Hi there,

 

One of my customers have several offices aroud Europe. At this moment all offices are connecting through a VPN connection to the main office. Mail comes via outlook-VPN or Outlook over HTTP. Files are located on the main server (and sometimes on a local PC).

 

The customer needs to change this (due to tax/legal reasons). Every office needs a local server with a local domain mail server (Exchange), file server and SQL server/database. So far no problem if looking to every location seperate. Then comes the difficult part: connect them to the main office for some filesharing / printing / ???

 

Since Exchange is involved I would like to use a SBS server locally as well. I know that you cannot join a second SBS server to a existing SBS domain. Since I just need to only share files / printers and perhaps other things ... is there still a way to achieve this?

 

The other solution: win server 2003 R2 locally with Exchange/SQL server is much more expensive.

Can someone please advise?

 

Thanx in advance.

Jacques.

Hi Jacques,

 

You can't connect two SBS domains. You can use additional DC's at the remote offices that can use the Exchange on the SBS and access its shares. If every office needs their own Exchange and SQL server, you can't use SBS if you want to connect those offices, as SBS doesn't allow trusts.

Hi Marina,

 

Thanx for the reply. This is what I expected but was not sure about it.

 

Other solution might be: hosting of Exchange and files (Sharepoint) and perhaps SQL hosting. Does anyone have information about a solid hosting provider; preferably a provider with local offices in DK, IT, GE, NL, SP, Malta, HongKong, Singapore, Switzerland, UK.

 

Thanx again for your help.

 

Regards,

Jacques.