You definitely want those workstations joined to the domain. GPO for management, Anti-virus updates, patch management, reporting/inventory of the systems, remoting in for troubleshooting etc. Logon traffic for 50 workstations across a t1 is negligible as long as latency is low.
On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 9:14 AM, David Mazzaccaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We don't use RDP, but rather ICA (Citrix) and it works great - all their > apps are available. > As for locking down - we use GPOs rather than locking them down > individually. > > > ________________________________ > From: N Parr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:53 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Remote Location AD Question > > Thanks, I guess I won't worry about it for now. It's just a shipping > warehouse at the moment and I'll be ok as long as they don't decide to put > office staff at the location. > ________________________________ > From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:37 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Remote Location AD Question > > I have a remote location w/ 30 workstations and IP phones, no remote DC, > connected over a MPLS VPN T1 circuit. > > Works great! Less filling! > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: N Parr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 9:23 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Remote Location AD Question > > > > How many member workstations would you put at a remote location connected > with a Site to Site VPN over a T-1 without a local DC? Only other traffic > on the line will be an IP phone, random print jobs and RDP sessions from > remote workstations. What I'm thinking is since these remote workstations > will run everything over their RDP sessions I shouldn't even bother making > them domain members. Just lock them down and only allow them access to RDP. > > Thanks > > Niles > > > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
