Are you serious? I just bought a new dell machine to run some applications from the house and because I don’t have a lot of time, I figure while I am finishing up some other things on my real computer I will install VSTF. I put the DVD into the machine and it starts up with “what would you like to install”. I select “Single Server” because my wife has limited my craziness to like 10K a year on new computers. I am just kidding about that, but no I don’t have a separate App machine and Database machine at the house. Everything is going along great and then BAM!!!!
Required Prerequisites = Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
Are you kidding me! Ok I get that it is a server product, but it is the full version of a product and I understand I left the Windows XP Media Center Edition on the machine, but for Pete’s sake let me install the damn thing on Windows XP if I have the full version. Yeah I get it, there are differences in XP and Server, but now I have to wait to install it until I have redone the operating system and have time to install everything. I really just need to install SBS on this machine because it will be running everything for me anyways. Well I will let you know how the machine turns out.
Contest: How big of a machine would you think I need to run these applications: VSTF, Domain Controller, IIS, Groove Server 2007, SharePoint 2007, and maybe a few more applications. It would be a small load 10 people or less. Give me your guesses and I will let you know what I have to try it on.