Steve Erbach
erbachs at gmail.com
Wed Jan 18 10:51:22 CST 2012
Dear Group, I've been working with a client who wants to offer his software package (which I wrote in Access 2003) to clients via Remote Desktop connections to a GoDaddy.com virtual Windows Server. I've got Remote Desktop working just fine to allow users to log into the virtual server (2 GB RAM, 30 GB hard disk) and run the Access application...but Windows Server 2008 only has two built-in Remote Desktop licenses for simultaneous use. My client thinks we'll need more. He and I were on a conference call with a support guy from GoDaddy.com yesterday. I asked him about setting up a VPN on the virtual server and he said that that wasn't possible. However, he didn't know that Windows Server 2008 had TWO Remote Desktop access licenses built-in. He was also surprised when I told him that I can log into the server with two separate Remote Desktop sessions. That didn't make me confident that his pronouncement about VPN on a virtual server was accurate. So I'd like to ask you folks: can a VPN be set up on a VIRTUAL Windows Server 2008 installation? I've read through some threads here that mention Hamachi VPN. Not that I want to learn yet another software package to be responsible for, but it seems that that has some boosters here. Also (subsidiary question) has anyone here ever purchased additional Remote Desktop licenses from Microsoft? Thanks in advance! Regards, Steve Erbach Neenah, WI