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SBS is the product you're looking for 5 user version for around �1,000....

Only limitations are max 50 users (CAL's required) and no domain trusts.

"michael lefevre" <michael.news@michaellefevre.com> wrote in message
news:979653286.14924.0.nnrp-13.c2deb8f4@news.demon.co.uk...
> "Bernard Peek" <bernard@shrdlu.com> wrote in message
> news:vGCR7oBzD5Y6EwlW@shrdlu.com...
> > In article <HDGS5767CD46C@hodgsons.freeserve.co.uk>, Andrew Hodgson
> > <andrew@hodgsons.freeserve.co.uk> writes
> > >Hi.
> > >
> > >Is there a way of getting a small 5 user nt small business bundle
> that
> > >may include stuff like Exchange, and how much is this likely to cost?
> >
> > Microsoft have a Small Business Server which includes a version
> Exchange
> > Server, SQL Server and Windows 2000 server. It will do everything you
> > want. I'd recommend it provided you don't ever expect to expand the
> > network to multiple servers or sites.
> [snip]
>
> and the cost, depending on where you get it from (probably cheapest to
> buy it with the server hardware)... in the catalogue in front of me,
> backoffice server 2000 (windows 2000 server, sql server 2000, exchange
> 2000 and some other stuff) with 5 client licenses is GBP3,249...
>
> and backoffice 4.5 (nt 4.0 server, sql server 7, exchange 5.5 and a
> bunch of other stuff) with 5 client licenses is GBP2,429...
>
> if you're starting from scratch, i'd say it's well worth going for 2000
> rather than going to the additional effort of deploying the old version,
> which will probably make your life harder in future...
>
> more info on backoffice: http://www.microsoft.com/backofficeserver/
>
> if that's way out of the price range, then you can do something usable
> with workstation, but stuff like home directories and passwords is a
> _lot_ more effort... and you'll then need to buy separate (although
> probably much cheaper) software for email services, databases etc
>
> michael
>
>