SBS really does Rock
I did my first real install of SBS 2003 over the weekend.
I am used to doing enterprise migrations, in which we script everything, test it all and then run it, then fix the fu's. Not to mention there is usually 6 -to 10 of us across it.
I was flying by the seat of my pants on this one. I was confident I could handle it though. Everything I have read and heard about SBS 2003 gave me confidence. I had actually run it on a VM and I passed the MCP exam!
SBS 2003 is an amazing product. The wizards are really well thought out. I just ran a wizard, created a bunch of user accounts, assigned them machines and then went to each machine and pointed IE to a page on the server.
Thats it, Done. The machines are joined to the domain and the users are migrated into the domain from their existing PC's.
So this company went from some PC's in a workgroup with most files dumped on one workstation, external email and website to a smooth running domain, central storage of all data, email, web, intranet, remote access, security and I can sit at home and do admin on it.
Today they asked me if they could share a calendar to track leave and trips.
I just opened the built-in intranet site, and there was one already for them to use...it made me look good <g>
I have to say I am most impressed by this product, easily one of the best I have ever seen.