Lion Server on Mac Mini

I have a Mac Mini in the office that I want to set up with Lion Server. But it needs to continue to be used as the desktop machine for my office administrator. Is there any problem with that set up?

How hard are you going to use the server side of things? If this is going to be a major server running a sophisticated popular web site, or be doing heavy duty on any server stuff, it may not be a good idea to have it also be someone's desktop machine.
If all your server is for is a little light file service I would not expect it to be a problem.
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