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This type of configuration can be particularly useful for
saving money on the need to purchase multiple dial-up ISP accounts, if
your Small Business Server end users are a local call to their office.
However, you should also note that if end users browse the
web for hours on end from remote locations, and tie up limited dial-up
Remote Access Service (RAS) resources on the Small Business Server system,
your client has effectively become a "micro" ISP for its remote
dial-in users.
Now, on the flip side, because end users are logged onto
the network through their RAS/DUN connection, just as if they were logged
onto their client workstations on the network in the office, your client
can harness the power of Proxy Server.
This means your client can explicitly grant or deny end
user web browsing access, through the User Access Wizard. Your client can
also apply domain-filtering rules, logging, and monitoring... courtesy of
Microsoft Proxy Server.
Note however that if Small Business Server end users
aren't within local calling range to their office, and they need to do
external Web browsing for extended periods of time, they should definitely
contract with a local ISP for Internet access. This will prove to be
infinitely more cost-effective for the end users and the client, even for
relatively low-usage Web browsing end users.
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