Great advice, Bert. I lol'd at this "The man starts to talk, but Sandeep interrupts him." I was just driving too ha.

I think he should wait to connect the SBS 2011 Essentials until he gets the actual server. I mean he's probably figured it out with one client. That nice little dashboard for managing the server and the launch pad with easy access to shared files and folders among other things.

I think the best part is the summary report on every computer in the domain: https://www5.ibackup.com/qmanager/ibsjsp/IBSGetShare.jsp?key=iowvj20573

Clearly, I have an update pending. There's detailed reports as well that tell you how many emails passed through, whether or not there were any errors, or if someone's mailbox is filling up. I.e. I got an alert that one of the employees used 1.6GB of her 2GB mailbox. So, I just expanded her to 10GB. Not something you can do with a free email account.