Overview
Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 is the 3rd generation release of the
full-featured network solution designed to help businesses with up to 50 PCs
take advantage of the Internet, strengthen customer relationships and improve
employee productivity.
Benefits
- Internet-Enable Your Business
- Secure, shared Internet access: Provide company-wide Internet access
that�s fast and secure with Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration
Server 2000.
- Mobile connection: Access your network remotely from any device that�s
hooked up to the Internet, using a secure virtual private
network (VPN).
- Web services: Build, stage and/or host your own Internet presence using
Microsoft FrontPage 2000 and Microsoft Internet Information Service
(IIS) 5.0, giving customers all-hours access to your business.
- Manage and Grow Customer Relationships
- Customer communication: Keep in touch with current customers through
direct, personalized e-mail, and reach new customers with automated e-mail
or fax mailings.
- Customer management: Track customers with a shared contact database
using Microsoft Outlook 2000 and Exchange 2000 Server public
folders.
- Enhance Employee Productivity
- File, print & app sharing: Easily share files, hardware and business apps on
the secure, reliable Windows 2000 platform.
- Messaging and collaboration: Use Exchange and Outlook to streamline
communications, enabling employees to send/receive e-mail and faxes, and
schedule meetings right from their desktops.
- Line-of-Business Apps: Run your business more effectively with one of the
thousands of business apps compatible with Windows 2000 Server, SQL
Server 2000 or Exchange 2000 Server.
Features
What's New
Messaging and Collaboration
Exchange 2000 Server (and Outlook
2000): A reliable Internet and
intranet messaging and
collaboration server providing a
rich set of features for users on
the network as well as mobile or
remote users. Features include
e-mail, calendaring, chat, news,
forums, event scripting for
collaboration, and broad Internet
standards support.
- Improved Outlook Web
Access (OWA) "Web Client"
- Instant Messaging Service
- Web Store
Multipurpose Operating System
Windows 2000 Server: A best-of-breed
network operating system that
provides file/print, Internet
Information Server 5.0 Web
server, Microsoft Routing and
Remote Access Service, shared
application and additional
communications services along
with overall improvements in
server performance and
reliability.
Database
Microsoft SQL Server 2000: A highly
scalable relational database
management system (RDBMS)
for building distributed and
transacted line-of-business
applications, including
order-processing, on-line
analytical processing (OLAP),
data warehousing, and electronic
commerce on the Internet. The
new version offers an easier way
to publish database information
such as your own inventory
catalog on the Internet as well as
increased performance,
reliability, and availability.
Shared Internet Access (Proxy) and Firewall
Microsoft Internet Security and
Acceleration Server 2000
(formerly Proxy Server): An
Internet Firewall and Web cache
server that provides Internet
security while improving network
efficiency and increasing the
speed of retrieval for frequently
used Internet Web pages.
Server monitoring and alerting
Health Monitor 2.1
Administrators and Power Users
can view system performance
metrics, set and modify
thresholds to report server
health, and configure alerts. The
alerts can then be configured to
run actions such as logging the
issue, running a command line,
or sending an email to a local or
remote user. Technology
Consultants can configure the
alerts to send email messages to
their own email accounts.
Windows Terminal Services-Based
Administration
You can use either an Internet
connection via a Web client such
as Internet Explorer 5.0, or
through dedicated client
software to manage remote sites
with the Small Business Server
Management Consoles and with
the same software functionality
as if you were on the LAN or
sitting in front of the server
console.
On-line Tours and Help with
"Bayesian" Trouble-shooters
Keeping your systems up and
running 24x7 is now even easier
with comprehensive HTML
on-line help for all application
and suite components, including
7 guided tours on deploying,
managing, and using various
application and suite services.
New "Bayesian
Troubleshooters" for Small
Business Server 2000 will help
guide you through administration
rough-spots by asking questions
that analyze your system�s
condition, then providing
possible steps to remedy the
situation.
Improved Features
Integrated Setup
Small Business Server 2000
installs and configures the
operating system, all application
components and service packs
through a single, integrated setup
that includes disk space, system
compatibility, and dependency
checking. Small Business Server
setup significantly reduces the
complexity of server setup by
automatically defaulting many
common parameters and
consolidating the number of
setup screens a person needs to
walk through. WIN2000 Server
setup featuring broad device
support, plug and play and
integrated server application
installation.
