[aklug] Re: Need a little nudge in the right direction...

It's an all in one small to medium enterprise Linux server akin to the roll up Microsoft did with sbs...

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On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 3:01 PM -0800, "Lee Brumbaugh" <lbrumbaugh@gmail.com<mailto:lbrumbaugh@gmail.com>> wrote:

I've never used SME before, but how off the beaten Linux path is it? I mean is it just a gui on top of standard tools or heavily modified craziness?

Lee Brumbaugh

On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com<mailto:tim@akwebsoft.com>> wrote:
  :) Coding not networking is my forte and I am quasi retired -
  you're over my head here, but I'm sure Jamie can grok. Good luck.

* JP <jp@jptechnical.com<mailto:jp@jptechnical.com>> [160114 11:22]:
> Thanks TJ
>
> One thing to add... I am likely going to run this on top of Hyper-V 2012,
> it is free, and the replication is awesome. I previously was XenServer all
> the way (after many years of ESXi)... but I have had some support issues
> from Citrix on the XenServer in the past... costly support issues, whereas
> the hyper-v is becoming so ubiquitous that tracking down an issue is pretty
> simple.
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 11:12 AM Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com<mailto:tim@akwebsoft.com>> wrote:
>
> > Hello JP :
> >
> > You might want to run this by Jamie Hushower at Rent-a-Geek in
> > Palmer (I believe that he does a lot of business in Anchorage).
> > He used to be on SLUG (Susitna Valley Linux Users Group) before it
> > died.
> >
> > His phone number is 907 745-5060<tel:907%20745-5060> and the website is at
> > http://www.geeksalaska.com/
> >
> > I've known him for at least 15 years. I believe he's been doing
> > networking all of that time.
> >
> > - tj -
> >
> > * JP <jp@jptechnical.com<mailto:jp@jptechnical.com>> [160114 10:57]:
> > > I have a client with a windows network of about 40 workstations, the file
> > > shares are (will be shortly) on a simple NAS, and the rest of their work
> > is
> > > on the cloud. At present, the only feature of Active Directory they need
> > is
> > > the ability to login to different computers, they jump around a lot, but
> > > they DO NOT need roaming profiles, just mapped drives.
> > >
> > > I have, on half a dozen occasions, setup an SME server to replace SBS
> > 2000
> > > and SBS 2003 servers. I know that there is Win 7,8,10 support in SME
> > with a
> > > registry patch, and I am testing it in a lab with Win 10 as I have
> > already
> > > had good success with Win 8 and 7 in past labs. So, technically I know it
> > > is possible and reliable.
> > >
> > > Here is my quandary... the only negative I can come up with from the last
> > > 15yrs of IT work and running both Windows and Linux emulated domains is
> > > that I have in the past built something only I can maintain. This is a
> > risk
> > > for the client, and it causes unnecessarily stress for me. So... are
> > there
> > > any techs in Anchorage that have used SME server, so that if I am hit by
> > a
> > > bus they could pick it up and run with it? Or does this risk outweigh the
> > > savings on M$ licensing (about $4500), as I estimate the labor to rebuild
> > > the domain to be a wash either way.
> > > --
> > >
> > > *JP (Jesse Perry)*
> > > voice/txt: 907-748-2200
> > > email: jp@jptechnical.com<mailto:jp@jptechnical.com>
> > > web: http://jptechnical.com
> > > support: helpdesk@jptechnical.com<mailto:helpdesk@jptechnical.com>
> >
> > --
> > Tim
> > http://www.akwebsoft.com, http://www.tj49.com
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> *JP (Jesse Perry)*
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