If your office uses a standard VPN connectivity solution, one of the features available in current versions of Microsoft Windows Server, and accounts have been created for your employees, you can connect to the office from remote locations.
Your first step is to create a new network connection from your Windows workstation. Please use the following procedures also specified in Microsoft help at http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/set-workplace-remote-connection-vpn#1TC=windows-7
Windows 7
- Click on your Start Menu
- Click Control Panel
- Click Network and Sharing Center
- Click Set Up a Network Connection
- Select the "Connect to a Workplace" option in the list provided, then click Next
- Select "Use my Internet Connection"
- Enter the Internet Address provided by your Network Administrator (i.e. remote.myworkplace.com)
- Enter the Destination Name, a descriptive name of the network you are connecting to (i.e. "My Office")
- Click Next
- Enter your username and password
- Enter a domain name if provided by your Network Administrator
- Click Connect
Note you can now connect and disconnect from your workplace/VPN connection via the network icon in your system tray, located next to your clock. Click on the computer icon or wireless icon to see which networks you are connected to, and to connect/disconnect as needed.