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SEP and Microsoft Windows Home Server

Updated: 31 May 2010 | 3 comments
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I know it seems overkill, but a client with a very small 3-station 1-user network (the company was sold to another, this is what's left) running SBS 2003 is considering converting the server to a Windows Home Server, since WHS provides all the functionality they need. 

They have already invested in SEP Small Business Edition, with annual maintenance,  which mostly runs OK. 

Will they be able to use SEP on WHS?  Will the client work on WHS?  Will the WHS server run SEPM?

WHS seems to be Server 2003 with a pretty shell, so my guess is SEPM  should run on it.  At worst, we could run SEPM on a Vista workstation. 

If it runs, is it supported?

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Windows Home Server is not

Windows Home Server is not supported. You would need to run the Manager on XP as Windows Vista  is not officially supported for the SPC.

Symantec Protection Center system requirements

  • 32-bit processor: 1-GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalent minimum (Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent recommended)
  • 64-bit processor: 2-GHz Pentium 4 with x86-64 support or equivalent minimum
    Intel Itanium IA-64 is not supported.
  • Operating systems: Windows 2000 Server, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Server 2008 (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Small Business Server 2008 (64-bit), or Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (64-bit)
    Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit) is not officially supported.
  • RAM memory: 1 GB of RAM minimum (2 GB of RAM recommended)
  • Hard disk: 4 GB or more free space

Client system requirements

  • 32-bit processor: 1-GHz Intel Pentium III or equivalentminimum(Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent recommended)
  • 64-bit processor: 2-GHz Pentium 4 with x86-64 support or equivalent minimum
    Intel Itanium IA-64 is not supported.
  • Operating systems: Windows 2000 Professional/Server, Windows XP (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows XP Embedded , Windows Vista (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Server 2003 (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Server 2008 (32-bit, 64-bit), Windows Small Business Server 2008 (64-bit), or Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (64-bit)
  • RAM memory: 256 MB of RAM minimum (1 GB of RAM recommended)
  • Hard disk: 700 MB or more free space
  • Browser: Internet Explorer 6 or later
    The Remote Push Installation client deployment method does not verify that Internet Explorer 6.0 or later is installed on computers. If the computers do not have the correct version of Internet Explorer, the installation fails without warning.

Best,
Thomas

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What you can run on the WHS

What you can run on the WHS is an unmanaged client.

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From all the documents I have

From all the documents I have read, there is no mention of WHS. You can test and see what works, but remember there is no support if you run into issues.

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Thomas

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