Re: OT question about small office server

From: John Hyde (EJhyd_at_netscape.net)
Date: 10/13/05 

Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:27:29 -0700

on 10/13/2005 10:19 AM Leythos said the following:
> In article <HumdnVZR89ECF9PeRVn-2A@comcast.com>, EJHyd@netscape.net
> says...
>
>>Hmmm, The line items are:
>>Op.System MS Windows 2003 SBS w/ 5 user CALs OEM $600
>>Op.System MS Windows 2003 SBS 5 user CALs add on $600
>>Remote Access MS Windows 2000 Terminal Server 5 user CALs $650
>>
>>He said the last was needed for VPN access. There will be one VPN point
>>to point w/ an owner's home office and the laptops will have VPN
>>Clients. Is this license requirement related to to the Point to point?
>> I had always thought that on the Client logins, the VPN server
>>(Sonicwall in this case), would treat you like you were hard wired in
>>and route you to the rest of the network. I think I'm coufused about
>>what the Terminal Server Licenses are for.
>
>
> TS allows users to run Applications on the Terminal Server computer as
> though it was their own personal desktop - they start a Remote Desktop
> session on their local computer (at home/on the road) and connect to the
> Terminal Server computer.
>
> SBS2003 does not support "Users" connecting to it in the manner I just
> described - it would have to be a second server, acting as a Terminal
> Server, for the above to work.
>

Ok, I understand that. So either this guy doesn't know what TS is for,
is selling something we don't need, or there is some other reason. I
don't think either of the former so:

So the "Terminal Server" could be the office desktop? Would it make
sense if I had a desktop at the office, and a laptop from home, to VPN
to the network and then use TS to be able to run my Desktop as though I
was sitting at my desk? Then when I was checking my email, the
connection would be like this . . .

laptop <-vpn-> Sonicwall <-Lan-> Desktop <-lan-> SBS2003

I assume I would only do that if it is too expensive to duplicate
application software on my laptop and so I needed to run the application
  in a terminal.

Am I getting this right?

Thanks again,
JH

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