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If you promote your 2008 server to be an additional domain controller it will significantly increase logons as users will be authenticated locally instead of going over the VPN link.
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I thought you can't have more than one DC in an SBS domain? &nbsp;Is that wrong?
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That is a common misconception about SBS and you arent the first to make that assumption. &nbsp;You can have as many DC's as you like. &nbsp;The confusion arises because SBS does have certain restrictions. &nbsp;You can only have one domain in an SBS network. The SBS box must also hold all the FSMO roles. <br />
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You can (and I do it regularly) have addtional domain controllers in an SBS network and it is an ideal solution for remote offices.
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Awesome! &nbsp;In terms of the different AD roles for 2008 server, any one you recommend? &nbsp;I'm not too up to speed on them yet...
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The slow logons are due to having the local Firewall/router as the alternate DNS server. It would point to the ISP. I appreciate your logic, but it is guaranteed to cause slow logons and name resolution issues. The remote clients should point only to your internal DNS servers. Making the 2008 server as a DC w/ DNS will improve performance, but not substantially over removing the router/ISP.
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ISP as a forwarder on the 2008 servers DNS right?<br />
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&gt;&gt;&quot;ISP as a forwarder on the 2008 servers DNS right?&quot;<br />
Correct, but already should also be on the SBS.<br />
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Sorry I forgot to mention sites and services.
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Thanks wylde342.<br />
Cheers !<br />
--Rob
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You both nailed it - sorry to split but I only thought it fair. &nbsp;:)
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We have two offices connected via site to site VPN - about 4mb pipe. &nbsp;Site 1 has a SBS 2003 Server running all the goodies. &nbsp;Site 2 has a Windows 2008 member server. &nbsp;The connection b/t sites is quite quick and works well. &nbsp;Site 1 is 192.168.3.x and site 2 is 192.168.5.x. &nbsp;DNS for site 2 is the SBS Server at Site 1 and then the local firewall/router to provide Internet Access should the link ever be down. &nbsp;The windows 2008 server at site 2 is just a member server - no AD services.<br />
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Logins from site 2 to site 1 are extremely slow. &nbsp;Is there anything I can to do speed this up? &nbsp;Any services I can install at site 2 or on the 2008 server?
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We have two offices connected via site to site VPN - about 4mb pipe.  Site 1 has a SBS 2003 Server running all the goodies.  Site 2 has a Windows 2008 member server.  The connection b/t sites is quite quick and works well.  Site 1 is 192.168.3.x and site 2 is 192.168.5.x.  DNS for site 2 is the SBS Server at Site 1 and then the local firewall/router to provide Internet Access should the link ever be down.  The windows 2008 server at site 2 is just a member server - no AD services.

Logins from site 2 to site 1 are extremely slow.  Is there anything I can to do speed this up?  Any services I can install at site 2 or on the 2008 server?

Remote Office, site to site vpn, slow login - what to do?

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.