What servers can we use with a SBS 2003 CAL
Here is what we currently have :-
30 SBS 2003 CAL's
Microsoft partner program where we have the following server products available :-
SBS 2003 R2 Premium
Server 2000 standard
SBS 2008 Standard
Server 2008 standard
The original plan was to install SBS server as the main domain authentication server and link a Linux Samba server to it to be the main file server. No problem with that as that is the exact CAL's we purchased.
We would like a 2nd server to be a backup incase the first failed so that at least people could continue to log in and for authentication to carry on working.
What choices do we have for the backup server without having to buy more CAL's?
The SBS features are really overkill for what we need as we dont use the firewall feature or exchange.
30 SBS 2003 CAL's
Microsoft partner program where we have the following server products available :-
SBS 2003 R2 Premium
Server 2000 standard
SBS 2008 Standard
Server 2008 standard
The original plan was to install SBS server as the main domain authentication server and link a Linux Samba server to it to be the main file server. No problem with that as that is the exact CAL's we purchased.
We would like a 2nd server to be a backup incase the first failed so that at least people could continue to log in and for authentication to carry on working.
What choices do we have for the backup server without having to buy more CAL's?
The SBS features are really overkill for what we need as we dont use the firewall feature or exchange.
Darius Ghassem
You are going to have purchase more CALS because you can't have 2 SBS servers on the same domain. So, you must install a Standard edition or Enterprise edition. So, you will have to purchase CALs there isn't a way around it.
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Thanks for the link. This was the question that I found the most usefull.
Q. I want to have additional servers running Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 on my SBS 2003 R2 domain. Do my users need CALs to access those servers?
A. No. Your SBS 2003 R2 CALs allow your users to access any additional servers running Windows Server software in the domain. You do not need to buy additional CALs for file and print services, or to access additional servers running Exchange Server 2003 or SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition. However, you will need to purchase Terminal Server CALs if you have a server running Terminal Services in application mode on your network.
Yes there was a typo earlier. I did mean we have a copy of both SBS 2003 and Server 2003 (not 2000) standard.
We currently have NT4 domain controllers and the plan is to upgrade these to 2003 using the following procedure which have already been tested.
Install 2003 standard as member server in NT domain.
Install virtual server.
Install NT4 server in virtual server.
Separate the networks (so NT4 domain continues to work)
Promote NT4 to PDC
Upgrade NT4 to server 2003 using trial license
Install SBS 2003 into new domain
Migrate roles across using dcpromo
Reconfigure samba on new file server to talk to the new domain.
Switch old samba file server into read only mode
Shutdown old NT4 servers
Reconnect networks
Re-Syncronise data from old to new samba server (already done previously so wont be much changed data to recopy)
Reboot all workstations
Remap drives to the new file server
Its quite a long procedure with all the installing, service packs and updates which need to be performed but it makes it pretty seemless for the clients as they keep their local profile so the settings on the desktops dont have to be re-entered.
Q. I want to have additional servers running Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003 on my SBS 2003 R2 domain. Do my users need CALs to access those servers?
A. No. Your SBS 2003 R2 CALs allow your users to access any additional servers running Windows Server software in the domain. You do not need to buy additional CALs for file and print services, or to access additional servers running Exchange Server 2003 or SQL Server 2005 Workgroup Edition. However, you will need to purchase Terminal Server CALs if you have a server running Terminal Services in application mode on your network.
Yes there was a typo earlier. I did mean we have a copy of both SBS 2003 and Server 2003 (not 2000) standard.
We currently have NT4 domain controllers and the plan is to upgrade these to 2003 using the following procedure which have already been tested.
Install 2003 standard as member server in NT domain.
Install virtual server.
Install NT4 server in virtual server.
Separate the networks (so NT4 domain continues to work)
Promote NT4 to PDC
Upgrade NT4 to server 2003 using trial license
Install SBS 2003 into new domain
Migrate roles across using dcpromo
Reconfigure samba on new file server to talk to the new domain.
Switch old samba file server into read only mode
Shutdown old NT4 servers
Reconnect networks
Re-Syncronise data from old to new samba server (already done previously so wont be much changed data to recopy)
Reboot all workstations
Remap drives to the new file server
Its quite a long procedure with all the installing, service packs and updates which need to be performed but it makes it pretty seemless for the clients as they keep their local profile so the settings on the desktops dont have to be re-entered.