Re:SBS made me quit my job... (Score 2, Interesting)

In all honesty, I can't fault SBS for the problems that you are experiencing here. The reason that SBS puts all their eggs in one basket is because, in the case of many small businesses, they can only afford that one basket. In your case, it looks like your problems stem from selling only half a basket for those eggs. I administer about 30 - 35 SBS boxes and haven't had a problem with them yet, but we also only do jobs where we can put this on a real server machine. SBS is actually an incredible product. At the moment, there are very few items on the market that can compete with it. If there is something to compete with it, there are very few consultants out there that can actually SUPPORT it as well as this can be. The price point for SBS is simply amazing and the features that come with it, like Remote Web Workplace, are fantastic. If you call MS Product Support Services and tell them what you're running those SBS installs on, they'll probably laugh. Remember, do things right or don't do them at all. Setting it up like that will only cause you more headaches, which you're now seeing.