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Microsoft Solutions for Small and Medium Business - Program Overview provides details of the following three solutions that make up the program:

• Peer-to-Peer Networking with Windows XP: Designed for a server-less environment with up to ten users.
  
  
• Small IT Solution: Designed as an entry level server-based solution for up to 50 users.
  
  
• Medium IT Solution Series: Designed as a flexible solution for an environment of up to 250 users.
  

The Medium IT Solution Series is designed for growing businesses that are progressively increasing the use of IT to empower employees and connect with customers. The solution series provides greater flexibility in terms of IT design and the number of supported users. The solution series is intended for medium-sized businesses with 50 to 250 users. For more information on the Medium IT Solution Series, refer to the Introduction to the Medium IT Solution Series document.

The Medium IT Solution Series comprises the following solutions:

• Medium Business Solution for Core Infrastructure: Provides guidance for implementing the core infrastructure that serves as a prerequisite for deploying the rest of the solutions in this series. The core infrastructure includes the main office and the branch office LANs, the network and directory services, secure Internet connectivity, and file services.
  
  
• Medium Business Solution for Management and Security using Active Directory Group Policy: Provides guidance on designing and setting up the OU structure and configuring and implementing Group Policy to perform folder redirection, software installation, wireless configuration, SUS client configuration, and configuring user accounts to use roaming profiles.
  
  
• Medium Business Solution for Messaging Services: Provides guidance on implementing Exchange Server 2003-based messaging services for medium businesses.
  
  
• Medium Business Solution for Collaboration Services: Provides guidance on using Windows® SharePoint™ Services sites to implement company intranet and extranet Web portal sites.
  
  
• Medium Business Solution for Print Services: Provides guidance on implementing different print service configurations to meet the unique printing requirements of the organization, such as centralized print administration and IP printing.
  
  
• Medium Business Solution for Remote Connectivity: Provides guidance on implementing client-to-site and site-to-site remote connectivity using the VPN service of ISA Server 2004. The solution also covers alternative remote access methods, such as remote access to e-mail and internal Web sites over the Internet and remote access to LOB applications using Terminal Server.
  
  
• Medium Business Solution for Patch Management: Provides guidance on implementing a centralized patch management solution using Software Update Services (SUS) to keep servers and client computers up-to-date with software updates.
  
  
• Medium Business Solution for Client Configuration: Provides guidance on configuring client computers and devices in the medium IT environment to obtain maximum benefits for the medium business.
  
  

The Medium IT Solution Series comprises the following guides:

• Medium Business Guide for Antivirus: Provides referential guidance on selecting an antivirus solution, and on designing and implementing the solution in the medium IT environment to protect both the server infrastructure and client computers from viruses, worms, and Trojans.
  
  
• Medium Business Guide for Backup and Recovery: Provides referential guidance on selecting a backup and recovery services implementation, and on designing and implementing the services in a medium IT environment to protect organizational data from loss and downtime.
  
  
• Medium Business Guide for Pilot Deployment and Migration: Provides referential guidance for migrating an existing environment to a new environment that is developed using the guidance provided in the Medium IT Solution Series. The solution provides guidance on how to plan, migrate, test, and implement the new environment using a pilot deployment.
  
  

Note: The Medium Business Solution for Management and Security using Active Directory Group Policy and the Medium Business Guide for Pilot Deployment and Migration are being released as Beta. Click here to download these beta guides.