jhswinson
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Server 2012 Small Office
I need some advice on purchasing a Server for a small office with 8 - 10 staff.
Is understand that there are user restrictions on Foundation and Essentials and that Essentials has some additional features that may be useful for a small office with no full time IT support apart from are these versions the same as the Standard Server Edition ?
I would be interested in the views of others as to advantages/disadvantages of using Foundation, Essential and Standard versions in a small office that uses only MS Office applications and a relatively small custom database.
Dell gives the option of no partition or 80Gb (see attachment) I have had problems in the past with SBS 2008 preconfigured on a Dell server running out of space I need some advice on whether 80 GB is sufficient and on whether running with just one partition is a good idea.
Thanks
John
DellPartitionOptions.jpg
Is understand that there are user restrictions on Foundation and Essentials and that Essentials has some additional features that may be useful for a small office with no full time IT support apart from are these versions the same as the Standard Server Edition ?
I would be interested in the views of others as to advantages/disadvantages of using Foundation, Essential and Standard versions in a small office that uses only MS Office applications and a relatively small custom database.
Dell gives the option of no partition or 80Gb (see attachment) I have had problems in the past with SBS 2008 preconfigured on a Dell server running out of space I need some advice on whether 80 GB is sufficient and on whether running with just one partition is a good idea.
Thanks
John
DellPartitionOptions.jpg
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Not sure where my mind was when I wrote my first comment... you can CLEANLY install with any edition of the product... BUT, getting a retail or volume license will give you license transfer rights so you can upgrade the hardware later and keep using the same license for Windows until you're ready to upgrade that. OEM copies (that come pre-installed) DIE with the hardware.
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