I'm going to be upgrading a SBS 4.5 network in two phases
soon; it's in two phases because of budgeting issues,
among other things. To ease the workload on our present
(and old) server, I've talked it over with a contractor
that supplies and supports Great Plains financial
software for us, and we're going to aquire an inexpensive
single processor box to move the GP stuff to, probably
just running on Win 2000 pro, as only two people on staff
will ever be accessing it. I'm making the assumption here
that, since it's not a geniune server OS, I'll have to
add it as a client, and thus acquire some client licenses
(as we're currently maxed). That isn't a problem, as I'd
like to add a couple of people to the network anyway. As
I understand it, there can be unlimited user accounts,
but machines are limited to the number of licenses.
While I've read that SBS 2000 CALs are backwards-
compatible with SBS 4.5, does anyone yet know if SBS 2003
CALs will be?
Also, while shopping for the CALs online, I've noticed
that there are actually two versions of the SBS 2000 5
count CAL packs. They are:
SBS 2000 CLT ADD ON-5U 3.5 V/UP $147.92
and
SBS 2000 CLT ADDON 3.5-DMF 5PK $ 279.94
Murphy's Law says I'll probably need the later because
it's more expensive, but can anyone tell me what the
differnces are? The website these are quoted from is
www.globalcomputer.com
We may buy another server this year, and then replace SBS
4.5 itself next year. We're still considering whether or
not we want to go with SBS 2003 or another solution, but
if we do:
Will there be an upgrade version for SBS 4.5, or will we
have to buy the full version outright? And have any
significant issues arisen from upgrading 4.5 to 2003?
Thank you in advance for your help.
Douglas