SBS 2003

Help, I'm a novice. Have just installed SBS 2003 onto a
server with three client pc's connected. One PC has two
applications that I want residing on the server. What is
the easiest way to pull them onto the server. Can I do
tthis across the network or do I need to load the
applications on the server directly?

Kevin
Thu Nov 27 07:25:01 CST 2003

what is the application?
-kw

"Nick" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Help, I'm a novice. Have just installed SBS 2003 onto a
> server with three client pc's connected. One PC has two
> applications that I want residing on the server. What is
> the easiest way to pull them onto the server. Can I do
> tthis across the network or do I need to load the
> applications on the server directly?

anonymous
Thu Nov 27 07:37:54 CST 2003

The two applications are Sage and Compucar (Insurance
Package)

Nick
>-----Original Message-----
>what is the application?
>-kw
>
>"Nick" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:080b01c3b4da$daa32120$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> Help, I'm a novice. Have just installed SBS 2003 onto a
>> server with three client pc's connected. One PC has two
>> applications that I want residing on the server. What is
>> the easiest way to pull them onto the server. Can I do
>> tthis across the network or do I need to load the
>> applications on the server directly?
>
>
>.
>

Kevin
Thu Nov 27 08:30:24 CST 2003

that doesn't tell us much!

are these 'single user' type of applications that you want to put on the
server in order for all 3 PC's to use? or are these true 'network ready'
apps? Your best bet is to contact the support dept for each software.

*If these are single user apps*, although it's possible you could install
them directly onto the server, that won't do you much good, nor is it
recommended. In general you do NOT want to install actual end user apps on
the server. However, if either of these apps have the ability to
direct/identify where the data files will exist, then yes, you could move
the data files to a directory on the SBS server, and then install the
software individually on each PC (as long as that does not break any
licensing agreement with the software vendor). But you will be restricted to
only one user at a time accessing the data.

For example, I have a user at one site that runs Quicken for their office. I
have the data file stored on the server, but the software is phgysically
installed on the workstation. They do have a backup person that also has
Quicken installed on their PC, so when person #1 is not in, person #2 could
run Quicken and access the data on the server.

-kw


<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> The two applications are Sage and Compucar (Insurance
> Package)
>
> Nick
> >-----Original Message-----
> >what is the application?
> >-kw
> >
> >"Nick" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:080b01c3b4da$daa32120$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Help, I'm a novice. Have just installed SBS 2003 onto a
> >> server with three client pc's connected. One PC has two
> >> applications that I want residing on the server. What is
> >> the easiest way to pull them onto the server. Can I do
> >> tthis across the network or do I need to load the
> >> applications on the server directly?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

anonymous
Fri Nov 28 10:52:01 CST 2003

You might want to try this and see if it works. I can't
guarantee that it will but it's worth a try.

Create a directory on the server and share it.

Connect to the share from the workstation by mapping a
drive to (for example)"S."

Install the software to the S: drive and run it from
there. You will have to install it from each workstation
that it is going to be used from. All to the same
mapped "S" drive

Try it and see what happens. It may work for one person
at a time or may be network aware and work with multiple
people.

The best idea is to contact the software vendor and ask
them if it can be installed to run from the server.

It is posible to obtain terminal server licenses to run
an application on the server in a terminal server window.
Best idea though is to contact the software vendor and
ask.

>-----Original Message-----
>Help, I'm a novice. Have just installed SBS 2003 onto a
>server with three client pc's connected. One PC has two
>applications that I want residing on the server. What is
>the easiest way to pull them onto the server. Can I do
>tthis across the network or do I need to load the
>applications on the server directly?
>.
>