@technobabble said:

Thanks @alexntg , all user accounts were forwarded email accounts, so I deleted all the accounts except for mine and am ready to suscribe to either O365 small business or O365 ProPlus. Pro plus is $12/month and the other is $15 month billed monthly. I like the PP.

I just want to pay the least for the what I was using on the E3 trial, which was the web apps, Sharepoint, OneDrive for business, exchange and the desktop apps. I presume I have missed the verbiage somewhere that SharePoint is included in all subscriptions that include the web and desktop apps.

Also no where do I find anything about issues down grading from E3 to anything else.

It sounds like you're in an Enterprise tenant, which is good, as it allows you to have the most flexibility. Once you get the appropriate licenses, you just need to add them to the users and remove the E3. For thoses users that want the whole kit-n-caboodle including the full version of Office and Office Web Apps, they'd be on E3 at $20/month. For those that don't need Office Web Apps and already have Office 2010 or newer on their computers, They'd be set with E1 $8/month. For those just needing email, there's EOP1 at $4/month. For those needing just the full Office install, there's the ProPlus subscription, as you mentioned, for $12/month.

Are these other users shared mailboxes?

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@IT-ADMIN said:

What about Read Only DC, is it a good idea ??

Doesn't feel like it is needed here. Now that you have the DC at the main site... is it causing a problem?

no problem at all, but i need a backup logon server in the branch office so that if the VPN go down, ---> users in the branch can login from the DC in the branch

We don't use one. We use central Domain Controllers and VPN (Pertino) to our offices and don't worry about DCs in the branches. Not a problem at all for us. Branches cache credentials, so no one notices if a DC is unavailable.

Sure we do. NTG has 2 datacenter locations, with DCs in each. IT-ADMIN only has 1 datacenter location, so putting a DC at the remote site would be a good idea. If he/she had another datacenter location, it would be less of a concern.

I find it odd the way some companies look at CRM pricing. For example, a sales team 0f 12 was balking at a $6k cost for an in-house CRM. A sale for them ranges from $25k to $300k. If just one person brought in one extra sale because of the CRM, it'd more than paid for iteself.

It's a neat idea, but a bit much for me. I like to run one smaller screen with an application maximized, and one larger screen with various stuff on it. One screen would mess up my workflow. For gaming, at least the way that I game, wider's not better.
*Edited for clarity

Having WildStar withdrawals

@JaredBusch said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@pol.darreljade Why would it be so common if money isn't in abundance? It is a relatively rare development platofrm in the US and in Europe because of the very hogh cost associated with using it - it is expensive to license, expensive to support and the mainline development tools for it are quite costly. For desktops, sure. But for servers running applications, it is definitely a niche choice for companies looking to spend a lot of money or for shops looking to spend money on technology and save money on developers since Windows development is generally cheaper as it is in less demand.

This is completely out of touch. Every single small business I deal with that has not migrated out to hosted solutions use software packages built on and designed to run on windows. Yes new stuff should not be designed that way, but the embedded market has it and has had it for years and will not just change for no reason.
Hell, we just decommissioned a System 36 (not Windows, I know but extremely long time in service is the point).

^This! For those developing for a web platform, the end-user doesn't see the backend platform, so the OS doesn't matter. For desktop OSes, Windows still has the market by a staggering majority. http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomd=0 Why would a company spend time and money developing for a platform that has less than 2 percent of the marketshare?

@scottalanmiller said:

@alexntg said:

@scottalanmiller said:

Put it on VirtualBox and you'll get RDP back.

The hypervisor isn't preventing RDP.

Didn't imply that it was. But it isn't providing it either. VirtualBox provides RDP directly from the hypervisors so no OS level lock out will do anything. Console redirect to RDP!!

Ok. How does one do that without nesting VMs?

@RAM. said:

So you shouldn't use your penis on the fingerprint scanner anymore?

Remind me to never borrow your phone.

