Need suggestions for SBS 2003 configuration

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Well I got such great responses from my last post, I hope I can get
something of the same on this one.

I am setting up my first SBS 03 server. I have min exposure to this
animal.
I have setup 2003 servers a couple times, and man its different. Dealt
with lots of pcs/admin and netware servers some years ago.

With server 03, (Windows server 2003) you could just join the domain
from the client assuming you had a login id and it was done.
With sbs, you have to go thru all these wizards on the server and all.
Is this right?
Also I don't really see a place to add roles the same as server 2003
had. There was a (forget what it was called) server management wizard
that showed you roles. Dns, dhcp etc, you could add roles etc. But its
not the same as what I see on sbs.


The bigger question is this:

I currently have my few users dhcp connecting to a sonicwall vpn
router, which is connected to a dsl box then out .. Simple peer to
peer setup.

I have server setup, single nic, static ip address.
I would like to get users over onto the sbs03 server with dhcp etc
with the least amount of disruption.
I can't setup dhcp on the server while the sonicwall is doin dhcp
right?

And when I try to join the domain, it complains that I might have dhcp
running elsewhere and won't let me join.

Suggestions? I guess I could config everyone with a static address
while I setup dhcp on server?

Thanks
Travis

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