@Common myths with SBS @still with the bundling @Everyone

I'll start with @Common myths with SBS

You are correct, if you have a trust relationship between 2 SBS domains for longer than 21 days they will both shutdown, there is a reason for that, you get a hell of a lot of software with SBS for 2/3 the cost of a server 2003 standard license, not to mention all the other stuff included. so the restriction is fair...

@@Common Myths of SBS - AC

When people want to upgrade, or they out grow SBS, they can purchase the Transition Pack, which provides licenses to the full versions of each product installed on the SBS flavor they have, it also allows them to separate the services to different machines and so on, without having to rebuild their domain. so no customers who buy SBS arent screwed when they out grow it...

@still with the bundling

You are correct, with the stand alone products its not advised to put AD, exchange, SQL on the same box for security reason, however SBS is designed specifically to run with all these components integrated, and its more secure out of the box than any server product on the market, from any vendor... period...

In an SBS environment, you can add anything you want, except a second SBS server, you can have multiple exchange servers, SQL servers, as many DC's as your heart desires, those DC's can even be global catalogs! whatever floats your boat...

SBS is an absolutely awesome product, and its the best product microsoft has ever produced, and especially for the cost, it kicks ass, its well put together, easy to install / manage / maintain, and its feature packed.

I manage over a dozen SBS servers every day, i've built a business around supporting mom and pop shops running SBS, its a very lucrative market, SBS is its own animal so there is very little competition...

i left a career of 12 years with the fire department to run my own business as an SBS specialist and have never been happier... Much love for SBS...