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Do I really need Windows Server?

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Hi All

I'm doing some research for a client who is looking to upgrade their SBS 2003 installation. Budget is tight (isn't it always) so I've been looking for ways to minimize costs and I think I've found a big one - I don't think they actually need a Server OS!

Reasons/Current setup:

  • They only have 5 PCs in the office and look to use generic user profiles for each machine
  • They currently use Exchange BUT exclusively for email and only a single account
  • They have SQL Server 2005 as the backend for their Access database
  • They have a few file shares centralised for backup purposes
  • No other server dependent software

Which to me translates as:

  • No need for WSUS as they wont chew much bandwidth, no need for domain users
  • No need for Exchange as this could easily be replaced by a single or multiple IMAP accounts (which I can provide via a web server)
  • No...

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