OSX Server or Remote Access

Hi All,
Don't know if this is the right place, but I need some advice.
I have a new person starting in my office and I need to be able to access all the files that she is working on.
I was thinking of turning my iMac into a server and getting her to copy all the files across to my HD after working on them. I work from home a lot so I am also going to need to VPN in and access the files that way as well as through a network.
But I will still need to do some work on my iMac and I am not sure whether to buy the OSX server software or Remote Access??
Any ideas or advice would be most appreciated.
Thanks
Marie

Based on what you are describing, I think your iMac as is will do the job. Mac OS X server is generally for situations where you are going to serve more than 10 users at once.
So you can enable File Sharing and your new user could mount your shared volume, and she could even work on her files on the mounted volume.
For the moment I'll assume you have a VPN setup. I'm making this assumption be cause I don't know how to setup a VPN
So accessing your office iMac from home, you could enable System Preferences -> Sharing -> Remote Management (it might also be called Apple Remote Desktop). Then from home if using Mac OS X 10.4 or earlier, you could use Chicken of the VNC to connect to your office iMac. If Mac OS X 10.5, you can use the built-in screen sharing facilities.
Via CotVNC or Screen Sharing, you should be able to work on your office iMac as if you were there. It should also be possible to mount your shared volumes, but unless you have a fast network connection, that could be slow depending on how much stuff is in the folders you are accessing as well as the size of the files you may want to transfer.

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