I would like to start a discussion regarding building a checklist for the minimum Small Office technology requirements in an all Windows, white box shop. For instance,
1. One Domain Controller
2. One Backup Domain Controller
3. One Exchange Server
4. One *archive* Exchange Server
5. One database server
6. One Firewall
7. Minimum storage requirements
8. Mimimum group/security policies
9. Minimum software/database requirements
10. …
In other words, if I wanted to start a business today and predicted that it would grow to a maximum of 30-50 employees, what would this “all- windows-on-white-boxes” shop look like at the end of the day.
