Re: Sales guys that need to run Server OS - Impact on Domain?

From: Keith W. McCammon (km@km.com)
Date: 09/30/02 

From: "Keith W. McCammon" <km@km.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:49:12 -0400

> What type of security issues will I have with Users running Server as a
> Desktop machine?? They still need the machine for general Office stuff
> (email, word, excel, etc...)

There's really no difference, from a security standpoint. You still run
up-to-date AV, and harden/disable unneccessary services.

> I really dont want them to have access to the Admin Tools that come with
> server.

Doesn't matter if they have the tools, because they don't have the
privileges to manage any target systems.

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