Client Setup (Setup Computer Wizard)
Small Business Server 2000
helps automate the job of
connecting client PCs to an SBS
network by setting up and
configuring networking
components and deploying
software applications to your
client workstations. The updated
Setup Computer Wizard
includes an Extensibility Wizard
tool that enables a consultant to
add applications that appear in
the Setup Computer Wizard
software list making it easier to
deploy virtually any application
to SBS-based client machines.
Internet Connection Wizard
The Internet Connection Wizard
guides you through configuring
your Small Business Server as
the gateway server connecting
your network to the Internet.
The wizard will help guide you
through Windows 2000, IP,
e-mail, and firewall
configurations. Now integrating
the Exchange Connector for
POP3 Mailboxes, which allows
you to continue to use existing
POP3 e-mail accounts as part of
your new Exchange 2000
Server. Plus, the Internet
Connection Wizard will help
configure the POP3 Gateway for
you.
Customizable Management Consoles
Managing the server is simplified
by two customizable
management consoles, user and
administrator, which help a user
to pro-actively monitor the
server health, as well as manage
network users, computers, and
devices. Because the new
consoles are based entirely on
the Microsoft Management
Console shipped in Windows
2000, technology consultants
will have the ability to easily
customize existing consoles or
add new consoles based on
customer need.
Add User Wizard
Adding users is even easier with
the updated three-screen wizard
that creates a user account, an
email mailbox, a home directory,
and sets security permissions
based on customizable template
user accounts. A local "Power
User" can be defined to add and
disable user accounts on the
network. This user enters the
user information, password
information, and selects a user
template to model user
permissions. Administrators can
easily add user templates based
on the needs of the business.
Server Status Reports and Server Status View
Now you can get regular
snapshots of your server�s status
automatically, including
hardware condition, application
health, and system performance.
These reports can be e-mailed
to administrators, and kept
on-file for building historical
views of server usage, which you
can use to plan for future
upgrades or required
maintenance.
Shared Fax Service
The Small Business Server Fax
Server has been completely
redesigned into the new, reliable
Shared Fax Service. This feature
allows users to send faxes from
their desktop through a multiple
shared fax modem or interface.
This can all be administered
through your Small Business
Server. Administrators can
configure calling times, priorities,
and manage the fax queue.
- Support for Brooktrout fax
boards and additional ISDN
cards.
- Integrated Fax over IP
services.
- Broadcast Fax support.
Shared Modem Service
Small Business Server includes a
Shared Modem Service that
enables the client machines to
use modems shared on Small
Business Server to connect to
external information services.
This enables businesses that
regularly connect to information
services to save money on
hardware and telephony costs
by not requiring a modem on
each client PC and not requiring
a dedicated phone line for each
PC. Use of the shared modems
can also be restricted to
individual users or groups of
users so you can determine who
connects to external networks.
System Requirements:
Server Requirements
Computer/Processor
Pentium II 300Mhz or greater processor.
Memory
256MB RAM minimum; 512MB RAM recommended for heavier
server use.
Hard Disk
4GB hard disk; Two 8GB disks recommended for fault tolerance.
Drive
CD-ROM drive.
3.5" high-density disk drive (must be configured as drive A).
Display
Super VGA monitor (800X600 or higher resolution; 256 colors).
Peripherals
Video adapter.
To use the Fax Service, you will be required to have a dedicated
Class 1 Fax modem in addition to at least one other modem to be
shared for other server services such as RAS, Proxy dial-up, and
Modem Sharing. Ethernet network interface card from the Windows 2000 Hardware
Compatibility List.
Client Requirements
Computer/Processor
Pentium 90Mhz or greater processor.
Memory
32 MB of RAM (64 MB RAM recommended).
Hard Disk
300 MB of available hard-disk space.
Drive
3.5" high-density disk drive.
Display
VGA or higher-resolution monitor.
Operating System
Recomended: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Windows
98, Windows 95, or Windows NT Workstation 4.0.
Peripherals
Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device.
If you will be accessing your server using dial-up networking, a
modem is required. Video adapter.
Ethernet network interface card compatible with the desktop
operating system.