Comments on: Setting up Windows Server 2003

By: jinteik

jinteik — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 03:04:24 +0000

i have to say if you want to have DCHP and mail server on teh same server, the specs of the server must be a lot higher as exchange takes quite a lot of resources.

not only that, do you need to switch the IP’s of your pc’s using DCHP every 8 days or etc?

By: yogender

yogender — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:34:42 +0000

this is definitely possible to use as a DHCP and mail server.
But according to me you have to install exchange as well for making a mail server.

By: 121314

121314 — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:30:43 +0000

thanks for your help guys, well steve, I would like to setup a first server in a domain. I’ve configured AD and dns, now what next? what i wanna do is, I have 20 pcs to be connected to the network so i can manage those user accounts, hence this server will be a used as DHCP & Mail server, is it possible?

By: stevesz

stevesz — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 15:18:37 +0000

What you need to do after you have installed a Windows server would depend on how you are going to use it. Is it going to be the first server in a domain? Is going to be a member server in a domain? Will it be a standalone server? Will it be used as a print server, a file server, an application server, a web server, or any of the other roles a server may play. Perhaps it will fill a number of roles.

As you can see, you will not get a valid answer unless your question is more defined. While many answers for each of the roles will be similar, they all differ in some ways.