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Thanks, much appreciated:DQuote:
Originally posted by CaTaLyST
I cleaned the thread up. Please keep it on topic.
Here is an update, Server is functioning flawlessly. Exchange is up and running with a pop3 connector. It works well for routing mail from the ISP mail boxes to SBS user mail boxes. Sending is a little problematic, Comcast and AT&T black hole the mail as spam. And I’m not going to pay Comcast $100+ a month to forward the mail.
SQL is installed, and Norton AV server is up and running. SUS is done and GP updated to control the clients. I set up a Terminal Server and it tried it out on an old PII-300 Win 98 system with good results. Installing licenses, both CAL’s and TS was so easy that pitas could do it. I’m going to try it with T1010 soon as I get time.
So far the only glitch has been the switch getting stupid right as I was joining the Terminal Server. As far as I can tell, the switch was last reset in April of 04, so I guess I can’t complain. It did have me chasing my own tail for about half an hour.
Still on the to-do list is IAS, and wireless access via VPN. Then I guess I’ll set up VPN access from the internet and perhaps dial up access just to see how it works.
Of note is the total lack of the need to write scripts. So far the OS has done all of the things I usually do with scripts. When I set up the T-server, there was a shared printer already on the system (Server 03 print server disjoined from existing 2K domain) after I joined it, the printer just appeared on the client systems by itself.
That's what SBS is all about. It has most of the stuff that is necessary for a 75 user office complete with system health management reports that can be easily set up using minimal skills. As you noted - no scripting is necessary.
Great!!!!
There is quite a bit more stuff I have to do this weekend because of SBS. The majority of the problem is because of the inability to join an existing domain. Its probably adding at least 20% time to the project. Also a little bit undoing some of the preinstalled settings/programs.Quote:
Originally posted by ua549
That's what SBS is all about. It has most of the stuff that is necessary for a 75 user office complete with system health management reports that can be easily set up using minimal skills. As you noted - no scripting is necessary.
Eric
Why would you want to join it to an existing domain? If it is replacing an existing domain, then there are options to upgrade existing hardware or migrate the existing domain to the SBS03 domain.Quote:
Originally posted by ewitte
There is quite a bit more stuff I have to do this weekend because of SBS. The majority of the problem is because of the inability to join an existing domain. Its probably adding at least 20% time to the project. Also a little bit undoing some of the preinstalled settings/programs.
Eric
Its the quickest way. Otherwise your left with a different domain. LOL. Upgrade existing hardware. It was a severly failing PII350. They are lucky I got the data off of it. Someone broke the mirror 2 weeks ago because it was the only way to keep it stable. I also had problems getting ADMT working because SBS also does not allow trusts :mad: It took me about 45 minutes of manual configuration to get it to work.Quote:
Originally posted by Thermo
Why would you want to join it to an existing domain? If it is replacing an existing domain, then there are options to upgrade existing hardware or migrate the existing domain to the SBS03 domain.
Eric
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Originally posted by ewitte
I also had problems getting ADMT working because SBS also does not allow trusts :mad: It took me about 45 minutes of manual configuration to get it to work.
Eric
That is the single biggest thing I hate about SBS. Everything else is fine but I hate the fact that you can't create a trust. I've been in numerous situations where it would make an upgrade or migration much much easier.
Ah yes...... More greatness of the SBS package.
Update:
Everything is running fine to date. Put the first SBSo3 proposal on the table this evening. Fingers crossed :)
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