SBS "CAN" exist with other domain controllers Rob....

re: SBS "CAN" exist with other domain controllers Rob....

Daz — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:36:43 GMT

Guys, This all seems great however, and this is a big however! Once I installed my new shiny 2003 standard DC in the existing domain. Transferred all FSMO roles and Operations Master etc etc Now The sysvol folder is not correctly shared on the new 2003 DC and people are still logging onto the old server for authentication.

Any help would be great

Cheers

Daz

SBS 'can' coexist with other DC's

Rob — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 20:36:25 GMT

Hi all

Cheers to Bradley for clarifying the SBS 2003 and other DC's issue for me.

Thanks to Amy re the 'legal entity' windows 2003 for SBS etc.

As for bean counting - which is something I do a lot since I run a network for a charity here goes: We were forunate to get SBS 2003 std ed free from microsoft (you can get 3 free titles if you ask nicely). the issue was that we needed more CAL (5 at that time I believe) - what was really strange was that every vendor I spoke to had no charity discounts available for the SBS CAL's and when I spoke to microsoft directly they confirmed this!! even though I had gotten the sbs through their charity division.

Any it turned out to be cheaper to buy sever 2003 std ed. and exchange 2003 std ed. than buy the SBS CAL's - I'm not making this up, thats the way the cookie crumbled.

I send you the pricing when I dig them out.

Any way since I now have two server's now I will run SBS 2003 on one and server 2003 on the other.

By the way my email is robjamesmurphy@hotmail.com

Cheers to all

Rob

re: SBS "CAN" exist with other domain controllers Rob....

Amy — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 01:40:34 GMT

Rob,

Windows 2003 for Small Business Server is a seperate species from Small Business Server 2003. It's something that you should never order. It's a strange product pulled out the of the minds of lawyers. Don't get the two products mixed up they are completely different.

re: SBS "CAN" exist with other domain controllers Rob....

Damianl — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:51:58 GMT

To keep it on the FAQ facts:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/faq/netsec.mspx

Q. Can I effectively implement Windows Small Business Server 2003 in an environment that connects one site to another using a slow data link?

A. Yes. One way is to install Windows Server 2003 at the remote site, and then configure it as a replica domain controller. This enables Active Directory information to replicate at the remote site, so that authentication requests do not have to travel over the slow data link. Also, using Outlook 2003 in Cached Exchange mode minimizes the amount of e-mail traffic between remote clients and the server.