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

From: Robert Moir (robert.moir@ntlworld.com)
Date: 10/01/02 

From: "Robert Moir" <robert.moir@ntlworld.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 23:45:18 +0100

"Scott Townsend" <scott@-NO-SPAM.serra.com> wrote in message
news:#qSs3pMaCHA.1792@tkmsftngp11...
> We sell software that requires Win2KServer to run. Our Sales guys want to
> demo the software to the customers and want us to install Win2KServer on
all
> of the machines.
>
> 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...)
>
> I really dont want them to have access to the Admin Tools that come with
> server.
>
> Any Suggestions??

Keith is correct but if you still feel you need that extra layer of
isolation you could always set their systems up as <your chosen desktop OS>
and install VMWare and install server onto that.

Won't be cheap but it may make you feel happier as the installs on the
VMware partitions won't need to be members of or interact with your domain
in any way. There may also be a support benefit if you can centrally setup
and configure VMWare "images" to distribute to people whenever your software
is updated, and in the event of a crash of the demo server system it may
also speed recovery time.

Rob
MS MVP

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