Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Toto, We’re Not In NT4 Anymore
Kind of makes you wonder when a simple task that wouldn’t take five minutes in NT requires upwards of three hours to figure out and make happen in Windows 2003 Server. And while my knowledge of 2003 isn’t exactly extensive, I’m not the world’s biggest NT expert either. It’s just a whole new world, having to deal with DNS and active directory.
My main experience with 2003 before this has been a 2003 SBS (Small Business Server), with a handful of workstations and no other servers. Brainless? Maybe not quite that, but not bad. SBS is cool if it’s appropriate for your needs. My other experience was assisting with a single 2003 server, replacing a dying Novell server and upgrading twenty-odd workstations.
By rights I’d have long since played with 2003 enough in a lab or in-house network setting to have become more comfortable with it, but that would require more revenue. I once did the math to figure out what I “needed” to charge per hour to cover everything including keeping up on new things. It came to $15 more than my normal rate (which is further discounted for the big client), amazingly enough placing it closer to what is normal around here.
Oh well. Perhaps progress will speed up now that I’ve made a breakthrough…