Sever 2003: Compatibility: SBS vs Standard?

[robFSS]

Hello folks -

quick question - For all intents and purposes, is there any major difference between SBS2003 and server 2003 standard that would prevent an application designed for 2003 standard from installing & working properly on SBS2003.

I'm not concerned with the single domain restriction of SBS, and have dismissed that as a non-issue.

In short - if a software company were to develop a server software product for windows server 2003 - can we assume that it would be supported for use on SBS2003 systems?

Are there any significant, explicit differences between SBS2003 and 2003 Standard that I should be aware of as I evaluate softwares for my server? If tech data requirements state that server2003 is a supported platform, but SBS2003 is not mentioned, should I assume as a rule that the software won't work properly on my SBS2003 system?

In my case, I do have ISA and IIS, if it matters.

Apologies for the redundancy of my questioning, but I just want to be clear.

thx

 

[PHV]

I'm not aware of applications running on 2003 server but not on sbs2003.

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[58sniper]

We've seen it a couple of times where vendors have not supported something on SBS but did on Standard. It usually had something to do with the other components that were part of SBS, such as ISA, Exchange, SQL, etc. Either a conflict, or a resource problem. It's rare, though.

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[ShackDaddy]

Like sniper said, if you can get the developer to spell out the dependencies that aren't part of a core Windows 2003 Standard server, you'll have the sort of info you need to decide whether SBS 2003 will support it.

Note that SBS2003 Standard does have the MSDE version of SQL built-in, and if you know how to configure it, you can install some applications that require a SQL back-end without actually running the SBS2003 Premium edition or adding a full-fledged SQL deploy. Know the limitations of MSDE before you count on it though.

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