Re: Don't want all the bells and whistles in SBS2003
From: Andrew H (ajhpms_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 07/13/04
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Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:25:31 +0200
Hi Buddy
As many have pointed out, you can disable services you don't need.
However, you also have a great learning opportunity here (if this is
something compatible with your working environment and personal goals) to
experience some of the tools and features which would normally only be
available to the big guys. If you follow the advice you have received and
look at those other sites, you'll have a pretty safe environment.
And personally, I'd carry on using Exchange even in your environment.
Exchange and Outlook together give you features that are unavailable with
Outlook on its own, and I far prefer having a server take care of scheduled
mail delivery rather that have individual users run their own POP3 mail
clients. Even the backup issue is far better with Exchange - you have a
central repository of all mail & contact info that can be backed up in a
controlled manner with the SBS wizards, rather than a bunch of individual
PST files on each workstation which are probably never backed up.
"Buddy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2bb3901c46811$fff05610$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> I recently purchased a Dell Server and it came with Small
> Business Server 2003 (I didn't have a choice). My office
> is only me and one other person. I don't want Exchange
> and many of the other features of Small Business Server.
> Actually, what I wanted was Windows 2000 Server. That's
> all I really needed. In any event, the deal for this
> server was very good so I took it with SBS2003 because the
> Dell rep said it could perform like Windows 2003. When I
> powered up, it began to install and I followed the
> prompts...now, I have EVERYTHING...exchange, faxing, et
> al. All I really need is to create a small LAN and use
> this server for strictly central file storage and allow me
> to access and manage the server remotely (ie. Terminal
> Services). Should I remove or disable the features I do
> not need? Do I create the Terminal Server as I would on
> Windows 2003? Any suggestions will be appreciated. I
> don't need Exchange; I don't host a website nor intend to,
> I don't need network faxing...so I would like to either
> disable these features or remove them. I would like a
> fairly clean system with just the features I need and will
> manage personally.
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