In addition to Andrew's questions.
How many offices are there? Do they need resources from the main office? How is email handled? As for what else you get with SBS, maybe you should spend a little time here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/Windows-Small-Business-Server/ed itions.aspx. From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2 Independent as in their own domain? Or just independent in terms of the other functions? (file sharing, local DNS, etc) So far, I'm not seeing any value to having SBS here. So far... ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote: Server will just be for the usual DC, DNS, DHCP, file sharing and WSUS. They will have no more than 20 per office and each office will be setup independent of each other. What other bells and whistles you get with SBS? The user doesn't want to invest in additional money for a backup solution so I'll be using windows server backup. Are they the same versions? From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:08 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: SBS Standard 2011 or Server 2008 R2 What will the server be used for? How many users? Etc... ASB http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Jimmy Tran <[email protected]> wrote: I'm getting ready to purchase a few licenses for a client. The main difference I see between the two OS's is SBS includes Exchange. The down side is SBS requires much more resources as seen from my lab. If there are no plans for on premise exchange, should I be going with Server 2008 R2? Thanks in advance for your suggestions. Jimmy ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
