Originally Posted by
robert.3.aitken
It does seem a bit overkill for less than 10 users.
You could probably do 90% of what your after without going to the extent you have.
Have you costed the hardware to run all that? I assume you'll be running your own mail server with spam, content and virus filtering?
Will you be implementing content filtering to ensure that no nasty web site are looked at?
Have you checked that the domain controller won't flip out with such low usage? I know you can run SAMBA as a PDC and BDC bit it's not recommended to run it as a PDC with low number of logins.
There are options available that will give you what you want but it does mean moving away form the MS way of things. You will of course need a MS Win server if you run the AutoCAD LM.
Robert Aitken