You might also look around and see if you can pick up a Microsoft Home Server. Not exactly what you want but would probably work for your needs. It is at it's heart a modified 2003 server. Keep in mind the drive limitations might bite you but if you can live with the intent then this was pretty nice. There is no 2012 version as it was discontinued, pretty sad but it had a very limited market. I think there was a 2011 version built on 2008 at the core. Good luck! Jon From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 15:44:09 -0400 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] Cheapest way to get Win2008 server for home use To: [email protected]
See if you qualify for the Microsoft ActionPack... ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Providing Virtual CIO Services (IT Operations & Information Security) for the SMB market… On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:23 PM, Michael Leone <[email protected]> wrote: On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > Cheapest way to get a domain? Consider Linux. I did consider it. :-) I used to run a SAMBA v3 server (which was also a mail and IMAP server). That's why I asked about getting MS server software ... > Samba 4.0 is now a compatible Active Directory Domain Controller. That means > you can setup a domain with it and play with it with all the native Windows > tools (Active Directory Users and Computers, Group Policy, etc...) For my own very limited purposes, it might suffice. I suppose I can look again. I'd really rather an actual MS setup, tho. > Zentyal is a "small business" distro that acts as a DC using Samba 4. They > want you to register, but it's free to try and a lot easier than setting up a > Samba 4 server by hand. If you are curious, give it a go in a VM. > http://www.zentyal.org/ > > I tried it out when it was in beta. It was functional then, but the interface > was a bit funky and slow. YMMV. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > _____ > From: Michael Leone [mailto:[email protected]] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 07:55:43 -0800 > Subject: [NTSysADM] Cheapest way to get Win2008 server for home use > > I read where TechNet is being discontinued. At home I have 3-4 PCs. I > wouldn't mind putting them into their own domain. (I don't really need > a domain at home, but it might be nice, I guess). > > So: considering that all I really want is a copy of Win2008 R2 server > (I could use Win2012, I guess, except that I hate the UI), and only > for at most 5 clients, what would be the cheapest way to do that? > Would it still be TechNet, even though that's more than a little > overkill for what I want? I don't want or need Exchange, SharePoint, > etc. Just something to use as a DC, really. > > If it's not too much money, I would consider it. Otherwise I would > just continue using a workgroup ... > > Thanks > >
