William Hindman
wdhindman at bellsouth.net
Tue Apr 6 14:38:09 CDT 2004
...there is no Small Business Server 2002 ...only 2000 and 2003 ...SBS2003 integrates Windows Server 2003 with Exchange, ILS, and SQL Server 2000 ...Exchange is an integrated mail and communications centralized system that works best with Outlook but can certainly be used with other mail clients ...the SBS package ties them all together in a comparatively friendly management interface and as long as you're under 50 client or work station cals, is by far the best package available ...you can buy the SBS package for far less than the individual pieces ...actually as a MS Partner they just sent me a free 10 cal SBS 2003 Premium for my own use :) Political advertising is the price of our chains ...my name is William Hindman and I approve this message :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful at rogers.com> To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:03 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] Host Integration Server, Commerce Server,Small Business Server, BixTalk Server, Exchange Server, etc. > I have read the various pages at microsoft.com and I still can't > understand what these packages are for, or what they include, or why I > would choose one of these over a standard Windows server + a SQL Server > installation. It's not even clear to me which OS, if any, is included > in each package. Call me dense! I don't want to risk an install just to > find out. All the versions of said products say "2002" except Host, > which says "2000". > > Can someone give me a concise rundown of what these include, at whom > they are targeted, what else I might have to install or purchase to make > it work (i.e. I don't do credit-card billing so maybe commerce server is > pointless; etc.). I think Exchange Server is primarily about integrating > many users' Outlook databases, but even that I'm not sure about. Call me > dense! > > I have a genuine server, kind of old and by today's standards kind of > slow, but for my home office it's fine. It runs Windows 2000 Advanced > Server (cuz it has twin P3-400Mz chips), has a RAID setup, and currently > doesn't do much more than run SQL 2000 plus provide access to a few > shared directories. > > Since I have copies of all the products mentioned in the subject line, > what might I gain by installing one or more of said products? Should I > consider installing one or more in a multi-boot setup, thereby > protecting my current installation, or should I back up my SQL data and > overwrite/update the current install? > > TIA, > Arthur > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com