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ADS and Exchange on the same server

A recent IT audit complains that my Exchange 2003 and ADS are on the same server.  For an SMB with under 100 employees, I would like your comments on adding an ADS server.

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Are there security holes by running them on the same box?
nope, not at all, like i said,, that is exacly what an SBS server is.
"Are there security holes by running them on the same box?"

As far as I know, only in the sense that you get a "sum" of vulnerabilities in the two products. Whenever you have an additional product, like Exchange, on a server, you get a slightly increased potential that some vulnerability in Exchange could be exploited.

But there is no "multiplier" effect, to my knowledge.

A good backup plan can't hurt, of course :)