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by big trent 1 view

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Citrix Windows
I have a client that wants to install a network with windows 2000 and run terminal services onto dumb terminals and then use citrix metaframe for there accounting program they also have a remote office and both offices have high speed cable, I would like to know how hard it would be to install and manage the citrix, I have very little experience with Citrix but have no problems with Windows (not that Windows gives me problems), the client will have 10 clients locally an 2 atthe remote office, is there a steep learning curve for this.

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by lmayeda

Are you planning to run terminal services on a Windows 2000 Server (which already comes with Terminal Services)? I started from scratch with zip knowledge and in my wisdom ... I hired someone to do the initial setup after which I have gained enoughknow how to add additional remote users and remote printers. We initially installed Citrix on a WinNT server with terminal services. At some point the number of users increased such that it was cheaper to purchase a new Win2000 server and TS Client licenses than to add 10 new Citrix licenses. Both have worked well with Citrix having a slight edge. The most difficulty I encountered was in learning how to setup shared remote printers. Sounds like it would be an ideal solution for your clientbut make sure that you have lots of ram on your server because once the user sees the advantages of remote access ... the number of remote users will increase.

by gibbonian

Citrix is not hard. If you know VPN archetecture then it should not be too bad. I would start by just going to www.citrix.com and reviewing the knowledge base articles.

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