Re: SBS 2003 Setup - 1st Timer Questions
- From: Powlaz <Powlaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:43:00 -0700
Everyone, thank you so much for the information you provided. It appears my
problem with the Administrator account was that I forgot the password. You
all probably new that. Nonetheless I started the install over to include
every component of SBS2003 as suggested.
The Windows XP Home computers can not be upgraded. There simply is no money
in the budget to do it. I am doing this for a company that isn't willing to
spend a dime on adding this server to their network. In exchange I get the
time and freedom to learn as I go which I think will be a big help to me when
it comes time to try for my MCSE certification.
If I understand correctly I will be asking for trouble by trying to get the
XP Home computers to do anything more than share files with this server,
right? Essentially I'll be setting up a workstation then with a server OS?
Disregarding Microsoft's intentions for a moment everyone will concede that
XP Home can be joined to a domain, correct?
Am I better off demoting the domain controller so as to include this server
(it is the only server that will be on the network, not replacing another) in
the existing workgroup OR should I join the XP Home pcs to the domain?
What features/services, relative to being in a domain, can the server
provide the XP Home pcs?
I know now that I can't/won't use Exchange, Outlook, Sharepoint, Remote Web
Workplace, web hosting.
Can I share folders from the server? Install a print server? Run login
scripts? Will group policy work?
This company is a very small company that might as well be run out of
someone's house. They are very informal, not at all secure, and not at all
concerned about being set up as a business should. In other words, even if I
had a fully configured server (with mega-RAM and SCSI drives, dual NICS,
super processing power) to handle all of the features of SBS they wouldn't
use them. For instance, there is no benefit to opening Outlook for email
when they can IM on the same page that they pick up their POP3 email now.
So I guess what I'm trying to learn is what attributes of a server CAN I
give them . . . please don't ask why they even want this thing. I don't know.
Thanks,
Po
"James Hurrell" wrote:
Powlaz wrote:.
3. I am not installing Exchange, Sharepoint, or web hosting. I'm not ready
to take it all on yet. However I would like to install Remote Web Workplace.
After selecting this option I'm prompted for a FQDN to use for my web
service certificate. My network domain is a .local address, though I do have
a website hosted by someone else. I can't make sense of what to do.
Just my thoughts: do install everything - just don't use it if you don't
need it. On my very first install, I chose not to install Exchange as my
mail is hosted elsewhere (but will be coming back to SBS in due course)
and I had a right nightmare. Lot's of things don't work (you don't get
mailed the Performance and Usage Reports for one thing). In the end I
scrapped the first install and redid it all from scratch, installing
everything.
Also SBS seems to function better when you do it how it likes it done
(as Russ says, use the Wizards!).
James
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