SBS 2003 R2 & Virtual PC
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From: mark-docendo on 15 Apr 2010 09:40 Can anyone advise? I have client that uses sbs and finds the VPN link too slow - Therefore he uses RD to the server and works on that as though it was a workstation (Not good I know but we are only talking about a very small firm with 5 Users) Problem is he cant get his email as I will not let him load outlook onto server. I was going to look at having a virtual PC running on server so he can RD to server then run the Virtual XP PC from their - Thus running outlook. Is this best way and if so should I use Virtual PC 2007 or something else? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. THANKS MARK
From: Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] on 15 Apr 2010 10:28 The number of users in the firm has nothing to do with using THE ONLY domain controller as a workstation. If it crashes or is otherwise screwed up by the user (who must have domain admin permissions on the SBS server for remote access), productivity for the entire enterprise will be lost until the problem is corrected. That said, buying a cheap workstation with MS Office Basic and then employing RWW would be the best solution. If you must continue with the current setup, set up the remote user with OWA or Outlook Anywhere for email. VPC on SBS 2003 is possible but it may cause a significant performance hit. And then there's the cost of the XP license. You'll need either a retail or Volume license for XP Pro which can be expensive in itself. May not be much more to buy a cheap desktop computer with MS Office Basic and OEM XP (or use downgrade rights from Win7 Pro/Ultimate to XP Pro). You could even run this headless, so a monitor would not be needed. -- Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] ============================ "mark-docendo" <markdocendo(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:70FB553E-FDC3-42E6-9DA5-6EC3A1B6D380(a)microsoft.com... > Can anyone advise? > > I have client that uses sbs and finds the VPN link too slow - Therefore he > uses RD to the server and works on that as though it was a workstation > (Not > good I know but we are only talking about a very small firm with 5 Users) > Problem is he cant get his email as I will not let him load outlook onto > server. > I was going to look at having a virtual PC running on server so he can RD > to > server then run the Virtual XP PC from their - Thus running outlook. > > Is this best way and if so should I use Virtual PC 2007 or something else? > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > THANKS > > MARK
From: Tobias Redelberger [MVP - SBS] on 15 Apr 2010 11:31 Hi Mark, > I have client that uses sbs and finds the VPN link too slow - Therefore he > uses RD to the server and works on that as though it was a workstation > (Not > good I know but we are only talking about a very small firm with 5 Users) > Problem is he cant get his email as I will not let him load outlook onto > server. > I was going to look at having a virtual PC running on server so he can RD > to > server then run the Virtual XP PC from their - Thus running outlook. > > Is this best way and if so should I use Virtual PC 2007 or something else? not recommended with Virtual PC, but with the following solution AND enough RAM+IOPS left for the additional virtual maschine: Installing Virtual Server 2005 R2 on Windows Small Business Server 2003 with SP1 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8E1B8271-17A0-4F3A-A379-19ECF37D4229 -- Tobias Redelberger StarNET Services (HomeOffice) Frankfurter Allee 193 D-10365 Berlin Tel: +49 (30) 86 87 02 678 Mobil: +49 (163) 84 74 421 Email: T.Redelberger(a)starnet-services.net Web: http://www.starnet-services.net
From: Simon on 15 Apr 2010 14:55 Mark, I have a customer with SBS2003 R2 using this type of setup. 3 Guys, only ever one in the office so there is one desktop and 2 Virtual XP boxes living on the server via virtual server 2005. It's been running fine for almost 2 years now. I over spec'd the processor and put in the max 4gb of ram. If you are going to do it use irtual server as that way it can be told to start the virtual machines after a reboot. Join the virtual PCs to the domain as normal then they will just appear as available PCs on RWW and keep him off the server. Simon mark-docendo wrote: > Can anyone advise? > > I have client that uses sbs and finds the VPN link too slow - Therefore he > uses RD to the server and works on that as though it was a workstation (Not > good I know but we are only talking about a very small firm with 5 Users) > Problem is he cant get his email as I will not let him load outlook onto > server. > I was going to look at having a virtual PC running on server so he can RD to > server then run the Virtual XP PC from their - Thus running outlook. > > Is this best way and if so should I use Virtual PC 2007 or something else? > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > > THANKS > > MARK
From: Les Connor [SBS MVP] on 15 Apr 2010 15:32
It can work :-). Allthough I wouldn't condone using the server as a workstation - OWA works fine ;-). -- ----------------------------------------------- Les Connor [SBS MVP] "Simon" <simon(a)boolean-it.co.uk-remove.co.uk> wrote in message news:OA7by0M3KHA.4540(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Mark, > > I have a customer with SBS2003 R2 using this type of setup. 3 Guys, only > ever one in the office so there is one desktop and 2 Virtual XP boxes > living on the server via virtual server 2005. It's been running fine for > almost 2 years now. I over spec'd the processor and put in the max 4gb of > ram. > If you are going to do it use irtual server as that way it can be told to > start the virtual machines after a reboot. > Join the virtual PCs to the domain as normal then they will just appear as > available PCs on RWW and keep him off the server. > Simon > > mark-docendo wrote: >> Can anyone advise? >> >> I have client that uses sbs and finds the VPN link too slow - Therefore >> he uses RD to the server and works on that as though it was a workstation >> (Not good I know but we are only talking about a very small firm with 5 >> Users) >> Problem is he cant get his email as I will not let him load outlook onto >> server. >> I was going to look at having a virtual PC running on server so he can RD >> to server then run the Virtual XP PC from their - Thus running outlook. >> >> Is this best way and if so should I use Virtual PC 2007 or something >> else? >> >> Any advice would be greatly appreciated. >> >> THANKS >> >> MARK |