<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
Hi,<br />
I have been tasked to deploy an SBS (probablly foundation) box on a very limited budget.<br />
<br />
The office in question currently has around 1 Windows Vista Business, 1 Windows 7 Business, 5 Win XP pro machines, and 5 XP home machines (don't ask!)<br />
<br />
The XP home machines are getting on a bit and probably need replacing in the next year or so, but for the meantime I need to connect them to the SBS foundation box, mainly to see an SQL express server, Internet and perhaps also for documents, no other access to the server will be required for these clients.<br />
<br />
I have found some scripts on the internet, which seem to be legal and allow you to map a drive to connect to the domain: one example here, <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20926306/Adding-XP-Home-to-Domain.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20926306/Adding-XP-Home-to-Domain.html</a>&nbsp;<br />
<br />
Is it possible to see an SQL express server when you are not 'officially' connected to the domain, could there be any other reprecussions of trying to dupe XP home into thinking its allow in?
</div>
</div>


Hi,
I have been tasked to deploy an SBS (probablly foundation) box on a very limited budget.

The office in question currently has around 1 Windows Vista Business, 1 Windows 7 Business, 5 Win XP pro machines, and 5 XP home machines (don't ask!)

The XP home machines are getting on a bit and probably need replacing in the next year or so, but for the meantime I need to connect them to the SBS foundation box, mainly to see an SQL express server, Internet and perhaps also for documents, no other access to the server will be required for these clients.

I have found some scripts on the internet, which seem to be legal and allow you to map a drive to connect to the domain: one example here, http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Microsoft_Network/Q_20926306.html 

Is it possible to see an SQL express server when you are not 'officially' connected to the domain, could there be any other reprecussions of trying to dupe XP home into thinking its allow in?

SQL Express and Windows XP Home working with SBS foundation

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).

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft Windows XP is the sixth release of the NT series of operating systems, and was the first to be marketed in a variety of editions: XP Home and XP Professional, designed for business and power users. The advanced features in XP Professional are generally disabled in Home Edition, but are there and can be activated. There were two 64-bit editions, an embedded edition and a tablet edition.