3rd Party Programs

I'm in the process of replacing a SBS 2003 with a SBS 2008 (Standard).

Over the years the SBS 2003 box had all sorts of 3rd party stuff installed
on it (GFI Faxmaker, Backup Exec for Windows Servers, Backup Exec System
Recovery, Trend Worry Free, to name but a few).

As a general rule of thumb, is it a good idea to install these 3rd party
apps on the SBS box or would it be a better idea to put them on a separate
box?

I wonder how much these things effect the efficiency of the server box.

Hi Waggers,

Thanks for your post.

As far as I know, most of these "popular" software you listed are compatible with SBS server and can be installed on the SBS server. However, many cases we encountered are just caused by wrong
configuration or corruption of these programs running on the SBS server. Therefore, let's wait and see if other gurus would share some hands-on experience on this. Meanwhile, you may also consider
consulting the software manufacturer/vendor for detailed installation information.

More related information:

Implementing a Second Server on Your Windows Small Business Server 2008 Network
http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/l...03(WS.10).aspx

Guidelines for Windows SBS 2008 Premium deployment
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...04(WS.10).aspx


Hope this helps.


Best regards,
Robbin Meng(MSFT)
Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support

Thank you Robbin

""Robbin Meng [MSFT]"" <v-> wrote in message
news:...
>
> Hi Waggers,
>
> Thanks for your post.
>
> As far as I know, most of these "popular" software you listed are
> compatible with SBS server and can be installed on the SBS server.
> However, many cases we encountered are just caused by wrong
> configuration or corruption of these programs running on the SBS server.
> Therefore, let's wait and see if other gurus would share some hands-on
> experience on this. Meanwhile, you may also consider
> consulting the software manufacturer/vendor for detailed installation
> information.
>
> More related information:
>
> Implementing a Second Server on Your Windows Small Business Server 2008
> Network
> http://technet.microsoft.com/fr-fr/l...03(WS.10).aspx
>
> Guidelines for Windows SBS 2008 Premium deployment
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/l...04(WS.10).aspx
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Robbin Meng(MSFT)
> Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support
>
>

I'm a firm believer in keeping as much as possible off the SBS box. It's got
a full time job already. By ordering SBS Premium, you get a full second
server license that is Windows Server 2008 Standard. Use that to run
additional software that doesn't need to be on the main SBS box. This
license includes SQL Server, which you may or may not need. But it is also a
good fit for virtualizing the entire solution, and licensed to support that.
You can also use that second server to implement TS RemoteApps (additional
TS CALs required).

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel




"Waggers" <> wrote in message
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> I'm in the process of replacing a SBS 2003 with a SBS 2008 (Standard).
>
> Over the years the SBS 2003 box had all sorts of 3rd party stuff installed
> on it (GFI Faxmaker, Backup Exec for Windows Servers, Backup Exec System
> Recovery, Trend Worry Free, to name but a few).
>
> As a general rule of thumb, is it a good idea to install these 3rd party
> apps on the SBS box or would it be a better idea to put them on a separate
> box?
>
> I wonder how much these things effect the efficiency of the server box.

I agree, but just wanted to throw in my $0.02 that I've been running
FaxMaker for years on my SBS with no issues. It seems to have a negligible
impact on the server. (We use it for the ability to receive faxes as PDF -
if we didn't need that, I'd just use SBS Fax).


"Charlie Russel - MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I'm a firm believer in keeping as much as possible off the SBS box. It's
> got a full time job already. By ordering SBS Premium, you get a full
> second server license that is Windows Server 2008 Standard. Use that to
> run additional software that doesn't need to be on the main SBS box. This
> license includes SQL Server, which you may or may not need. But it is also
> a good fit for virtualizing the entire solution, and licensed to support
> that. You can also use that second server to implement TS RemoteApps
> (additional TS CALs required).
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel
>
>
>
>
> "Waggers" <> wrote in message
> news:92987A16-3B12-4F79-BD3A-...
>> I'm in the process of replacing a SBS 2003 with a SBS 2008 (Standard).
>>
>> Over the years the SBS 2003 box had all sorts of 3rd party stuff
>> installed on it (GFI Faxmaker, Backup Exec for Windows Servers, Backup
>> Exec System Recovery, Trend Worry Free, to name but a few).
>>
>> As a general rule of thumb, is it a good idea to install these 3rd party
>> apps on the SBS box or would it be a better idea to put them on a
>> separate box?
>>
>> I wonder how much these things effect the efficiency of the server box.
>

Hi,

Thanks for your replies and great sharing. :-)

I also agree with you that if possible, installing 3rd party software on separate member servers is strongly recommended, so that SBS can do its "full time job" more stable and
efficiently.


Best regards,
Robbin Meng(MSFT)
Microsoft Online Newsgroup Support