Question : Best Practices for DNS,DFS,AD, file sharing over VPN

Hello,

I am looking to get an idea of what is generally done in the following scenario:

Two sites, main and remote.
One domain
VPN is up
DNS and AD are replicating fine
Sites are segregated in Sites and Services
Exchange is working fine for the remote site
DCDIAG shows no issues at either remote or main site.
This is the first time I'm working with two sites so I'm surprised that everything is working fine after only some minor wrangling.

I have a logon script that maps file shares. The file shares exist at the main location. When I am at the remote location and browsing these shares it is excruciatingly slow. This problem also exists for my roaming profile users that bounce between sites. We have the fastest DSL business class connection at both sites so I think my next step up is a Metro-E or T1. That might turn out to be prohibitively expensive so in the meantime my users are using TS to connect to the main site. This is less than ideal.

One of my (probably misguided) ideas is to insert a file server at the remote location and add a DFS share to the main and remote file servers that includes all the files the users will need.

I need some advice other than get a faster internet connection! Thank you!

Answer : Best Practices for DNS,DFS,AD, file sharing over VPN

Another way would be to use SUMPRODUCT in C5 copied across and down

=SUMPRODUCT(Data!$B$6:$Q$11,(Data!$A$6:$A$11=$A5)*(Data!$B$4:$Q$4>=C$3)*(Data!$B$4:$Q$4<=C$4))

regards, barry