On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 11:37 PM, Dave Close <d...@compata.com> wrote:
> I suspect this is yet another MS server program that can only be used > from MS clients. If so, any company that chooses to use it locks out > people who choose to use other clients. Which is, of course, exactly > as MS intended. I'm not sure where the lock out (or perhaps "lock-in"?) comes in here. Using DirectAccess would not prevent you from using another solution. If Linux clients had access previously, they will not suddenly be locked out upon implementation. If they didn't have access, then how is it a lockout? The only one doing any locking would be the IT department, not MS. I don't see any malevolence here. We already have WS 2008 infrastructure. IPv6, IPSEC, PKI is already implemented. I will end up with some 2008 R2 licenses soon enough due to replacement of aging servers. Our employees run Windows. This to me looks like a nice value add for any small remote sites where I choose to upgrade to W7. These sites have 1-3 PC's. They are not on the WAN due to cost. We don't let them use VPN because they don't need it. It seems to me I could bring them into the WAN and still isolate them for the safety of the rest of my infrastructure pretty easily. This would enable me to do all my normal system management on these PC's very easily, which I can't do now. Currently they just call us if something breaks. Am I missing some cheap tech I should've been using? It just seems like a good deal for us.
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