We have HP QC ALM 11.0 Enterprise edition installed on Windows Server and used by many users across the organisation within corp network. Now we have a requirement for a project to be accessed by external vendors outside the corp network i.e via internet. Can someone provide help if this is possible and required steps?
Thanks,
Venkat
Well this can be simply achieved by opening access for certain group of people. Here you need to host your quality centre site over public ip address where public ip can be purchased from your local ISPs.
In case you just need to share data you have in HP, not the way people using HP inside your corp but transfer/synchronize data to the vendor's
cloud system or some other alm systems like visual studio tfs online. You can use such cloud based system and run synchronization scripts on your end to transfer/push the data to the customer accessible system. Even you and your vendor can use common cloud based system like visual studio tfs online which most of the companies do. In this case you won't require to manage accesses over internet or don't require to share/host your hp instance over internet. Only data will be shared with the vendor.
Thanks,
Gaurav
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We have a bring your own device program in our company but after a security review we can't let users/developers have admin access, use removable drives, download Azure data etc.
Essentially, we need them to do all their work on VMs instead of their own PCs.
The simplest solution here seems to be to create remote VMs (i.e. not locally using Virtualbox) for developers to do their work on instead of using their PCs directly.
Is there a way to do this using Azure or do we have to purchase a Citrix license?
Is it possible to setup a virtual machine on Azure and have that same instance of the virtual machine visible to multiple users?
We are an ISV. Our users are scattered globally. We would like to use an Azure virtual machine to guide users though setup of our software. Ideally our helpdesk would demonstrate our software on the VM while the new user looked on.
The software is ultimately installed on the users local machine. The virtual machine is just for offering support.
We see this as a potential alternative to a product that allows the helpdesk to remote into the user's machine.
Yes. You can just use the users and groups dialog in Windows Server to create multiple users, and then give those users Remote Desktop access. This isn't specific to Azure though, it's just the capability of Windows Server.
See: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732336.aspx
On the other hand there is a limit for user quantity by default. See
https://serverfault.com/questions/549297/how-to-enable-the-2-concurrent-1-console-sessions-on-windows-server-2012
I wonder if a visualization solution that lets users manage instances in web interface just like Azure/EC2. There should be a list of components as
Virtualization
Infrastructure Management (Web Interface)
User (who uses a private cloud) Management & ACL (Web Interface)
Instance Manager to create/maintain VM instances (Web Interface)
Instance Market Place to share VM image by platforms (Web Interface)
Web API for custom UI or automation
So, I can let users pay real money or virtual point for instances or I can give quota. My hunch is that either Hyper-V or VMWare has similar product, but no luck to find any exact matches.
Since you asked specifically about Azure, you should also look at the Azure Pack for Windows Server which provides the Azure management interface (GUI plus REST) plus a subset of Azure features that would be running in your own data center. This includes the management portal itself, Virtual Machines, Web Sites, and Service Bus
You should also Consider Apache Cloudstack
The only one I've heard about is OpenStack
http://www.openstack.org/
VMware vCloud Automation Center
We currently have an off-shore resource tunneling into a physical machine from the other side of the world, and we're finding that productivity is being impacted.
I've done some reading on the Azure site, but I'm wondering if someone could tell me directly whether my thought is feasible or not. I'd like to extend our Active Directory into Azure, and have the offshore resource work in an Azure Virtual Machine based off a corporate image. We'd like this user to be able to access network resources like file shares, web servers, TFS, etc... My thought is that the resource will be able to work more efficiently off an Azure VM as his node will be closer.
Is this possible?
Thanks!
Chris
While technically absolutely possible, what you target is not allowed by the licensing party.
In order to fully achieve your goal, you will need a fully licensed RDS (Remote Desktop Services). Which currently does not cover any public cloud environments.
You can check more on VM FAQ section here. What you need is "RDS", check it there and do regular checks on that page, because this might change in the future.
I've developed a web application for a company. Because the company has offices in all the states in the country, the web application will be uploaded to the internet.
Is it possible to restrict access to the web application to only know computers used by the company; maybe by using their MAC address?
Or is there an efficient way to limit access to a website to only recognized computers? Thanks for any suggestions.
If the company has dedicated IP address pool, you may block access from the computers that are outside of this address pool. Otherwise your best bet would be to authorize the people, who has authority to access your application.