@scottalanmiller said:

@ITcrackerjack said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@ITcrackerjack said:

@Gabi said:

I use gmail quite a bit.

Our business email infrastructure is on google apps too.

I haven't used any of the chrome books but I'm finding it hard to justify one.

How do these live in your workflow? Do you use these for business?

I think it would be hard to justify in a business environment, unless you are already tightly integrated into the Google ecosystem. I see these getting into the education niche. Maybe using them in a lab environment when a full Windows desktop isn't needed (and where it is, use these as a thin client into an RDS). The other use case I see is for sales people on the road (again, who are tied to the Google ecosystem) or university students (I would have loved one while in Uni).

If you don't have legacy non-web systems, you'd need something else. But if you are modernized they are perfect.

Whoa. I'm trying to wrap my brain around this statement and I'm failing. Can you word that different for me? <scratching head>

Chromebooks are built for the modern app world. Modern app design is web based. Exceptions exist of course but very few and only extremely niche. It is a very rare company needing anything locally installed today. And less everyday. Companies need that only because of old apps that they keep running, bad choices or niche needs.

Almost any modern company that deals with physical items has local needs of one sort or another. Examples would include manufacturing, distribution, utilities, and healthcare companies have local needs. Companies dealing with the abstract, such as real estate, finance, and insurance would have a better time going web-based.

Not me. I may be many things, some of which can't be mentioned in mixed company, but I'm not a DBA.

Early access for WildStar starts at midnight Pacific. I plan on being up at 3:00 Eastern to start playing. My guild has a launch party planned. The devs will be streaming live throughout the weekend. It'll be a hoot!

@scottalanmiller said:

@Dashrender said:

@Gabi said:

@scottalanmiller could not agree more.

Seems that everyone is using the term VDI for any desktop (regardless of user or server desktop) which is accessed through the cloud.

VDI is rather expensive, XenApp/RDS will work for most things as you have well said a million times.

Or you cheat and use Windows server (datacenter license) instead of the desktop license.

But then it's not a desktop;). VDI is a Windows license situation more than it is a technology. Do it with Windows server and you are doing single user remote servers.

It's still VDI, just using a server OS. It's the virtual equivalent of a power user using a server OS on their workstation, which would still be their desktop, just running a server OS.

@scottalanmiller said:

Put it on VirtualBox and you'll get RDP back.

The hypervisor isn't preventing RDP.

If you use the VM's console, do you get the same video issues?

@scottalanmiller said:

@technobabble said:

Unless I am mistaken Bit locker is only for enterprise which is another reason its not a good replacement.

And requires different tools on different platforms.

For Windows 8/8.1, all it requires is a computer running Windows Pro or better. Windows 7 required a computer running Windows Enterprise and either a TPM or thumb drive.

@scottalanmiller said:

@alexntg said:

@scottalanmiller said:

@alexntg said:

@scottalanmiller said:

No. But every company and every individual had the right and the ability to audit. That's important. Companies have coverage tools that they use all the time on this stuff.

Have you used TrueCrypt before?

Long ago just a little. Use LUKS now.

Did you audit TrueCrypt?

Not relevant. I'm not and was not on the security team. That's redirection.

Companies that I've worked at did code audits, certainly.

Completely relevant! Did the company you were working for when you used TrueCrypt audit the source code for it? If they did, great. If not, there's no difference from using a closed source product, in that you assumed/trusted that it was secure.

They could always make a new one. A gram's 1 cc of water.

This is a bit odd. If it was your calendar, it doesn't make sense that you'd get the notices. Were you using a delegate at one point? If so, this would apply:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222163

@scottalanmiller said:

@alexntg said:

@scottalanmiller said:

No. But every company and every individual had the right and the ability to audit. That's important. Companies have coverage tools that they use all the time on this stuff.

Have you used TrueCrypt before?

Long ago just a little. Use LUKS now.

Did you audit TrueCrypt?