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Hi,

On a remote location we have a couple of computers (which is not a part of our domain, but their computers are on our Network by VPN) that we would like to run our ERP-system.

This ERP-system is quite heavy, so we would like to run it as a virtual application.

What would be the best way to do this with a Microsoft product? I've seen App-V, Med-V etc., but i'm not quite sure which would suite us the best.

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Is your ERP solution client-server based? (In other words, the main application itself, along with the database, sits on your server, while the clients only use a lightweight app or a web browser to access the program?).

If so, why not keep the ERP app on your server, and just let the remote clients access it over the VPN?

This way all of the 'data' lives on your server, and you are simply giving them remote access to it.

Another option is to set up a Terminal Server on YOUR network. Your remote users do NOT have to install any part of the ERP software on their computer. Instead, they launch a remote session to your Terminal Server using Microsoft Remote Desktop. Once connected, they launch the ERP software (which is installed on your Terminal Server). When they are finished, they simply disconnect.

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We can install the ERP-application on their computer, but when it starts downloading all the information + tiff-pictures over the VPN tunnel, it starts going very slowly. We have tried with a remote desktop sessions which worked just fine, but we dont want them to have a another desktop etc.. That's why we would like to keep only the application virtual for them. Is it possible?

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