donald

Hello, I wish to know if I can use server 2008 foundation for a fileserver
for more than 15 users. They will not be in a domain and the server will
only be used to share files and for backup.
Will this work?

kj [sbs mvp]

No, not within the terms of the EULA at least.


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/kj

donald

ok so than what about just useing server 2003 standard. would that be a
better choice?

kj [sbs mvp]

Sure. There's lots of choices that will work, some better than others both
from a technologies and cost / ROI perspectives. How many users (min - max)
and why no domain? What about email and other collaborative tehnologies? If
they're sharing files, why would then not want to share other things? If
they're sharing files, won't they need even some basic security? How about
remote access to their shared files?

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/kj

donald

well I was just trying to see what would be a general idea, I might have a
job coming up for a church,
the it guy was charging them over $2000 a day and was trying to wire the
entire 15 acres of the church land with $60 Linksys wireless routers, and
just bought them a brand-new laptop server that 3 years old.
the referrer of the job was going to get a better idea for me, so I was just
trying to see what would work.

From the information all they need is a "server" for data sharing and
central storage. Noone requires remote acces to data nor will they be
wanting it. the problem with the domain aspect is 10 of the 17 computers are
xp home.

kj [sbs mvp]

Yikes. 2K /day for a church. Guess he wasn't a religous person.

Anyway, the XP home's can't join a domain (in a supported way) but it's the
users that count in foundation. If it's a non profit, there are some ways
you might help them score some good deals on hw/sw perhaps making up for the
other "guy's" greed.

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/kj