SharePoint Services - using local user accounts

I've seen this touched on before in this group, but I'm kinda stuck and
hoped someone could clarify this.

I would like to add external users to a SharePoint site running on SBS.
However, because we have limited SBS CALs (as the external users are
part-time employees) I don't want to add new domain users. So, is it a
good idea to add local users?

Is there a better solution? It seems a bit cumbersome to either
manually add the local users on the server, then on SharePoint, or
write a script and integrate it.

Also, does SBS allow local users to be added without licensing
implications? How about licensing of SharePoint for local machine users
logging in from outside the domain?

If anyone can help that would be great

John

Engelbert
Mon Sep 11 23:03:38 CDT 2006

You'll have to ask in the SBS newsgroup (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
for the implications of this for SBS licensing.

The main snags with local users are

a) if you have multi-front-ends, keeping them in sync. This doesn't apply to
you with your single server

b) being forced to use a permanent password for these users (because only
you the admin of the server can change the password. Here there are
third -party solutions you can buy.

Engelbert

"thatsme" <epochx@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1157993685.904275.148340@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> I've seen this touched on before in this group, but I'm kinda stuck and
> hoped someone could clarify this.
>
> I would like to add external users to a SharePoint site running on SBS.
> However, because we have limited SBS CALs (as the external users are
> part-time employees) I don't want to add new domain users. So, is it a
> good idea to add local users?
>
> Is there a better solution? It seems a bit cumbersome to either
> manually add the local users on the server, then on SharePoint, or
> write a script and integrate it.
>
> Also, does SBS allow local users to be added without licensing
> implications? How about licensing of SharePoint for local machine users
> logging in from outside the domain?
>
> If anyone can help that would be great
>
> John
>

thatsme
Thu Oct 05 05:50:22 CDT 2006

Thanks, I found that using local users with SBS is not a viable option,
because the SBS server is the domain controller it is not possible to
add local users to this machine.

We have decided to go with extra CALs.

Engelbert wrote:

> You'll have to ask in the SBS newsgroup (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
> for the implications of this for SBS licensing.
>
> The main snags with local users are
>
> a) if you have multi-front-ends, keeping them in sync. This doesn't apply to
> you with your single server
>
> b) being forced to use a permanent password for these users (because only
> you the admin of the server can change the password. Here there are
> third -party solutions you can buy.
>
> Engelbert
>
> "thatsme" <epochx@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1157993685.904275.148340@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> > I've seen this touched on before in this group, but I'm kinda stuck and
> > hoped someone could clarify this.
> >
> > I would like to add external users to a SharePoint site running on SBS.
> > However, because we have limited SBS CALs (as the external users are
> > part-time employees) I don't want to add new domain users. So, is it a
> > good idea to add local users?
> >
> > Is there a better solution? It seems a bit cumbersome to either
> > manually add the local users on the server, then on SharePoint, or
> > write a script and integrate it.
> >
> > Also, does SBS allow local users to be added without licensing
> > implications? How about licensing of SharePoint for local machine users
> > logging in from outside the domain?
> >
> > If anyone can help that would be great
> >
> > John
> >

thatsme
Thu Oct 05 05:53:01 CDT 2006

Thanks, I found that using local users with SBS is not a viable option,
because the SBS server is the domain controller it is not possible to
add local users to this machine.

We have decided to go with extra CALs.

Engelbert wrote:

> You'll have to ask in the SBS newsgroup (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
> for the implications of this for SBS licensing.
>
> The main snags with local users are
>
> a) if you have multi-front-ends, keeping them in sync. This doesn't apply to
> you with your single server
>
> b) being forced to use a permanent password for these users (because only
> you the admin of the server can change the password. Here there are
> third -party solutions you can buy.
>
> Engelbert
>
> "thatsme" <epochx@lycos.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1157993685.904275.148340@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com...
> > I've seen this touched on before in this group, but I'm kinda stuck and
> > hoped someone could clarify this.
> >
> > I would like to add external users to a SharePoint site running on SBS.
> > However, because we have limited SBS CALs (as the external users are
> > part-time employees) I don't want to add new domain users. So, is it a
> > good idea to add local users?
> >
> > Is there a better solution? It seems a bit cumbersome to either
> > manually add the local users on the server, then on SharePoint, or
> > write a script and integrate it.
> >
> > Also, does SBS allow local users to be added without licensing
> > implications? How about licensing of SharePoint for local machine users
> > logging in from outside the domain?
> >
> > If anyone can help that would be great
> >
> > John
> >