Why is Terminal Services more effective for remote access than a VPN?
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It isn't, actually.  You're comparing apples and oranges here, though.\n\nTerminal Services allows the application to run on a server and display the desktop on your computer.  Only the video stream updates, keyboard inputs and mouse movements go across the network.  The advantages to terminal services are low bandwidth requirements and low client side processing load.\n\nA VPN allows you to access a secure private network across the insecure internet.  Common connections include site-to-site where two networks are connected across the internet and road-warrior where a VPN client is installed on your machine and you use that to connect to the private network.  The primary advantage to VPNs is the lower cost of connectivity compared to a dedicated circuit while providing the same level of security as a dedicated circuit.\n\nWhile it is technically possible to put up a Terminal Server on the internet for users to access it is not a wise idea.  You get some security by limiting access to users with user IDs and passwords on the system but the system itself is still vulnerable to attack.  Using a VPN with a Terminal Server is the way to go if you wish to allow users to connect remotely across the internet.  That way you get the security of a VPN and the low bandwidth and low client processing load of Terminal Services.
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Remote desktop will do it, as will PcAnywhere, GoToMyPC, and a number of others...  But be aware that you will require permission from your employer to do so.\n\nFrankly, it's better to get your network or IT administrator to set it up for you, unless you're very sure what you are doing, because this can be a huge security risk.  If they do it, it will be in compliance with the company's security policies - and you won't get blamed if something goes wrong :-)
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A VPN is probably the most reasonable solution... the ideal of course is a dedicated intranet, but thats often times met with huge resistance.
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Advantage is handy, everywhere oso can connect and is fast speed somore... \nDiadvantages is line sometime not stable enough, might disconnect due to weather conditions and environment issues.
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You need to setup a terminal services server license required.   If you only do RD with standard windows server only 2 users will be allowed to access the server remotely at the same time.  I would also setup vpn using ias services so you have some kind of protection with the data passing through the Internet.
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such software is very rare, although server programming have "chunk delivery" to control general delivery. Controlling individual user connection is almost unheard of.  In the end, buying more bandwidth might prove to be cheaper than any other specialized configurations.
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Many VPN's block access to the internet for security and cost savings. Check with your system admin. Even if it is opened up, it can be quite slow as you must route packets to the vpn then the internet and back again, adding encryption overhead as well!
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if you want remote users to be able to connect to your server and work from home or away from the office, you'll have to purchase terminal services licenses and install that on the server.\n\nif you want to use the remote connection for administration purposes, you just have to turn the remote desktop feature on in the remote tab of system properties.
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Writing is quicker than pointing and clicking.\nAlso a command line interface is easier to use from a script.
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Most of the popular remote control programs allow you to send and receive files while connected to a remote computer via a dial-up connetion.\n\nI find PC Anywhere the easiest to use.  \n\nLaplink Gold is another great choice.\n\nBoth support connecting to remote computers via a dial-up connection.\n\nThese programs are a bit pricey if you plan to make a one time connection.  And there may be cheaper alternatives for a one-time (or very infrequent) use scenario.  However, if you plan to use this connection regularly and wish to do it with the greatest east, I would highly suggest the use of one of the commercial programs that I listed above.\n\nGood Luck.
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VNC, PC Anywhere, MS Remote Desktop and http://www.GoToMyPC.com.  \n\nIf you only need to make your files available outside your home PC, you may want to look at a solution like http://www.xdrive.com.  It looks like a hard drive to your PC, but will save your files out to a "personal" drive on the Internet.  It's considerably safer than remote access/control solutions since it does not require exposing your PC to remote control.\n\nRemote access solutions pose additional security concerns, especially when accessing your PC over the Internet.  Since using remote access/control software requires you to open incoming ports on your router (and increasing risk of intrusion), if you absolutely need remote access/control I'd recommend looking into purchasing a VPN router and using an encrypted VPN client for a higher level of security.
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Not a simple question to answer.Depending on the bandwith, how many users..etc. Need a server running RRAS (routing and remote access service) and a way to authenticate users, most isps use a RADIUS server for client authentication requests. You also need DNS for network address translation. Not a complete answer, but if you want to run your on ISP you need to do some homework.
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Remote objects can give a program almost unlimited power over the Internet, but most firewalls block non-HTTP requests. SOAP, an XML-based protocol, gets around this limitation to provide intraprocess communication across machines.\n\nGo here for more information - http://www.microsoft.com/Mind/0100/soap/soap.asp
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you should be able to do a remote desktop, or use www.gotomypc.com, that is what I use when I travel for business to connect to our server.  Hope this helps
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It helps to create a 'tunnel'or a secure way to transmit http or web data in a secure way over VPN or public networks.\nIt does so by encryptng data packets, which can be decrypted only by destination computer.\nHence, even if someone intercepts web traffic and tries to see your data, it is difficult for him, because data is in a tunnel and in encrypted form.
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Remote Desktop connection helps you to connect to a computer from an other through help of net or modem.For instance u need a file on ur comp. But u are very far away from ur home. In that case remote desktop helps.\nThus when u connect to ur home PC,u hav to log on as an user of that home PC. And thus that different PC act as ur own home PC
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The problem your going to find is pulling the database thru any VPN. The size of your pipe vs. the size of the database will limit how useable the process actually is. If your actually opening, writting and saving you'll find it an impossible task if the database is of any size.\n\nThe best solution for this is Terminal Server and VPN. You host the database on a central Term Server then remote users VPN in and run the database locally and only the screens are moving back and forth instead of the data itself.\n\nThere are otehr solutiosn such as Sharepoint and Foldershare but as I said the size of the database is key.\n\nFeel free to contact us for more info.