For SQL backbone access, SBS is still a steal for cost (unless you can get away with free SQL options).Sharepoint is still an ugly duckling but given a chance it can change the way servers are used from being good filing cabinets.As a Microsoft VAR we have never seen customers install their own server no matter how good the wizard- they don't have the time and its not their real job. With Backup software for SBS costing so little, its not a stumbling block versus the loss of data which = business crash.Onenote etc is just trailware and is just bloatware and should be an option. 4GB RAM may seem alot but with RAM prices so low, it makes a big difference vs unrealistic RAM requirements for SBS03. Would like to have seen Hyper_V given more than a passing reference and letting customers find it like sharepoint was originally.
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For SQL backbone access, SBS is still a steal for cost (unless you can get away with free SQL options).Sharepoint is still an ugly duckling but given a chance it can change the way servers are used from being good filing cabinets.As a Microsoft VAR we have never seen customers install their own server no matter how good the wizard- they don't have the time and its not their real job. With Backup software for SBS costing so little, its not a stumbling block versus the loss of data which = business crash.Onenote etc is just trailware and is just bloatware and should be an option. 4GB RAM may seem alot but with RAM prices so low, it makes a big difference vs unrealistic RAM requirements for SBS03. Would like to have seen Hyper_V given more than a passing reference and letting customers find it like sharepoint was originally.