SBS2K with MIS 2002?

Hi all,

Think I may already know the answer but thought I'd check it out first...

I know that MIS2002 isn't supported for installation on the same box as
SBS2K [and that MIS has been superceded with Exchange 2003 which has the
functionality built-in] but am wondering if this is one of those situations
whereby it would work but was just not the prefered solution. IE it was
recommended not to be set-up that way but that it could be made to work...

We're going to be moving onto SBS2K3 sometime in 2005 but this is something
that would be enormously handy for some of our users to have now. I know
they can simply ActiveSync from their PC/laptop to their Smartphones but I'd
prefer them to be able to do some while out and about in real-time...

If not, fair enough [and I suspect this will be the case, before anyone
flames me!] and will use it as a lever to speed up the upgrade to 2K3... :-)

Cheers,



David

Kevin
Mon Dec 06 07:06:58 CST 2004

I don't know of anyone who actually tried to install MIS onto the same box
with SBS2k.A quick Google search shows a lot of people asking the question,
but with no answer. I certainly would not suggest trying to put it on your
production SBS server - only from the point of view that you're putting your
company's data and server at risk simply to connect up your mobile cell
phone devices.

Say you install MIS and it totally screws up your server. How long can your
server be down if you must reformat and reload?

If you really want to process with MIS, then grab yourself an extra PC,
throw Windows 2000 Server and MIS on it, and make it a member server to SBS.
If it works, great. If it doesn't, you have ammunition to talk about
upgrading to SBS2003.

--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"


"David Elders" <david_elders@hotmail.com.nospam> wrote in message
news:uN0Ggo32EHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi all,
>
> Think I may already know the answer but thought I'd check it out first...
>
> I know that MIS2002 isn't supported for installation on the same box as
> SBS2K [and that MIS has been superceded with Exchange 2003 which has the
> functionality built-in] but am wondering if this is one of those
> situations whereby it would work but was just not the prefered solution.
> IE it was recommended not to be set-up that way but that it could be made
> to work...
>
> We're going to be moving onto SBS2K3 sometime in 2005 but this is
> something that would be enormously handy for some of our users to have
> now. I know they can simply ActiveSync from their PC/laptop to their
> Smartphones but I'd prefer them to be able to do some while out and about
> in real-time...
>
> If not, fair enough [and I suspect this will be the case, before anyone
> flames me!] and will use it as a lever to speed up the upgrade to 2K3...
> :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> David
>

David
Mon Dec 06 07:35:16 CST 2004

Thanks Kevin,

Unless I'd got back [the extremely unlikely finding] that MIS wasn't likely
to 'kill' anything I was going to use the necessity for additional hardware
and set-up time as the ammo itself for speeding up the u/g. Not in the habit
of charging on like a runaway train for the sake of a couple of phones! :-)

Think really I have enough to get back to them to make them see things 'my
way', as Ol Blue Eyes would say!

Cheers,



David


"Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" <kweilbacMVP@gte.net> wrote in message
news:uade5R52EHA.1400@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>I don't know of anyone who actually tried to install MIS onto the same box
>with SBS2k.A quick Google search shows a lot of people asking the question,
>but with no answer. I certainly would not suggest trying to put it on your
>production SBS server - only from the point of view that you're putting
>your company's data and server at risk simply to connect up your mobile
>cell phone devices.
>
> Say you install MIS and it totally screws up your server. How long can
> your server be down if you must reformat and reload?
>
> If you really want to process with MIS, then grab yourself an extra PC,
> throw Windows 2000 Server and MIS on it, and make it a member server to
> SBS. If it works, great. If it doesn't, you have ammunition to talk about
> upgrading to SBS2003.
>
> --
> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>
>
> "David Elders" <david_elders@hotmail.com.nospam> wrote in message
> news:uN0Ggo32EHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Think I may already know the answer but thought I'd check it out first...
>>
>> I know that MIS2002 isn't supported for installation on the same box as
>> SBS2K [and that MIS has been superceded with Exchange 2003 which has the
>> functionality built-in] but am wondering if this is one of those
>> situations whereby it would work but was just not the prefered solution.
>> IE it was recommended not to be set-up that way but that it could be made
>> to work...
>>
>> We're going to be moving onto SBS2K3 sometime in 2005 but this is
>> something that would be enormously handy for some of our users to have
>> now. I know they can simply ActiveSync from their PC/laptop to their
>> Smartphones but I'd prefer them to be able to do some while out and about
>> in real-time...
>>
>> If not, fair enough [and I suspect this will be the case, before anyone
>> flames me!] and will use it as a lever to speed up the upgrade to 2K3...
>> :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>
>