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| Thread ID: 100507 | 2009-06-10 12:09:00 | Choosing version of Windows Server 2003/2008 | needhelpnz (14975) | Press F1 |
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| 781231 | 2009-06-10 12:09:00 | Need some expert advice here ... For a network of 10 to 20-ish thin clients running one single dedicated application, may be one or two remote users, which is the cheapest/best version of Windows Server to go for? Windows Server 2008 Standard? Windows Small Business Server 2008? Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium? Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2? Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 Premium? The CALs cost varies a great deal depending on the version?? I think the terminal services CAL would be sufficient in this case? Exchange is not important, but it will be a nice bonus. The server must be able to run as a DC as well as a terminal server. |
needhelpnz (14975) | ||
| 781232 | 2009-06-10 12:48:00 | As you will need to run a Terminal Server you can't use a Small Business Server version. You need to stick to the standard server versions. If you really want exchange or SBS then you will need a second machine to run as the terminal server. I can never understand the Microsoft Server licensing but pretty sure you will need the server CALs. Don't think you need the Terminal Server CALs if you are running Windows 2000, XP Pro, Vista Business or Ultimate as they include a TS CAL. Not sure about thin clients... |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 781233 | 2009-06-11 08:31:00 | well if you buy sbs 08 premium you get another free license for server 2008 which you can run in a virtual machine or on another server. Maybe have the other server running your terminal server and sbs doing everything else. Depends on your hardware budget I guess. You do need TS CALS regardless of your operating system. Used to be different on 2000 but not anymore. Thin clients need CALS as well. SBS CALS are good as you get exchange functionality as well although you would still have to buy TS CALS as well. Do not run TS directly on a SBS server to buy the way. If there is anyway that you can get academic or charity licensing it is WAAAYYYYYY cheaper. Hope that helps. B. |
Barnabas (4562) | ||
| 781234 | 2009-06-11 09:12:00 | If you don't need more than 15 users you might want to go with Server 2008 Foundation (www.microsoft.com) which is the really barebones server. It's quite new so you might need to ask around a bit to find someone that actually stocks it, but I did find it on the Dell site so I'm guessing it's around. Reading the fine print at the bottom of it is limited to the 15 user CALs it comes with, so you don't need to buy any but you can't scale it up beyond that either. It wouldn't include Exchange but you could maybe get that through But you mentioned up to 20 users so you might need to go with SBS or Standard. If you're not getting Exchange through SBS you might be able to get it hosted instead eg Exchange Online (www.microsoft.com). |
Saucy (14844) | ||
| 781235 | 2009-06-11 10:37:00 | If you go the SBS2008 way to get the second server free you don't get Outlook :groan: so if you actually want use Exchange you would need to purchase Outlook or Office. Unless you just stick to Outlook web access. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 781236 | 2009-06-11 20:38:00 | yeah, they kinda changed the rules a bit between 03 and 08. I hadnt done a whole lot of MS licensing stuff until the last few months but I now see where MS make all of there cash from....sheeesshhh. | Barnabas (4562) | ||
| 781237 | 2009-06-12 03:22:00 | you got that right, just bang in an SQL while you are there:eek: | Gobe1 (6290) | ||
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