The reason most IT pros don't recommend Small Business Server is because they aren't IT pros. SBS requires them to learn:
1. Active Directory
2. Sharepoint
3. Exchange
4. SQL Server if you get the premium edition
Most IT "people" I see around here** barely know how to network Winodws XP in a peer-to-peer environment must less implement Active Directory properly. Put them behind a Server 2008 R2 box and they scream bloody murder.
**When I say "here" I mean my hometown and surrounding areas. I clearly cannot speak for those who live elsewhere but I suspect similar experiences.
I really think some days there should be a certification or something for IT folks to take so they can prove they can do what they say they can do.
Migrate from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010? Yeah, done that.
Upgrade from Sharepoint 2.0 to 3.0? Fell asleep doing it.
Use SQL Server Integration Services to parse HL7 and 835 files to automate importing encounters from various EMR's and entering insurance payments into our billing software automatically? Some of my best work.
But that's me. And I consider all that "computer 101" type of stuff. Most IT guys are no where near that - AND THEY CHARGE WAY MORE THAN I DO!!!!
It ain't right, I tell you.
JamesNT
Last edited by JamesNT; 04/26/2011 11:33 AM.
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