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Should Client PC's attach to a domain if they will be nearly always attaching to Terminal Server

Asked by stormstar in Remote Desktop/Terminal Services, SBS Small Business Server, Windows Server 2008

Tags: Terminal Server and XP Clients

Hi Guys and Girls

Just looking for some advice if I may.  We have a client that has a few offices around the country and we're now centralizing their setup so there will be a Terminal Server at the Head Office.  This will be running SBS 2008 Premium Edition (and the 2nd server you need to install with SBS 2008 Premium will be the Terminal Server).  They will have about 10 client PC's at the head office and at the other 5 sites they will have about 4 PC's at each location.  These will all be running XP Pro.

The aim is to have them do everything through their TS so we can manage backups etc.  Basically I just want to know if I should attach ANY of the client PC's to the domain?  If I want the remote PC's to do that I obviously need them to connect via a VPN.  I can see advantages to this as I can then install an Anti-Virus Package that can be centrally managed...  I can also remotely access all those PC's without having to worry about "Port Forwards" and changing "Listening Ports" etc...  But in doing this will I be causing speed issues or would it perform better?  What's general practice???  Attach to domain or not?  Or should I just attach the local ones in the Head Office to the domain and then manage the others individually?

Sorry about the long winded question...  Your suggestions are appreciated.
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