I was mainly being a smart-ass, it really depends on what you're trying to accomplish. If there's no need for direct system-to-system connection (for example, remote worker just using Office and the like), TS Gateway/Citrix/etc are IMO better because the remote system itself doesn't have direct network link to your network.
The fewer mobile systems directly attaching to my network, the better, even if those systems are managed by me. Dave From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:55 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: what is Best Practices to mange many small company you consultant? As a outside integrator / IT consultant So what's new school now? From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 12:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: what is Best Practices to mange many small company you consultant? As a outside integrator / IT consultant People still use VPN? That's so old school. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:36 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: what is Best Practices to mange many small company you consultant? As a outside integrator / IT consultant You can put something on site, or in your site; as long as you have VPN connectivity to the customer site. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: what is Best Practices to mange many small company you consultant? As a outside integrator / IT consultant Interesting, from reading it I don't "get" that it lets a consultant view resources from multiple clients on one console, I read it as more of a "per client" management tool, but I guess it can be interpreted a couple of ways. This page, right? http://www.kaseya.com/solutions/service-providers.aspx Dave From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 7:04 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: what is Best Practices to mange many small company you consultant? As a outside integrator / IT consultant Uh, Kaseya is one. Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 9:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: what is Best Practices to mange many small company you consultant? As a outside integrator / IT consultant Yeah, LogMeIn - I can access all of my various clients systems from that one console. To be clear I have one or two systems from each client that has LogMeIn on it, from that system I can RDP, remote wake up, etc the other systems. Actually that's an excellent question - Quicken logs into multiple banks but gives me one common console to get various statuses, is there a similar tool available to consultants? Michael what sort of commercial tools are you talking about? Dave From: justino garcia [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 3:35 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: what is Best Pratices to mange many small company you consultant? As a outside integrator / IT consultant What is Best Pratices to mange many small company you consultant? Such updates, AV, and just best practices I just curious? IS thier a way to manage all companies from one console web portal, in terms of AV, updates, and deployment? Thanks -- Justin IT-TECH ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
