I don't think anything like that exists. Even with an appliance like storage server, it was still a windows box and you needed to manage it like one (patching, agents, domain membership, etc...). So even if something like this did exist , I"m not sure how much it would reduce your management overhead of the device.
I agree with some of the other comments. if you have a small virtualization environment at one of these locations, it would be your easiest solution. You could pre-configure a some Hyper-V servers at your corporate location and then ship them out to the remote offices. Then you could just spin up VM's remotely. YMMV Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Achitect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 [email protected] The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com From: Jonathan <[email protected]> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Date: 06-13-12 04:29 PM Subject: Active Directory Appliance? My Google-fu seems to be failing me. I know that infoblox has DNS and DHCP hardware appliances, but I don't see anything for Active Directory 2003/2008. I'm only interested in this for remote offices, not for my core. The idea would be to eliminate buying a server, maintaining that server, the OS, etc, for our remote offices. Does such exist, and if so, does the collective brain trust have any experience with them? TIA, Jonathan ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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