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For this week, I am going to deploy a Small Business Server 2008, that would be suitable for a "standard" business. | For this week, I am going to deploy a Small Business Server 2008, that would be suitable for a "standard" business. | ||
| − | Just to give me some kind of aim, I will put up these demands for myself: | + | Just to give me some kind of aim, I will put up these demands for myself: |
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| + | The company got 15 computers. They require logins that goes through an exchange server. As any normal company, they also require emails, a website, personal login and a means of getting their files stored remotely on the server. A VPN connection for the workers as well as a means to manage the server remotely could also be mandatory. | ||
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| + | == Limitations and requirements<br> == | ||
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| + | Windows Small Business Server 2008 got certain restrictions. This is because Microsoft wanted this to fit, as the name says, a small business so they put in some limitations to make the server operating system cheaper. Most business will not affected by these limitations. A lot of the limitations, like specific amount of space for emails, can be managed by implanting business policies - such as making sure you keep a tidy email account.<br> | ||
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| + | These limitations are: | ||
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| + | *Only one SBS server in a domain. The domain can only handle more servers if these are of a different operating system, i.e. like linux, Windows Server etc. | ||
| + | *SBS is very picky about domains. It can only handle one and no child domains. | ||
| + | *Must be the root of the Active Directory forest. | ||
| + | *It is limited to 75 users (licenses). | ||
| + | *Earlier versions of SBS were limited to max 4 GB of memory. SBS 2008 requires a minimum of 4 GB and got a maximum limited of 32 GB. This is due to earlier versions being based on the x86 (32 bit) architecture while 2008 is based on x86-64 (64 bit). This change is because of Exchange Server 2007 is running in 64 bit. | ||
| + | *There are two different versions of SBS 2008. Standard Edition and Premium Edition. The difference between the two are: Premium includes a license to another Windows Server as well as MSSQL database. | ||
| + | *I am not certain if this limitation is still active in 2008 - but in Small Business Server 2003 service pack 2, the Exchange server limits you to 75 GB of emails. | ||
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| − | + | If the business suddenly hits one of these limitations and needs to grow even further, it is possible to upgrade to a bigger license. | |
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Revision as of 10:03, 21 September 2009
Deployment of Small Business Server 2008
Introduction
For this week, I am going to deploy a Small Business Server 2008, that would be suitable for a "standard" business.
Just to give me some kind of aim, I will put up these demands for myself:
The company got 15 computers. They require logins that goes through an exchange server. As any normal company, they also require emails, a website, personal login and a means of getting their files stored remotely on the server. A VPN connection for the workers as well as a means to manage the server remotely could also be mandatory.
Limitations and requirements
Windows Small Business Server 2008 got certain restrictions. This is because Microsoft wanted this to fit, as the name says, a small business so they put in some limitations to make the server operating system cheaper. Most business will not affected by these limitations. A lot of the limitations, like specific amount of space for emails, can be managed by implanting business policies - such as making sure you keep a tidy email account.
These limitations are:
- Only one SBS server in a domain. The domain can only handle more servers if these are of a different operating system, i.e. like linux, Windows Server etc.
- SBS is very picky about domains. It can only handle one and no child domains.
- Must be the root of the Active Directory forest.
- It is limited to 75 users (licenses).
- Earlier versions of SBS were limited to max 4 GB of memory. SBS 2008 requires a minimum of 4 GB and got a maximum limited of 32 GB. This is due to earlier versions being based on the x86 (32 bit) architecture while 2008 is based on x86-64 (64 bit). This change is because of Exchange Server 2007 is running in 64 bit.
- There are two different versions of SBS 2008. Standard Edition and Premium Edition. The difference between the two are: Premium includes a license to another Windows Server as well as MSSQL database.
- I am not certain if this limitation is still active in 2008 - but in Small Business Server 2003 service pack 2, the Exchange server limits you to 75 GB of emails.
If the business suddenly hits one of these limitations and needs to grow even further, it is possible to upgrade to a bigger license.