Why so negative on Cher?
Microsoft delivers Exchange 2016 Preview
Microsoft has revealed the first Preview of Exchange Server 2016. As is always the case these days, Microsoft says the new version of Exchange is a distillation of all the cooler stuff it does to make cloudy Exchange work at scale. There's a big architectural change in the form of the demise of Client Access servers (CAS). …
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Friday 24th July 2015 15:12 GMT Danny 14
Re: Share point
I suppose it depends on WHY you want sharepoint and also how large your organisation is. If you are happy running exchange on a single server, happy running SQL on another then sharepoint shouldn't bring either to a halt. We run about 70 concurrent mailboxes and a small intranet quite happily on about 6 cores and 48gb RAM between them. SharePoint gobbled up about the same amount so we binned it and stuck with old fashioned "map drives through WebDAV and stick with the intranet". Not ideal but it worked.
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Friday 24th July 2015 22:10 GMT Maventi
Re: Share point
"...then it's actually quite brilliant."
Until it's time to upgrade. Or if you want to use any form of client that doesn't involve the entire MS stack of Windows/IE/Office. Or even upgrade the 'supported' browser to a new version only to find the plugins no longer work, and MS don't intend to fix it.
I came to the conclusion some time ago that it requires too many ducks to line up to be brilliant on a long term basis.