[AccessD] Virtual PC

Hi Michael

If so it sounds like a true job for replication.
Among others, Arthur is quite vivid in this area. Recently he posted this:

http://databaseadvisors.com/pipermail/accessd/2008-January/058097.html 

/gustav

>>> mmattys at rochester.rr.com 17-01-2008 18:10 >>>
Gustav,

Laptops will be used both online and offline.

Cable companies in NY have this nasty habit of dropping
the connection from 5 to 30 min nearly every day (Phones, too).

This should become quite interesting ...

Michael R. Mattys
MapPoint & Access Dev
www.mattysconsulting.com 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Virtual PC


> Hi Michael
>
> Oh, we've used it to not have to set up replication ...
> It's like a terminal server; all sessions of the frontend run on the 
> server and they connect simultaneously to a shared backend.
>
> /gustav
>
>>>> mmattys at rochester.rr.com 17-01-2008 17:28 >>>
> Ah! - Thanks, Gustav!
> Are you handling synchronization?
> With Replication Manager or JRO / TSI Synchronizer?
>
> Michael R. Mattys
> MapPoint & Access Dev
> www.mattysconsulting.com 
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk>
> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Virtual PC
>
>
>> Hi Michael
>>
>> Or "even" WinConnect Server XP:
>>
>> http://www.thinsoftinc.com/product_thin_client_winconnect_server_xp.aspx 
>>
>> We've used that for several clients - from a couple of users to 20 users.
>> Easy to set up and licensing is cheap and a snap compared to the
>> troublesome administration of Windows Terminal Server.
>>
>> /gustav
>>
>>>>> mmattys at rochester.rr.com 17-01-2008 16:57 >>>
>> In the thread "Citrix Access Essentials and Access" (Tuesday, Jan 15th),
>> John Colby recommended using a Virtual PC for each user run from a
>> common server.
>>
>> I have a request from a potential client who will need to synchronize appx
>> 8 computers to a central database. Therefore, I would like ask for comments
>> on the Virtual PC methodology as to how it would fare versus Jet Replication
>> and Citrix or even Terminal Server. (Pros/Cons)
>>
>> Michael R. Mattys
>> MapPoint & Access Dev
>> www.mattysconsulting.com