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Remote Access Roundtable 2/21/2012. Outline. Why would you want remote access? What are you remotely accessing? What technologies should you use? What types of remote access ? What are the implications? Security & Policy concerns Resource concerns Administration concerns.
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Remote Access Roundtable 2/21/2012
Outline • Why would you want remote access? • What are you remotely accessing? • What technologies should you use? • What types of remote access ? • What are the implications? • Security & Policy concerns • Resource concerns • Administration concerns
Why do you want remote access? • Remote office / Home office • Mobile Workforce • Remote sales • Administration • IT Staff • Admin Staff • CEO wants access to their desktop
What are you accessing What you are accessing and what jobs you need to perform drives the technologies needed. It also determines the need for a “thick” remote experience versus a “thin” remote experience.
Remote Office / Home Office • VPN access to shared network resources • VoIP extended to home office • Business Applications • Thick installed and uses VPN • Remote Desktop / Terminal Services • Email • Outlook Web Access • RPC over HTTPS (outlook anywhere)
Mobile Workforce • Mobile Mail Access • BES / ActiveSync • Remote Document Access • VPN on demand • Docs2Go • Remote Desktop Access • Itap/Logmein/gotomypc
Email Access Outlook web access RPC over HTTPS (outlook anywhere) Outlook /w VPN
Methods of remote access VPN (Cisco / RRAS ) WebDAV FTP / PSCP SSH RDP / VNC 3rd party remote access (logmein…)
Remote Administration Remote Desktop VNC (Tight/Real/Ultra/Reverse) Goto Assist GotoMyPC LogmeIn NTR Join.me
Security Implications • Do you have an acceptable use policy? • Do you have network policies concerning • Remote systems with AV/Security • Data privacy (local vs. remote)
Resource Concerns Bandwidth Needed VPN Licensing Extra Equipment Terminal Server Licensing
Questions? What is your company using? How do you like it?