[dba-Tech] VPN on a virtual Windows 2008 server...and RemoteDesktop

Stuart,

[??] Hey! I'm 59 years old!  You know, old dog, and all that?

I've toyed with Linux over the years, beginning with installing Red Hat in
a dual boot situation on an old Windows 95 laptop (2 GB hard disk)...but I
never got comfortable with the environment. For good or ill, I'm a
Microsoft weiner now.

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI

On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Stuart McLachlan <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg>wrote:

> Why lock yourself into it being hosted on expensive IIE/SQL Server hosts.
>
> Have you had a look at developing it under LAMP / XAMP / WAMP  with MySQL
> and PHP?
>
> MySQL is trivial to learn if you are familiar with SQL Server and it
> doesn't take much for a
> competent programmer to get up to speed with PHP.
>
> --
> Stuart
>
> > > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve
> Erbach
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:56 PM
> > > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] VPN on a virtual Windows 2008 server...and
> > > RemoteDesktop
> > >
> > > Jim,
> > >
> > > We haven't painted ourselves into a corner.  My client -- the owner of
> the
> > > app I wrote -- was hoping to offer the application via the Internet
> without
> > > first having to convert it to an ASP.NET/SQL Server web app.  I've
> quoted
> > > him on that, but it was a bit high for his blood. It's been a while
> since I
> > > made that quote (3 years or so) and I know more about .NET and SQL
> Server
> > > so I'm going to re-visit it.
> > >
> > > One option is to continue marketing the application as a stand-alone or
> > > LAN-based Access app as it has been for years.  Of course, keeping
> everyone
> > > at the same revision level is a challenge.
> > >
> > > He recently left the company he was working for after 24 years due to
> > > re-org. Now he wants to devote his energies to this side business that
> he's
> > > had all these years. My app is a very large part of that. That's why
> he'd
> > > hoped (me too!) that we could do an interim "Internet" solution with
> Remote
> > > Desktop.
> > >
> > > I got confirmation from GoDaddy that the plan my client purchased (at
> my
> > > recommendation for about $41 a month) isn't sufficient enough to allow
> a
> > > VPN to be set up nor can Windows Remote Access Server be set up on it.
> > >  Have to upgrade to a full dedicated server at about triple the price.
> I
> > > think he should also hire a network guru to assist in setting up VPN
> and
> > > Remote Access...if we go that way.  What you said about the resource
> > > requirement is important.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Jim.
> > >
> > > Steve Erbach
> > > Neenah, WI
> > >
>