- Dec 3, 2009
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I need help setting up a small business network at a used car dealership. The equipment consists of a simple router, a server running Windows Server 2008, and about 6-7 laptops running a mix of Windows XP, Vista, and 7 (if it will be easier all the laptops can be upgraded to Window 7).
What the network needs to achieve is to be able to share an application that is used to update car information. The application is used to import pictures, description, and price information for cars. Then the application uploads all the information into an all-ready made template to ebay, Autotrader, and Craigslist. This application can only be used in-house (meaning it can only be used on the network it is assigned to). This application needs to be shared at the same time by as many as all the users at the same time.
The network also needs to act as a file server and include remote access.
I have little knowledge with this kind of setup. However, the way I imagined it to be done is to have the server setup up with a Terminal Server role and with a File Server role and include remote access. I would install the application on the server, and have it setup that when users upload pictures that they are stored on a hard drive on the server. The remote access needs to be setup so that any user, wherever they are, can still access the network, including using the application.
Can all of this be done?
What the network needs to achieve is to be able to share an application that is used to update car information. The application is used to import pictures, description, and price information for cars. Then the application uploads all the information into an all-ready made template to ebay, Autotrader, and Craigslist. This application can only be used in-house (meaning it can only be used on the network it is assigned to). This application needs to be shared at the same time by as many as all the users at the same time.
The network also needs to act as a file server and include remote access.
I have little knowledge with this kind of setup. However, the way I imagined it to be done is to have the server setup up with a Terminal Server role and with a File Server role and include remote access. I would install the application on the server, and have it setup that when users upload pictures that they are stored on a hard drive on the server. The remote access needs to be setup so that any user, wherever they are, can still access the network, including using the application.
Can all of this be done?
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