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MattRizzo81 wrote:Hey team,For those of you who support medium-sized companies, what do you use to allow users remote access to their PCs?I am looking for something that has A/D authentication, and preferable had some sort of central web console.I just installed Thinfinity which seems promising:I currently use RDP & Custom ports via firewall - works, but is a bit tedious. I tried screenconnect - but it's too buggy and the interface is not good. Further, there is noticeable lag.Any input, thoughts?, an on-premise (self-hosted) solution, can support AD authentication. You can put Splashtop Enterprise in DMZ to support remote access from outside of companies.
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It's high performance and cost effective. Can install as a VM or physical machine. Free trial available. I'm here to answer any question.Cloud based is an option if AD is not a hard requirement. Simple and cost effective.
However, in a few months, AD authentication will be added to our cloud solution via a connector. So this could be an option soon. Mjmitchell83 wrote:I agree I wouldn't leave your RDP port open, your users should VPN in then make their RDP connection. I would think most security appliances would offer this. I know that fortigates do this.
The users pull up the web page connect to the vpn using their credentials then they can connect to RDP or whatever you provide them access to.Agree with MJ, most firewalls/security appliances have this built in, I know that Cisco's ASA and FortiGates firewalls do this. We are currently testing FortiGates web VPN authentication and so far it looks very promising.
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This would allow users to RDP into their own PCYes, Microsoft licensing allows remote access to your own workstation.or into a standalone PC/VM dedicated to this purpose?No, any kind of server for multiple users will require RDS CALs. Think of it like this: the licensing is for the usage of the Windows operating system on the computer, not specifically for the Remote Desktop feature. It doesn't matter if you connect using Citrix XenDesktop or Guacamole or Microsoft Remote Desktop. You need the RDS CALs for any of them.