valid solution for those with the need of such a solution.
--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
Thanks Kevin. Unfortunately the terminal services are out of the
question.
We have pretty powerful workstation and server, why would I use my
workstation
as a terminal(Isn't this goes again MS ideology)?
Secondly, why would I pay an additional license for each workstation
to access the terminal server. It is just not economical.
Or perhaps Microsoft is still ironing-out on how to implement this this
type
of
technology(networked-multi-user-multi-task-apps)?
Thanks
Sarah, what you have described is called 'Windows Terminal Server'.
You
are
right about the fact that by installing Office on one system, and
letting
everyone access it reduces administrative issues. But, SBS2003 does
not
allow you to configure Terminal Server on the SBS server itself. You
can
add
a separate system to act as a terminal server alongside your SBS
server.
The
temrinal server would house your Office apps, and your SBS server
would
handle Exchange/email, Internet access, and file/print services.
--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
I'm trying to use my server as a file server, where I will store all
the
Office executable. If MS so willing, then they can tell us what
registry
setting on the local machine has to change so each of my workstation
can
run
office apps, e.g. MS Word, Excel, and other, right from their
workstation?
Is it a technology issues that prevent this to happen? What's the
big
problem since other OSes can handle multi-user apps?
Imagine if I can do that, everytime the workstation crashed and
corrupted
the disk, all I have to do is install the os, mount the directory
where
office reside, and voile ... it's back up again. Also, when the
office
need
upgrade, all I have to do is to upgrade the one on the server and
again,
those 10(or for that matter 100K)workstation has their office
upgraded!
Any ideas?
I think you have the option upon installing if you want to install
Office
to
a server, but I am thinking if you have 10 users it is going to
slow
down
your server badly. Is there a particular reason you dont want to
install
on
the workstations? You can setup admin install of office to install
just
like
Outlook installs on SBS client upon connection.
Is it possible to run office from a server?
We just purchased 10 brand new PC with Windows XP Pro
Pre-installed,
an
a
server with ample of memory and disk space.
We also purchase a 15-user license of Microsoft Office 2003
Professional.
Instead of installing MS Office 2003 on all the workstation, is
there
a
way
to run Office from a server?
I know of the terminal services/citrix way but that is out of
the
question
as it will add cost per client.
Thanks