cluelessnerd22

Hi all, first off, please let me know if I should reclassify this. I'm still new to the LTT forum. In light of the restrictions on businesses as a result of the pandemic, my business is looking to set up remote access for our employees. We are a small tax prep and accounting firm with 5-10 people who may eventually need to work from home. I am wondering what our options are in terms of setting up remote access. Any guidance is greatly appreciated. I am happy to answer questions about the business to help you make an informed suggestion. Thanks, and stay healthy out there!

We keep applications and installers like Drake (a tax preparation software) and Quickbooks files on the server. These programs are also installed on each workstation. To my understanding, it serves as a central repository for files which any workstation can access. In a new set-up I would like to be able to set up different access permissions to improve security. Please do post those links with pricing! Thank-you

Hi, We need it to host programs and effectively serve as a central data repository. Regarding budget, we'd like to keep it under $1000 but are able to go over if necessary. Looking for 2TB if possible. The data is mission critical and is backed up on two external drives kept offsite. For OS, we currently use Windows Server 2016, but would be open to Windows 10 Pro. We don't need anything specific. Does that make sense?

Hi all, I work for a small family owned accounting and tax preparation office and we have a server which is quickly reaching the end of its life so I'm looking for some help. We cannot use cloud solutions for security reason, otherwise that would be my first choice. We have 7 workstations, most of which are used simultaneously. We also store semi-sensitive information on this server, which needs to be accessible by all 7 workstations. As my username suggest I don't know too much about all of this so please ask questions for clarification.