SBS2003 Premium, a license for Windows Server 2008 Standard and a license for Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. On one server I'm running the SBS2003 using Exchange 2003, SQL Server and ISA Server 2004. Our web site is hosted elsewhere, but I'm using a self-signed certificate so users can access OWA. The other server is running Windows Server 2003 Standard (I downgraded from the 2008) and I'm running VMWare Server with a Server 2003 guest that runs the Blackberry Enterprise Express Server program. I have an app installed on all office workstations that connects to SQL Server. The app gets updated almost once a week with changes. Every time a user starts the app, it connects to a share on the server to check for updates using Click-Once Deployment. We have two users in an office 20 miles away that need to use the app. Their WinXP workstations are connected to a network I have no control over. I've installed the app on their computers. They connect to our SBS server through VPN, then run the app. The problem is updating the app. Click-Once Deployment won't work over a VPN connection. I've been looking at things like RemoteApp, but I need something that will work on XP clients. Does anyone have any better suggestions?
From: Cliff Galiher - MVP on 11 Apr 2010 18:53
This is a perfect use for a terminal server. No need to push updates out over the VPN, as all updates will happen on the server. -Cliff "kevinp" <kevinp(a)nospam.com> wrote in message news:8di4s5t2689qgv7aiag78jqmfnknnsk7kr(a)4ax.com... > Please advise on the best way to do this... > > In our office I have two physical servers, a license for SBS2003 > Premium, a license for Windows Server 2008 Standard and a license for > Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard. > > On one server I'm running the SBS2003 using Exchange 2003, SQL Server > and ISA Server 2004. Our web site is hosted elsewhere, but I'm using a > self-signed certificate so users can access OWA. > > The other server is running Windows Server 2003 Standard (I downgraded > from the 2008) and I'm running VMWare Server with a Server 2003 guest > that runs the Blackberry Enterprise Express Server program. > > I have an app installed on all office workstations that connects to > SQL Server. The app gets updated almost once a week with changes. > Every time a user starts the app, it connects to a share on the server > to check for updates using Click-Once Deployment. > > We have two users in an office 20 miles away that need to use the app. > Their WinXP workstations are connected to a network I have no control > over. I've installed the app on their computers. They connect to our > SBS server through VPN, then run the app. The problem is updating the > app. Click-Once Deployment won't work over a VPN connection. > > I've been looking at things like RemoteApp, but I need something that > will work on XP clients. Does anyone have any better suggestions? |