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Not that Brian Madden is the source for all things virtualization, but his presentation at VMWorld is a bit telling on where the industry is heading. In my opinion, it is not toward Terminal Services. Microsoft will have to adapt... http://www.brianmadden.com/blogs/videos/archive/2009/03/23/terminal...

Is that still true when the remote site staff are all unpaid volunteers? ;) TCO isn't much more then a new computer every 5 years. And it's probably purchased at a good discount. Good point, but I was referring to the hardware and software TCO. I could have made that more clear. You are correct tho...

RussellHltn's points above are accurate. More importantly, Terminal Services are really the solution of the past decade. The industry tends to be moving into a realm of Server Based Computing (SBC) and Desktop Virtualization (DV). While you can argue that the original poster's solution is desktop vi...

Hey I know, let's just issue RFID badges to members and have Salt Lake administer who has what building access based on ward membership records. If you want to visit another ward you have to schedule it through Salt Lake. /sarcasm Physical security has to be a major concern for the Church. Many larg...

I find it interesting the ward list site does not post a privacy policy for members to read. It is also interesting that they do not provide any details of how they maintain the integrity and security of the data. Protection by password is ridiculously weak!

Members beware!!

I am new to the forum so I apologize if this has been discussed. I did perform a search and nothing similar was returned. While understanding the sensitivity that the Church must operate under, I am curious if the Church will authorize in-depth technical discussions about projects they are pursuing....