I have been tasked with the need for our employees to work from home if they are even feeling remotely sick. I work for a small business and if a few people are out sick that will put a large dent into our ability to serve our customers efficiently...
So a quick and dirty fix would be to have our VPN software on a CD to send home with them and set them up with a RDP connection to their desktops. This would be the quick and dirty way to do it with little to no cost, but not a solution.
I have been looking into to virtual desktops. I have been planning on doing this anyway to reduce the amount of hardware we have running thats not being used as well as keeping the desktops central. Not to mention the energy savings, speed (compared to what they have now), administrative time, and so on...
So, what solutions would you recommend for employees to have the option to work from home? This will not include phones.
Windows XP Desktops
Cisco IPSEC VPN & SSL VPN