Act 2005 Premium for Workgroups and Compatibility

[Krabathor]

Our client is currently using Act v5.04 and needs additional licenses, but no
one sells this license any more. We are going to have to upgrade them to Act
2005 Premium for Workgroups, which includes MS SQL Server 2000 Standard
Edition.

At the same time, we are planning on moving them from a peer-to-peer network
to a MS SBS2K3 server-client network. However, according to the system
requirements listed on Act’s product web page, SBS2K3 is not supported. What
is the issue here and is there a way around it?

[Henry Craven]

As far as I can see ACT! 2005 Premium for Workgroups will run on
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition - and SBS2003 runs on SBS
2003 Standard addition so there should be no problem.

If you're going to be running SBS 2003 Premium, I'd install the SQL
Server provided -before- installing ACT as their instance of SQL Server
appears to be a special "Crimped" Version as you'd need to configure and
name it separately to the SBS SQL Server.

Your best information on this of course should come from ACT themselves.

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Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
Melbourne Australia

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[Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]]

I agree with you, Henry, but then why on this page:
http://itdomino.act.com/act.nsf/docid/20031010112629
do they specifically say that Act 2005 is not supported on SBS 2003 (as well
as Citrix and Term Servers)?

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Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"

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[Henry Craven]

Didn't find that.... curious.
Wonder if they'd support it on SBS2000 ( Windows 2000 Server ) ?

Find it hard imagine what -technically- would cause it, but I can
imagine that they may not want to "Helpdesk" Support those platforms due
to the complexity.
...although, { thinks } there may be issues with the way they
install/use the SQL Server Instance - They do say it's a special version
of SQL Server for the specific use of ACT only.

Perhaps the OP should get a Demo Version of SBS2K3 and of ACT2005/WG and
test before deployment.- It would pay the OP's Client to support some if
not all the cost of doing that.

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Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
Melbourne Australia

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[Krabathor]

Thanks for your input gentleman. I'd like to keep this discussion open
however. If anyone from either technical team has any input or if someone
else has gone down this road, successful or otherwise, I'd like to hear from
them.

I've also posted this same question in Act's discussion group. You can
follow the thread at:
http://webx.act.com/WebX?1...@148.VKf5aoUtfet.23214@.eea19e8/0

"Henry Craven" wrote:

> Didn't find that.... curious.
> Wonder if they'd support it on SBS2000 ( Windows 2000 Server ) ?
>
> Find it hard imagine what -technically- would cause it, but I can
> imagine that they may not want to "Helpdesk" Support those platforms due
> to the complexity.

> ....although, { thinks } there may be issues with the way they

[Krabathor]

According to a reply on the Act discussion group, "The only issue is SBS SQL
'does not support' SP3, which you need to run ATC2005 Prem."

I don't quite follow this. I searched the MS site but couldn't find
anything regarding the service pack and problems with SBS2K. I see there's a
SP3a for SQL Server. I wonder if there's a problem with this one as well.

"Henry Craven" wrote:

> Didn't find that.... curious.
> Wonder if they'd support it on SBS2000 ( Windows 2000 Server ) ?
>
> Find it hard imagine what -technically- would cause it, but I can
> imagine that they may not want to "Helpdesk" Support those platforms due
> to the complexity.

> ....although, { thinks } there may be issues with the way they

[Henry Craven]

Perhaps you'd like to set them straight:
There is no issue with installing SQL Server SP3a on SBS 2000.
see: Small Business Server 2000 Service Pack 1a
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=F4FC58D0-1FAC-4927-84D7-189FA1B690BE&displaylang=en

SBS 2003 Premium Edition includes SQL Server 2000 with Service Pack 3
(SP3) already applied.

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Henry Craven {SBS-MVP}
Melbourne Australia

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[Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]]

Tell them there's no problem with SQL SP3. We all have SQL SP3/Sp3a
installed on our SBS servers. And if they say that there's a problem, please
have them identify the source of their information.

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Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"

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