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Desktop app as RemoteApp on the cloud - Question 2
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18/09/2015 15:37:01
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows 10
Network:
Windows 2008 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Application:
Web
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Thread ID:
01624805
Message ID:
01624809
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75
>We are preparing to offer access to our vfp desktop app as a remote app hosted in a server in the cloud.
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>With the desktop app we use a hardware key to defend against piracy, which would not work in the cloud.
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>The first line of defense in the cloud is that we create users on the server, but we would like to be able to limit access to the application to authorized PCs only. Is there a way that our program, while running in a terminal server session, can find out information about the PC that connected to that session? Things such as CPU number, motherboard number, etc.?
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>Thank you very much,
>
>Alex

I agree with Brandon. Also, if you are selling your app by a number of seats, you can limit how many users currently are connected. Then, it does not matter from what PC they connect, as long as you can limit the number.
HTH.
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