>I have a small office with 15 workstations and a W2003 server connected to
>the Internet with a high-speed connection.
>
> I've had a couple of employees semi-retire and continue their work from
> home using Remote Desktop to their old machines which I have left set up
> right where they left them. Seemed ok at the time, but now I realize it
> can't last since it means leaving a machine running by itself in a vacant
> cubicle until these users retire forever.
>
> Desktops, My Documents, and other workspace features are redirected to the
> server, and, of course, all of the important network resources are on the
> server as well. So it seems to me that I could cannibalize one of those
> semi-retired workstations to use as a virtual desktop server. I should be
> able to reformat, reinstall XP (or whatever), load PC 2007, set it up on
> my server rack and create a VM for each of my retirees. Then I could load
> their software on these VMs and they could just Remote Desktop in like
> they always have. Most of their previous workstation experience would be
> there just like it was.
>
> Obviously, I need to set up IP addresses correctly and I need to make sure
> the hard disk and RAM requirements are met on the VM server that I use
> (and maybe I have to install a new machine instead of reusing an old one).
>
> Any caveats with this set up? Seems like it should work just fine, but
> scanning this newsgroup I really don't see any evidence of people
> employing this seemingly simple idea (or maybe it would just fit my needs
> well but not many others).
>
> Frank
>