Guest NC Beach Bum Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 I am setting up a small office server with 3 users on a single Windows 2000 Server. The current plan is to keep things at low level of complexity in this 3 person office. So what I am thinking is to setup the server as a local file server with all local accounts and passwords that do not expire. One person has a laptop and they want to use offline folders with automatic file synchronization when they dock and undock their laptop. Will this work on Windows 2000 Server? Do I have to move them up to Server 2003? Does I have to install a domain with active directory? All thoughts and recommendations are most welcome! -- NC Beach Bum
Guest Danny Sanders Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Small Office Setup Suggestions Requested One person has a laptop and they want to use offline folders with automatic > file synchronization when they dock and undock their laptop. > > Will this work on Windows 2000 Server? Yes >Do I have to move them up to Server > 2003? No. >Does I have to install a domain with active directory? No hth DDS "NC Beach Bum" <NCBeachBum@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A06BB24C-46FC-40DB-88C8-C674DD22FBA5@microsoft.com... >I am setting up a small office server with 3 users on a single Windows 2000 > Server. The current plan is to keep things at low level of complexity in > this 3 person office. So what I am thinking is to setup the server as a > local file server with all local accounts and passwords that do not > expire. > > One person has a laptop and they want to use offline folders with > automatic > file synchronization when they dock and undock their laptop. > > Will this work on Windows 2000 Server? Do I have to move them up to > Server > 2003? Does I have to install a domain with active directory? > > All thoughts and recommendations are most welcome! > > -- > NC Beach Bum
Guest Robert L [MVP - Networking] Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Small Office Setup Suggestions Requested Setup workgroup and windows 2000 should work. Good luck! Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com "NC Beach Bum" <NCBeachBum@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A06BB24C-46FC-40DB-88C8-C674DD22FBA5@microsoft.com... I am setting up a small office server with 3 users on a single Windows 2000 Server. The current plan is to keep things at low level of complexity in this 3 person office. So what I am thinking is to setup the server as a local file server with all local accounts and passwords that do not expire. One person has a laptop and they want to use offline folders with automatic file synchronization when they dock and undock their laptop. Will this work on Windows 2000 Server? Do I have to move them up to Server 2003? Does I have to install a domain with active directory? All thoughts and recommendations are most welcome! -- NC Beach Bum
Guest johnboy007 Posted August 7, 2007 Posted August 7, 2007 Re: Small Office Setup Suggestions Requested It will work fine but if you change passwords you will have to change it in two places etc... With 3 users would not be as much of an issue, in effect you will be setting it up in a workgroup you could do this with XP also. -- johnboy007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnboy007's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/member.php?userid=25164 View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=796905 http://forums.techarena.in
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