
“My Document” and “Desktop” redirection for client computers/users. Printing and file services (to the HQ and all branch offices). The SBS 2011 Premium (2 Servers) setup at the HQ office will provide: Their HQ would be sitting behind an Astaro Security Gateway 220 (Sophos UTM). The plan was to setup SBS 2011 Premium at the HQ along with a second server at the HQ hosting their SQL, line of business applications, and Remote desktop Services (formerly Terminal Services) applications. While I’ve known about this for some time, this was the first time I was attempting at putting something like this in to production.
You can have as many global catalogs as you’d like! As long as you pay for the proper licenses of all the additional servers 🙂 You can have a backup domain controller, and you can have multiple RODCs (Read Only Domain Controller), as long as the primary Active Directory roles stay with the SBS primary domain controller. SBS does allow multiple domain controllers, as long as there is a single forest, and not multiple domains. IT professionals often think that you cannot have any more domain controllers in an SBS environment. One misconception about Windows Small Business Server is the limitation of having a single domain controller.
(And an additional Server 2008 R2 license with Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard if the premium add-on is purchased)Įssentially this is all a small business typically needs, even if they have powerful line of business applications. Usually when administrators think of SBS, they think of a single server (two server with the premium add-on) solution that provides a small business with up to 75 users with a stable, enterprise feature packed, IT infrastructure. One of their branch offices had 8+ users working out of it, and one only had a couple, with their main headquarters having 5+ users. However, what made this environment interesting is that they had two branch offices in addition to their headquarters all in different cities. The first thing that always comes to mind is Microsoft Small Business Server 2011. The Solution – Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 Just an FYI, I provide Microsoft Small Business Server consulting services, including migrations! For more information, please visit. They wanted my company to come in and implement a system that allowed them to share information, share files, communicate, use their line of business applications, and be easily manageable.
Back in February, I was approached by a company that had multiple offices.