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from a testing point of view thats fine, you need do get a certificate from a company like ipsca and self signed one isnt enough

Was saying remote apps as good for training. I m guessing you re doing over http? then it wont be secure you ll have to do over https though you ll need a certificate, which wont be cheap!

Ok, have a look at remote apps, doesnt take more than a hour to setup

Securer otherwise

Which server version do you have? look at remote apps with remote gateway, though you will need a seperate server for the gateway

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OK, I m just installing rollup 3 on my home test machine

I can still have a look if you wish

I had problems with FP 2010 for exchange causing issues, cant remember how I fixed it but I can have a look if you want?

What company would be stupid enough to give the demo only to the pre-orders i.e. as you say and many others have cancelled now!

Do you use Lan view by any chance? I do like it but is there a easy way like other classroom management software to view multiple screens?

Well are you on volume licencing? well if you use vss very similar restore procedure, I have full backups 3 times a day and system doesnt even flinch and takes a few minutes. Only downside it doesnt do Linux but does vmware and hyper V

I completely agree with this, even though I m going on about laptops I would rather have desktops apart from certain members of staff all I m saying if stay firm but also consult staff

I dont understand this bit, why are they using them for personal things? I remember at the council someone had their only picture of their new Grandson as their desktop image (though didnt know this at the time) and I wiped the computer and they starting balling and shouting at me I simply said 'why was this on a work PC?' might be harsh but this decreases my efficiency messing around with personal stuff and 2. ever how careful you are you will screw up and have to take the blame for it so I say tough.

Well I have everything on a list, if it isnt approved then tough never had any complaints, both parties have to be fair to each other. Personal data should not be on a laptop owned by the school and I ve never had a issue with this either. If the school decide that they want all laptops on Monday so the school can put the laptops on a bonfire then that what will happen! the point is its the schools laptops and the teachers here know that. Never had any problems with Internet or printers form home but my job is for the laptops to work 100% within school

If I were to start something like this I would start now, 12 weeks of mostly low time in schools up to September

Also to add if you have to give them 'home use' on the laptops look at XEN CLIENT Citrix Systems » Desktop virtualization, virtual desktops - Citrix XenClient though you need ot make sure the laptop can do client virtualisation and its free! Xen client allows you to have a 'home desktop' and a 'work desktop' so they can virus the hell out of the home desktop and it doesnt matter

Well I m currently drawing up a proposal to encrypt the laptops with truecrypt due to a near miss, SLT will agree with this, if any SLT or senior team in any company private or not didnt agree with this then I would look at going else where! SLT and teachers know I have their best interests at heart and also the schools so if you write a good proposal there is no comeback. Also we will charge departments for neglect or laptop being stolen (depending on circumstances) and they sign this before they get a laptop, if they re not happy then tough (but they have always been happy because I have their best interests at heart) if they 'cant do their jobs' without these resources they re in the wrong job, I always try my best to provide the resources that I can but expect reasonable respect back. I also have them sign a form to say they need me to OK any software they ve installed and 99% of the time I will OK it but I ll be annoyed if they have but because myself and the teaching staff have a good understanding it doesnt happen period!

DOnt know if its me but WDS was a pain! should defo look at fog

Also teachers using them as home machines, when I was working at the council many staff got disciplined or sacked when they thought they could do what they wanted with the laptops. My department paid for them so its our property not the teachers and I like the teachers here alot! I would have same mindset anywhere I went. Someones council tax is being used so someone can prat around on the laptops.

What you give you cant take back. i.e. I had some old laptops, now support staff wanted to have them but once I gave it to them and they break down they would expect replacements = more cost! Write a proposal to SLT and get it approved, thats what I do makes life easier. Wireless it depends whats in the area, if you expect 5 teachers in 1 AP area you should be ok easily

Volume licence was about £12 a server I think. Simply it works with VSS it does syncs throughout the day so full backups are a few minutes and can be done throughout the day plus I pay £12 a server so if it has sharepoint, SQL, random thing I dont have to buy a £500 sharepoint agent plus I dont have to buy upgrade licences if for example I move form Exchange 2007 to 2010. I have mine setup with 5 disks (not raided) and it puts the disks into a pool then spreads the data throughout the Pool

I like my HTC disire but I ll prob go back to Win Mobile phone because android has a few bugs i.e. when you click on someone to send message back it sometimes randomly decides to select someone else! plus can be slightly sluggish

I had so much pain with backup exec I just gave up and moved to DPM, different technology

I have 2/3 more years to move, I love Manchester but would love to move to London for a few years before I get married but not less than 40k+