I am still trying to understand the purpose of "remote web access" in the SBS essentials.
I use RDP (built into windows), and it works perfectly.
I remote to three different machines at work from wherever, and my office router "port forwards" to the appropriate machine on the LAN. None of the external ports is 1389, though I port translate so the internal port on each machine is 1389. This system is quick and easy, and seems pretty secure.
SBS Essentials wants me to set up "remote web access". I started that -- and set up the router to allow "remote web access." Now if I go to an internet browser, and type in my office IP address I get to the login screen of what ever machine I choose -- it looks like RDP.
BUT -- I can't log on that way because I don't have some required "certificate."
If I go through the SBS wizard, I use my own personal domain, but then I get to a place where it wants me to buy a "secure certificate" from GoDaddy or another company.
I just quit there, because all I can see is that it adds one more layer (and a little more latency) to my remote connection -- and I don't know what the "secure certificate" is going to cost, because I didn't get that far.
It looks like if I complete the "remote web access" registration that I will have something that looks and acts just like RDP, except that I start in a web-browser instead of RDP.
What, if any, is the advantage?
Thanks to anyone who can help me with this.
