Mac OS 10.6 Server & Windows SBS 2008

Hi, I am looking for some suggestions on how best to deal with the following scenario.
We have a Windows 2008 SBS server which is running Sharepoint Services and Exchange 2007 for our business. We also have a Mac Mini Server which we would like to add to the network and use for file sharing/storage, iChat server and Wiki Server.
We currently have three users, all using Mac hardware running 10.6.8. We employ an MCP who is certified in SBS and I am currently an ACSP studying for my Mac Server Essentials 10.6 exam.
From my current knowledge and research I can see that we have 2 options:-
1 Join/bind the two servers together (AD-OD Magic Triangle), however I am concerned that this would be potentially beyond my current abilities, but would give complete integration between the two systems and allow us to add new Mac and Windows clients in the future.
2 Run the two servers on separate domains and duplicate the user information, binding to both domains separately from the clients. Easier to setup but would duplicate user info and could be trickier to add new users and Windows users.
So my question really is what would the more experienced people out there suggest, and have I missed an easier way?
Thanks in advance.
Richard.

Thanks for the advice. You've pretty much reinforced what I felt was the best option from the research I've done.
As for expansion/future, we're a new IT support company, focussing on being able to support both Microsoft and Apple platforms. My personal goal is to get to ACSA level, which would include the Open Directory exam which I feel would help with what I am trying to achieve now. Our expansion in terms of the number of clients would almost certainly be using Mac clients and would be a maximum of 2 apprentices and 2 more engineers starting from 6 months time and spread over a 12 to 18 month period. I would imagine that by the time it would be beneficial to have the two domains fully integrated both myself and the Microsoft engineer should be at a level to make it work ourselves. For now I think that setting the two servers up and duplicating the users is the best option, and enables us both to continue training ourselves and supporting the business in the meantime.
Thanks again and the Mac Enterprise Mailing list looks really useful.

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Regards,
Dave

Hi Dave,
Based on current situation, please run SBS BPA and fix all that it can find, then monitor the result. For more details, please refer to the following KB.
Windows SBS Best Practices Analyzer (BPA)
Meanwhile, please refer to the following article and repair SBS console.
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By the way, I noticed that you had got some error messages (such as: “DC not found for domain” and so on). Would you please let me know complete error messages? In addition, when you migrate SBS 2008 to the new hardware, had you done any preparation for
that Source Server? For more details, please refer to the following article.
Migrate Windows Small Business Server 2008 to New Hardware
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Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

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