Re: Newbie question about workgroups vs. domains

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As Henry explains in his post, no it has to be a domain controller (DC).
I've seen posts from more than a few people over the years who buy SBS
because it's based on Windows xxxx (and without looking at the
restrictions). Mostly, they buy it because of the price. But it has to be
installed the way it was designed (as a DC) or it will keep shutting down
every hour or so.

If you can return it to your vendor for a copy of Windows 2003 Standard, you
would have what you originally wanted. If not, install it as a DC and reap
the benefits. It may be that you will greatly benefit from the product if
you give it a chance.

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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"Adrian" <Adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for your reply Merv. Is it possible to add it to our existing
workgroup at all? Really, we're just going to use it to host files. Buying
a
server was overkill perhaps, but it's too late to turn back from that
road.

Thanks again,

Adrian

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

Hi Adrian,

SBS has to be a domain controller, so you won't be able to add it as a
workgroup server. Even if you have a "very small" company, I think
you'll
soon discover all the good things about SBS in a client/server
environment
once you get it installed correctly.

--
Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]
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"Adrian" <Adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Good People,

The very small company I work for just bought a new server and we
really
only wanted to add it to our existing workgroup rather than set it up
as a
traditional server/client setup.

I can't seem to add it to our existing workgroup as it is locked into
domain
mode. Is there any way to change this? I've tried for a few hours and
either
I'm completely missing it or it's not possible. My guess is the former.

TIA.





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