So I am setting this next week, what do i have to look for

machine's running Vista Home

server Windows Server 2003

 

10 clients 

2 printers   

I don't know what "making a shared server" means.

 

If you look on the Computer Name section os System Proberties on Vista Home and select Change Settings, there no place to put a domain.  It is one of the built in restirctions of the "Home" version of Vista. It cannot join a domain. Just like the "Home" version of Windows XP. If you want those Vista PCs to join the domain they will have to be upgraded to at least the "Business" version of Vista.

You can connect Vista Home to SBS....as long as the computer is indeed "at Home".... you can VPN into the server just fine and use OWA or Outlook over Internet

 

BUT....it cannot be on the same network as the SBS for anything other than an internet connection... (Unless you have ISA, then that wont work either)...main reason is any time you want to access a network resource you will need to input username and password, because it will always be considered a non-domain member.

 

Best bet....upgrade to Vista Business my friend...Its what we had to do for those people that bought machines at the local Best Buy without discussing with the network admin prior...