[AccessD] Access with a VPN Versus Access with Remote Desktop(Terminal Services)

Brad,

  Nothing specifically, but the difference is that with Remote Desktop, only
KVM (Keyboard, Video, and Mouse) data is sent across the connection. In
other words, your "remoteing in".  All processing is therefore carried out
on the local machine and the local LAN.   Think of it as your machine only
having a window onto something that is going on else where.

  When you VPN in, you simply get a connection to the network.  All
processing is now being done on your machine, so a lot more is going across
the connection.  

  Usually any type of Internet connection is considered low in comparison to
a local LAN which runs at 10MB, 100MB (typical speed now a days), or
1GB/sec.   This is why you get poor performance over a VPN.  Most broadband
connections at best are  typically 5MB/sec down (to you) and 384k to 2MB up
(from you).  If your really remote and on a dial up, your not even in the MB
range.  And speed is only part of it as there is also Internet latency
(delays) as well, which you typically won't see on a local LAN.

  That's it in a nutshell.

Jim. 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brad Marks
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2010 11:01 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Access with a VPN Versus Access with Remote
Desktop(Terminal Services)

It appears that running Access with a VPN is usually not a very good
approach and that using Remote Desktop will work much better.

I would like to find a document that explains this in non-technical terms.
Is anyone aware of such a document on the internet?

Thanks,
Brad