Microsoft System Center 2012 Configuration Manager: Administration Cookbook

Managing Internet-facing clients

Depending on the environment, you may have clients that:

• Regularly move between the Internet and the intranet
• Are home computers, and never connect to the intranet

Managing clients that are not always connected to the internal network can be a challenge. If remote computers use Virtual Private Networking (VPN) to connect to the corporate network on a regular basis, Internet-facing support may not be required. But if we know that clients may use some type of remote desktop to connect to the corporate network, or maybe they don't have to connect to the corporate network at all to do their job, then Internet-facing support should be considered to ensure proper patch and asset management.

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