Upgrading windows and office

[jman9322]

Hello I am currently running windows server 2000 and exchange 2000 and I have just got in my new Windows 2003, SBS2003, and exchange 2003.

First off what would be better for about 20-25 computers Windows server 2003 of SBS2003. I would probably guess windows server 2003, but my boss wanted pros and cons of both.

Secondly how should I do this upgrade? What kind of things should I look out for durring this upgrade? Or anything special you can think of that I should know would be very helpful.

Thank you,
Jason

Thank you,
Jason

 

[AlexIT]

SBS2003 is EXACTLY Server 2003 with a limited user version of Exchange2003 (plus limited user versions of M$ fax server and share software.)
SBS is marketed as software for companies with less than 50 users, while a full Exchange server will handle 1000's.

We recommend for 25 users, if your budget can handle it, you use full Exchange software, not SBS. Why? Because SBS in all software on one hardware. With full Exchange you can split the mail and AD to two servers (the Mail is a second or backup AD server though...)

Present management with the No-LAN & no-Mail failure vs worst case no-mail scenario and they probably dig the pennies out of their wallet. Oh and put the Mail server on the big (expensive) powerful box with mega backup capability, plain AD runs fine on a basic server (unless using it for something else too.)

Alex