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Accredited First Financial

The numerous remote loan officers they wanted to acquire would need Accredited First email addresses, access to the central office's files and use of industry-specific software. Windows Small Business Server 2003 fulfilled the first two needs, but remote access to applications, called Terminal Services, necessitated the introduction of a second server, this one Windows Server 2003 Standard.

Before their expansion, which was enabled by Work Consultants installing two new Dell servers with Windows Server 2003, AFF was posed to increase the number of their employees, but did not want to move into a larger space. Their industry makes it possible for employees to work remotely, and Microsoft's Windows products allow their remote employees to seamlessly work remotely.

AFF elected to use Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 as their main server which provided e-mail, web and firewall services to on-site personnel. However, SBS won't allow for external employees to interact with on-site services. For that, AFF needed a second, smaller server with Windows Server 2003 Standard which provided Terminal Services--the service that allows a user to access programs running on the server from off-site.

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