We currently have Officescan SBS ver 5 (Actually 3.54) running on our SBS
2000 server. It is still happily getting updates, but I'm worried about the
phase out of all of the older versions of Officescan for SBS. I'm not sure
what the current situation is with Trend products, but our version didn't
seem to be effected by the required upgrade / patch for version 5 users.
(correct me if I'm wrong on this). I'm thinking I need to upgrade. I
don't want to lose updates on something as critical as virus protection.
I am also in the process of adding a second Windows 2000 server to use as a
file server. I think I also need to upgrade our Trend to get the CSM
version so I can install it on the second file server. I just talked to our
reseller (Insight.Com). They informed me that the Small Medium Business
version of CSM will be available on 12/1/03.
I have about 30 users. It looks like I can get the standard SMB upgrade (25
users) plus a 5 user license pack for around $500. Does anyone know the
differences are between the standard and SMB versions? Should I wait for
the SMB version? Does anyone know the price of it? Will I still be able to
do a cross-grade for it from OfficeScan for SBS? From what I can tell, it
looks like the SMB version includes the Spam-filter instead of it being an
add-on for the standard version.
Thanks,
Michael