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by izz 1 view

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Hey,

It is a bit confusing that is why I am seeking some help here.... A small company with basic needs... Intenet access, email server and a domain controller..... In such situtaion what would you go for "2 or 3 servers"... I mean you would never have the mail server on ISA and you would not have the ISA on the domain controller. So you have three services, but why would you need three servers, I am sure there is a way to consolidate things.....

Any suggestions would be very very much appreciated.

Izz "Eyes Wide Open"

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by dkmc00

Small Business Server (all versions) is a bundled
software package from Microsoft. It contains
Windows Server OS (all versions),Exchange Server,
Web Server(IIS),Sql Server,ISA Server besides
several other features.

You can install it on one server and that's it.
All the components you need will reside on one
server.

You can however install one or two more servers
with Windows Server NT/2000/2003 for redundancy but they are not necessary.

NOTE: There can only be ONE Small Business Server
OS in one domain.

For more info check it out at Microsoft's website
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/default.mspx

by dkmc00

Forgot to add: SBS 2000 supports a maximum of 50 users. SBS 2003 will supposedly support 75 users.

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