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I'm helping out a family member with their small business. I'm trying to help them set up a VPN to some shared directories on their server. They want to be able to access their stuff as if they were in the office when they are at home or on the road.
Ideally, they would want a mapped network drive that becomes available when a VPN connection is established to the server. I'm hoping that if I follow the instructions on MS's blog to set up an SSL VPN, it would that do what I want. ( https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...uration-in-windows-server-2012-r2-essentials/ )
Also, they want to get everyone on a Windows Domain so that they can begin hosting profiles on the server (or at least backups of their profiles) so that the limited space on their laptops isn't being wasted.
Would the laptops being on a Domain affect how it would set up the VPN?
Can I map a local network drive on their server from a client laptop and make it work over a VPN?
They have a router capable of VPN and their server has Windows 2012 R2 Essentials.
Ideally, they would want a mapped network drive that becomes available when a VPN connection is established to the server. I'm hoping that if I follow the instructions on MS's blog to set up an SSL VPN, it would that do what I want. ( https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com...uration-in-windows-server-2012-r2-essentials/ )
Also, they want to get everyone on a Windows Domain so that they can begin hosting profiles on the server (or at least backups of their profiles) so that the limited space on their laptops isn't being wasted.
Would the laptops being on a Domain affect how it would set up the VPN?
Can I map a local network drive on their server from a client laptop and make it work over a VPN?
They have a router capable of VPN and their server has Windows 2012 R2 Essentials.