VYCC 0 Posted July 20, 2007 I see that FMP Server 9 requires Windows Server 2003. Does this include Small Business Server 2003? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr_vodka 70 Posted July 20, 2007 I believe that Small Business Server 2003 is not an officially supported OS. Standard 2003 is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steven H. Blackwell 104 Posted July 21, 2007 SBS has been shown to cause problems with Server 7 and Server 8. Presumably--or at least possibly--it will also cause issues in Server 9. I'd recommend the approved Server OS, namely Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition SP 2. Steven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fmpwnerer 0 Posted July 21, 2007 What issues have you seen? just out of curiosity. The only issues I've ever seen is with Share Point on Windows Small Business, conflicting with the web publishing engine. Uninstalling and reinstalling IIS with out share point has always resolved this issue for my clients. I also recommend the use standard addition when possible. Running mission critical data on an uncertified OS is just not the best of ideas : Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steven H. Blackwell 104 Posted July 22, 2007 Many extra and extraneous services, MMC issues, and problems with external server authentication when a member of a domain for example. Steven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fmpwnerer 0 Posted July 22, 2007 Interesting, many of my clients (who refuse to go to 2003 SE) have been running for a while with no problems at all. (other then the normal FileMaker server touchiness : ) Strange i've not run into any of those issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steven H. Blackwell 104 Posted July 24, 2007 FMS 8.0v4 running on Windows Server 2003 SE is solid, very solid. Perhaps your "touchiness" is the result of using SBS. Why are your clients so resistant to using the prescribed OS? Steven Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sergeant Ron 0 Posted September 2, 2007 If I may weigh in, I have a bunch of clients also using SBS and I have not noticed anything out of the ordinary in respect to FM Server issues. All clients are running either FMS 8 or FMS 9 and for are very stable. In fact the one server that i have had any issues with is Server 2003 SE. I think that small businesses may like the fact that SBS has may extras built in and the pricing aspect as well. Steven, what types of issues have you heard of, just in case any of us come across the same thing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
