Remote access using VPN or Windows Terminal Services

• 10-23-2008 1:31 AM

  slc Joined on 10-23-2008 Posts 4	Remote access using VPN or Windows Terminal Services Reply Contact
  	Tags: Hello, Can anyone advise me on the advantages and the disadvantages of using remote access through VPN verse Windows Terminal Services to retrieve data for Great Plains v10? Thank you.

• 10-23-2008 7:07 AM

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  ChristinaGeyerPhillips Joined on 04-01-2008 Denver and Kansas City Posts 70

  Re: Remote access using VPN or Windows Terminal Services Reply Contact Hi--  One of the first things I think of is maintenance.  We have many clients moving towards terminal services simply because you maintain a few servers (depending on the number of users) rather than multiple machines.  With VPN, you would be installing on the local workstations (Presumably, unless you were doing some combination of VPN and RDP).   just one thought... Take care, Christina Check out my new blog, http://dynamicsgpland.blogspot.com/

  Tags: Dynamics GP, Terminal Server, vpn

• 10-23-2008 7:23 PM

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  slc Joined on 10-23-2008 Posts 4	Re: Remote access using VPN or Windows Terminal Services Reply Contact Thanks Christina, Please advise.  It is feasible to access Great Plains v10 data through terminal service on the workstation by going through VPN link? Can you please give the lists of requirements needed for this process?   Appreciate and thank you. slc

• 10-23-2008 7:23 PM

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  David Musgrave [MSFT] Joined on 07-03-2007 Posts 116

  Re: Remote access using VPN or Windows Terminal Services Reply Contact Accessing Microsoft Dynamics GP directly via a wide area network (WAN) using VPN or other methods is not supported.  While this can work, performance will not be acceptable and the risk of data corruption is high. The only supported methods of remote access are to use a Terminal Server or a Citrix Server.  David Musgrave [MSFT] Escalation Engineer - Microsoft Dynamics GP Microsoft Dynamics Support - Asia Pacific Microsoft Dynamics (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions) http://www.microsoft.com/Dynamics mailto:David.Musgrave@online.microsoft.com http://blogs.msdn.com/DevelopingForDynamicsGP Any views contained within are my personal views and not necessarily Microsoft policy. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

  Tags: Terminal Server, WAN

• 10-23-2008 7:47 PM

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  ChristinaGeyerPhillips Joined on 04-01-2008 Denver and Kansas City Posts 70	Re: Remote access using VPN or Windows Terminal Services Reply Contact Here is a link to the requirements for GP 10, including the requirements for terminal server.  http://www.microsoft.com/dynamics/gp/using/10systemrequirements.mspx Check out my new blog, http://dynamicsgpland.blogspot.com/
  	Tags: Dynamics GP, Terminal Server, vpn

• 10-23-2008 9:29 PM

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  slc Joined on 10-23-2008 Posts 4	Re: Remote access using VPN or Windows Terminal Services Reply Contact Thank you Christina and David for your info. slc