Charlie
Sat Jun 02 19:04:09 CDT 2007
Microsoft.public.Windows.Server.SBS is where I spend some time. And there
are some really crack SBS MVPs who hang out there, as well as good and
helpful users. No troll problems, either. The real problem with the group is
that it's too successful. If you don't long on a couple of times a day,
things scroll too fast I find.
If you can squeeze another GB in that SBS box, it will probably be happier.
There's a lot going on in an SBS server. There are good aftermarket books on
SBS. I happen to think mine is the best out there, but Eriq Neale's is also
excellent and there are others as well. Probably the single biggest
suggestion with SBS, however, is to plan on installing it three times. Once
just to see all the pieces and realize you totally horked it. Second time to
try to get it right. Third time's the charm. Take good notes during the
first two, and you'll be in good shape for the last.
--
Charlie Russel
Author: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Administrator's
Companion (MS Press)
http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Business-Administrators-Companion-Pro-Administrators/dp/0735622809/ref=sr_11_1/104-0475887-4767969?ie=UTF8
http://msmvps.com/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
"Flatus Ohlfahrt" <flatus@TricareForLife.US> wrote in message
news:Xns9943BF5677BE2flatusTFL@130.133.1.4...
> Thanks for getting back. I will go to SBS instead of WHS. I have a nice
> Athlon 64 754 box w/1-GB that I'll load up with
> drives. Should make a nice server.
>
> I'll continue on w/XP x64 with a 4-GB AM2. And I have another 4-GB am2
> that I'll use as a general purpose XP pro machine.
>
> I'll remove WHS from the machine it's now on. I'll use that box for
> experimentation. I think I'll mess around with some multi-
> homed stuff--haven't done that since I was using ISDN years ago. (It's
> nice being retired--but Social Security doesn't go to
> far so migration is essential.)
>
> The only pure SBS group that I've found is m.p.w.s.SBS. Do you know of a
> group that is more like this one--with really helpful
> people such as you?
>
> Thanks, again.
>
> Flatus
>
>
> On Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:43:14 GMT, Charlie Russel - MVP wrote
> in news:02AAA2F5-DCE4-4E34-89A5-2747C82D6E41@microsoft.com:
>
>> Well, the place to post this is one of the SBS newsgroups,
>> but since I'm in both, I'll answer. SBS 2k3 will
>> undoubtedly be supported officially for as long as Server
>> 2k3 is supported. Certainly it will be supported for
>> several years past now. That being said, once Cougar (the
>> beta name for the next version) is released, the clock on
>> the old one will start ticking. We know that Cougar will
>> be 64-bit only (see Charlie pull a total off-topic post
>> back to legitimate<G>), so their will be a major shift in
>> the hardware requirements for it. This will slow down
>> adoption, I"m sure, if only because the migration will be
>> more complex. And upgrade is out of the question.
>
>
>
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