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most Efficient way to connect remotely on SBS2008 network


I run a Small business Server 2008 premium environment. for some users to work from home in the evening I use RWW and some RDP's.   I have one user that is moving out of the country, and I would like to NOT use rdp and possibly rww , but I would like to use something more reliable , secure and quick to allow him to get to his desktop. What would you all recommend.  I have hated the idea of having RDP opened on the internet from day 1.
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Setup a VPN (prefer from your firewall).  then require a VPN session first, and then they can use RDP through the VPN.  Then you can close RDP access from the internet.
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RDP via TS Gateway uses SSL. VPN is a bandwidth hog.

When utilizing RDP via TS Gateway (which is configured in SBS 2008 and 2011 btw), one requires an RDS CAL for each machine/PC connected to in this manner.

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Vpn is not the most efficient way, but it will let you close Rdp direct access from the internet.
You could use Citrix but that has a cost to go with it.  Are you just trying to access one computer remotely so he can work on a computer in the office?  There are the other remote access solutions like gotomypc and so on for a single computer.
Learn to use the TS Gateway features SBS already provides. In SBS 2008 and up this only requires SSL, so you can close your RDP port. Invest in a trusted certificate, then you shouldn't have issues accessing from anywhere and any (supported) device.

Why do you this RDP is insecure?
> secure and quick to allow him to get to his desktop
the problem is going to be with the "quick" part of the above sentence. RDP/Citrix/etc secured with VPN/SSL is about as good as you are going to get. Unless you set him up with a site-site VPN, own server, and replicate all the data to his site, though I would think this is going overboard for one user!
This show how reconnect a mailbox to a different user but just reconnect it to his account.

http://exchangepedia.com/2006/03/how-to-reconnect-a-mailbox-to-another-user.html
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Don't you hate it when you do that :)
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this user just left yesterday. I'm trying RWW for now
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thank you