Badman3k
05-26-2010, 03:15 PM
Hi!
I've got a techincal question relating to alternatives to Shared Folders.
We've recently upgraded our company computers to Windows 7, which as of Vista Windows no longer supports the VPN encryption that we use.
I'm trying to find an alternative to spending £300 on new hardware. The servers are running Windows 2003.
Presently there is a group folder that is shared to all active users logged to the server. In addition each individual user has their own "shared" folder, that they can store important files onto. Then all the remote users log into the VPN connection, and can access their shared files off of the server. This is slow usually, but somewhat a requirement.
I've considered the use of an FTP server linked to LDAP/Active Directory; but I'm struggling to get to grips with the Windows offering and i can't find a suitably priced FTP server that supports the LDAP/AD.
Are there other options to VPN/FTP? If not do any of you have some good links to instructions on setting up the FTP in a similiar fashion to how we currently have it with the VPN and Shared Folders?
Many thanks in advance.
I've got a techincal question relating to alternatives to Shared Folders.
We've recently upgraded our company computers to Windows 7, which as of Vista Windows no longer supports the VPN encryption that we use.
I'm trying to find an alternative to spending £300 on new hardware. The servers are running Windows 2003.
Presently there is a group folder that is shared to all active users logged to the server. In addition each individual user has their own "shared" folder, that they can store important files onto. Then all the remote users log into the VPN connection, and can access their shared files off of the server. This is slow usually, but somewhat a requirement.
I've considered the use of an FTP server linked to LDAP/Active Directory; but I'm struggling to get to grips with the Windows offering and i can't find a suitably priced FTP server that supports the LDAP/AD.
Are there other options to VPN/FTP? If not do any of you have some good links to instructions on setting up the FTP in a similiar fashion to how we currently have it with the VPN and Shared Folders?
Many thanks in advance.