I was able to get the server installed, setup, and joined to AD in a relatively short amount of time. In fact I only had to issue 9 commands before I was finished. This is on par with what I need to setup Linux servers. It gave me a warm fuzzy feeling I hadn't had since the days of MS DOS 6.22.
Then it came time to manage this server using Microsoft's Print Management Server. My setup is a 64-bit Enterprise Windows 7 workstation, and my Windows Server 2008 r2 box was also 64-bit. I was able to connect to the print server, install a handful of 64-bit printer drivers and install the TCP/IP printer ports.
I hit a wall while trying to add a printer. Why? It appears that the "Add Printer" wizard in the Print Management MMC console only knows how to list 32-bit drivers! This was very very annoying. I had to setup and install an entirely separate 32-bit Windows 7 Enterprise workstation, join it to the domain, and install 32-bit drivers via Print Management console before I was able to "Use an existing printer driver on the computer".
Come on Microsoft, 64 bit operating systems have been around for over 10 years! Why do you have to continue to force 32-bit requirements down our throat?
Moral of the story. Use a 32-bit machine for the Print Management console. 64-bit just isn't up to spec yet.
