I'm currently working on helping my parents move their small office to a different location. Originally we had SBS 2003 with my brothers help, but he doesn't have the time to help us setup a new server. We were using active directory for authentication, but that is overkill for what we need, or I want to manage.
Are there any alternatives to AD that will allow us have centralized authentication and some sort of a roaming profile? The network will have 7-12 workstations and a NAS and whatever sort of server would be required for authentication. For email we will migrate the old exchange to google apps.
I think we will need the workstations to be windows, but I'm looking to see if they really do or if linux is an option, most of their work is done with webapps, so it may be an option. The only thing authentication would be required for is file access and ideally a way to sync cookies/browser history.
Are there any alternatives to AD that will allow us have centralized authentication and some sort of a roaming profile? The network will have 7-12 workstations and a NAS and whatever sort of server would be required for authentication. For email we will migrate the old exchange to google apps.
I think we will need the workstations to be windows, but I'm looking to see if they really do or if linux is an option, most of their work is done with webapps, so it may be an option. The only thing authentication would be required for is file access and ideally a way to sync cookies/browser history.