Administer from a remote computer

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To administer from a remote computer

Install Phone Book Administrator (PBA) on your remote computer.
Delete only the PBA folder from the remote computer where you just installed PBA.
Establish a network connection with your primary PBA computer.
Establish a network connection with your primary Phone Book Service (PBS) computer.
On your remote computer, map a network drive to the PBA directory on your primary PBA computer.
Start PBA on your primary PBA computer from your remote computer.
Administer phone books as if you were at your primary PBA computer.

Notes

To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure.
The default location of the PBA folder is [drive:]\Program Files\PBA.
A remote computer could be a portable computer or other computer that you plan to use when you cannot administer from your primary PBA computer. For example, you might be traveling and unable to administer from the primary PBA computer in your office.
Deleting the PBA folder from the remote computer prevents an accidental start of PBA from the remote computer (which can result in data files being out of sync), but it leaves the necessary system files intact.
For each server, you must have only one PBA folder (the one on your primary PBA computer). One administration tool can post multiple phone books, each to a different server, but each phone book should be administered with only one PBA computer.

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