Best practice for remote mgmt?

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Ola

Hello all,

I have a win2k advanced Server, I need to administer it
remotely, and by this, I want to be able to add users
from a remote location to the server. So the server is in
Location A and and I am in Location B and trying to setup
users from my location via the internet.

What is the best way to do this?

Thanks

Ola
 
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I'd go with VPN (or dial-up) and Terminal Services in Remote
Administration mode. If VPN is not an option then you can publish TS on
the firewall and enable high encryption.

HTH
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Cheers,
Marin Marinov
MCT, MCSE 2003/2000/NT4.0,
MCSE:Security 2003/2000, MCP+I
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Do i have to have both VPN and Terminal Services running
or would either one do?

Thanks again
 
Do i have to have both VPN and Terminal Services running
or would either one do?

Thanks again
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Well,technically you can only VPN and then use redirected MMC consoles
to manage your server(s).Sometimes, however, you might need to perform
an action that cannot be done via a redirected console, that's why it's
recommended that you use TS. Anyway, since you just want to manage users
you'll be fine with MMC.
Of course, you can only "publish" TS (port 3389). TS encrypts traffic so
you can switch it to high (128 bit) encryption for maximum security over
the Internet. If you connect from a static IP, restrict the publishing
to this address for greater security.

HTH
--
Cheers,
Marin Marinov
MCT, MCSE 2003/2000/NT4.0,
MCSE:Security 2003/2000, MCP+I
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
 
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