How many users are you talking about? Regards,
*ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker <http://xeeme.com/AndrewBaker>* *Providing Expert Technology Consulting Services for the SMB market…* * GPG: *860D 40A1 4DA5 3AE1 B052 8F9F 07A1 F9D6 A549 8842 On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 2:30 PM, David Tobias <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all- > > > > As a junior sysadmin I’ve been tasked with reviewing a solution to the > following problem. Users that work from home (traditionally out of state > from where our file server is located) are experiencing performance issues > when having to VPN in and work on larger files (traditionally shared Excel > workbooks that can range from 15MB to 45MB in size). As anticipated, users > are experiencing performance issues, time-outs, and instability when having > to open and work on these workbooks across the VPN. Users on the LAN in the > same location where the file server is operate normally without issue, as > expected. > > > > A few suggestions that have been tossed around have been setting up some > type of VDI solution to present them with a virtualized desktop where they > can go to work on the files. Immediate downside is that we don’t have an > infrastructure for this in place and it may be overkill if this is just > affecting a few users working on a few files. > > > > We’ve also discussed about setting up a SharePoint or Teams site as a > collaboration area for them to work (not going across VPN) but there are > concerns about hosting files with sensitive information as well as for > users needing potentially needing to store more and more files as time goes > on leading to a split of our files being located on a file server as well > as on an online site. > > > > This is still a very early stage project and nothing is necessarily off > the table at this point. Would very much enjoy hearing from others who may > have had to deal with a similar situation and how they worked through it. > > > > Appreciate this great list! > > > > Thank you. > > > > ~Dave > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication and its attachments may contain > non-public, confidential, or legally privileged information including > HIPAA-protected PHI. The interception, use or disclosure of such > information is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, or have > received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately by > reply email and delete all copies of this message and attachments without > reading, saving, or further distributing them. >
