Re: Absolute Newbie
- From: Lambo <paullambourne@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:44:28 -0700
On 5 Sep, 15:14, Chris White <ChrisWh...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
First of all, welcome to the world of Server's. Its an interesting area of
working to say the least and you learn a lot more about networks, computers,
reliability and efficiency to say the least.
To give you quick answers (i'm not much of a teacher)...
Am I right to say if I had a Small Business Server I can walk up to
any machine in my office, "log in" and it would load my settings, my
desktop icons and background and all my emails into Outlook? My
personal files into my user folder?
- Yes. By having profiles setup to download/update between the workstation
and the server plus folder re-direction you can have this system in place.
Would I have just one address book that all the users could access in
their outlook rather than us all managing our individual books?
- Yes. Thsis system is in place here in my own office. Public Folders in
Exchange 2003 makes it easier than ever to centralise contact stores and
control administration over those areas. We have 30 different company address
books on our network and each user chooses the ones he/she needs to see to do
their job.
Could I do the same thing at home?
- Yes. You can remote access into the system if you set up Remote Access.
Would this use a VPN?
- You might do depending on your setup and whats right for you. It is most
likely that you will use VPN. The SBS2003 wizards make it a breeze to setup.
Would it be
like sitting in front of a computer in the office?
- Yes pretty much. Plus the fact that you can easily swap between your home
and work computer screens as Remote Desktop Connection is a window based
portal into a remote computer.
What would happen if I took my laptop out of the office?
- You would have one extra bag to carry than you would normally hehe. :o)
Would I not
have any files at all on the computer?
- Yes. Synchronisation of your files of choice from the server plus setting
up My Documents re-direction/sync means you can take the files you need most
with you and they still appear in the same paths offline.
Could I use it?
- Yes. The laptop and files would be functional. However you would need to
synchronise with the server when you got back to the office and update the
new copies of the files or synchronise via VPN from home.
--
Chris White
United Kingdom
"Lambo" wrote:
Afternoon All,
I am an absolute newbie when it comes to servers! I am relatively up
to speed with desktop OS's and software and have set up a number of
peer-to-peer networks during my days at uni and early working days and
feel fairly competent at them.
I run a small food export business and we have 6 PC's connected in a
peer-to-peer. I think it is about time that we took our IT more
seriously and invest in a server based system so that we can store all
our information centrally, backup regularly, increase security and
probably most importantly I can log in while I am out of the office. I
have just updated two of ours PC's to Vista Business and am now
thinking of getting a server...
I have only had limited use of a server system at University and don't
know if I am living in a dreamland with what i expect from a
server??!! I have looked around but reviews of SBS 2003 R2 tell you
about the features but not the real basics. The books give you tips
about running and managing the software once it is installed but not
about why and how to install.
Am I right to say if I had a Small Business Server I can walk up to
any machine in my office, "log in" and it would load my settings, my
desktop icons and background and all my emails into Outlook? My
personal files into my user folder?
Would I have just one address book that all the users could access in
their outlook rather than us all managing our individual books?
Could I do the same thing at home? Would this use a VPN? Would it be
like sitting in front of a computer in the office?
What would happen if I took my laptop out of the office? Would I not
have any files at all on the computer? Could I use it?
I am still thinking that I will get the system from Dell or a local
retailer but before I go asking a local computer store I would like to
have a little knowledge in hand so i know what they are talking about.
Can anyone suggest a true good beginners guide and give me some incite
into the above.
Thanks for your time,
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Hi Chris,
Thanks for your reply! It's good to actually speak to someone who is
actually up and running with a SBS 2003.
I am both excited and very nervous about moving over to a server based
network, hopefully it would make us more productive but there are the
obvious minefields of reliability, people always go on about the
"server being down"?!?! Is this a major problem? How many clients do
you run on SBS? Sorry more questions... am i right to say that if i
had a server running SBS the clients need to have either xp pro or
vista business or ultimate? do i still need to install all the
software we use on each individual PC like office or photoshop? or do
these get loaded on the server and then "load" when you log in? Does
that make sense?
Thanks,
Paul
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