Re: Using SBS for non production testing



paddy ryan <paddyryan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I know this is probably not the right place for this post but no
other forum seemed relevant.

I have an SBS customer that allows people in his employment to carry
out testing of their company's products on their production SBS
server.
I know this is a big no no but i'm having trouble explaining why to
the customer.

Why would you guys seperate the testing of a company's products from
the production network and/or production SBS server?

thanks,

Pretty simple. Don't ___ where you eat.

Less vulgarly, you don't jeopardize the health or stability of your
production DC/Exchange/file&print/web/hatever boxen by using them as a
testbed. If they get hosed, it's a PITA to fix, and there will be downtime,
presuming it can be restored at all.

I find it a bit frightening that a company that makes software doesn't know
this, honestly. They need a lab/development network.



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