Setup for 10 user office

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hello all,

I am in the process or purchasing a Dell with Windows Standard 2003 on it.
This server will be used for only File and Printing. There will be approx. 10
user which will have their own user folders on the server. There will also be
a data folder that all user should have full writes to. And finally, there
will be two to three printers that all users will need access to.
Is this configuration hard to setup? I am a Novell person and am not familar
with Windows Servers. I setup a test server and it seems to reference the
things i want to do as shares (ie. shared directory, shared printer) is this
correct.

Can someone point me in the right direction on how to do this?
Thanks,
Jayser.
 
Jayser said:
hello all,

I am in the process or purchasing a Dell with Windows Standard 2003 on it.
This server will be used for only File and Printing. There will be approx. 10
user which will have their own user folders on the server. There will also be
a data folder that all user should have full writes to. And finally, there
will be two to three printers that all users will need access to.
Is this configuration hard to setup? I am a Novell person and am not familar
with Windows Servers. I setup a test server and it seems to reference the
things i want to do as shares (ie. shared directory, shared printer) is this
correct.

Can someone point me in the right direction on how to do this?
Thanks,
Jayser.
Click to expand...

You may want to post to:
microsoft.public.windows.server.general
microsoft.public.windows.server.setup

later.....
 
As an ex-Novell man myself, I'd suggest you follow the basic good practices
of Novell engineers, that is, allocate shares with a logon script or policy
instead of allowing ad-hoc Explorer mappings. Use drive-mappings rather than
UNC shares, most users understand them better.

One departure I'd suggest is to use share-permissions to control access,
rather than filesystem-rights. If you're used to Netware, you're in for an
unpleasant surprise when you see that NTFS filesystem rights are nowhere near
as logical as those of Netware volumes. Some people persist in struggling
with them. My answer is not to use them at all.

Printers - I prefer to link them with printserver-boxes (or buy
network-ready models) Needs an additional network port per printer, true, but
if these use TCP/IP (LPR) printing, then that avoids the need for
peer-sharing of printers from workstations, which is always a regular source
of trouble. All you need on the workstations is the LPR client (Part of
Windows Setup) and of course the print driver. The server plays no part in
printing this way, freeing its processor for more pressing duties.
 
Jayser said:
hello all,

I am in the process or purchasing a Dell with Windows Standard 2003
on it. This server will be used for only File and Printing. There
will be approx. 10 user which will have their own user folders on the
server. There will also be a data folder that all user should have
full writes to. And finally, there will be two to three printers that
all users will need access to. Is this configuration hard to setup? I
am a Novell person and am not familar with Windows Servers. I setup a
test server and it seems to reference the things i want to do as
shares (ie. shared directory, shared printer) is this correct.

Can someone point me in the right direction on how to do this?
Click to expand...

If you don't mind my saying so, if this is for a 10 person office, and
you're new to Windows 2003, I very strongly suggest you *don't* order
Windows 2003 Standard, but rather Windows 2003 Small Business Server.

I believe you'll save some money, and whatever you pay you'll get a lot
more for your money, not just in terms of the extra software that comes
with SBS but with the wizards and other "easy setup" type tools that come
with SBS.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/default.mspx

Whatever version of Windows you choose, you seem to be on the right track.
Without getting into the "who's better who's best" arguement, lets say
that Microsoft and Novell have different ideas on how things should be
done; don't assume that things which are easy in netware will be as easy
in Windows, and vice versa. For example, the home shares will certainly
work slightly differently to what you've been used to. While you can deny
users access very easily, it isn't as easy to make folders invisible to
people who have no right to see them.

Hope that helps!
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Rob Moir, Microsoft MVP for Security
Blog Site - http://www.robertmoir.com
Virtual PC 2004 FAQ -
http://www.robertmoir.co.uk/win/VirtualPC2004FAQ.html
I'm always surprised at "professionals" who STILL have to be asked:
"Have you checked (event viewer / syslog)".
 
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