Windows Small Business Server Documentation
This Blog is now Retired!
Now that Windows SBS has morphed into Windows Server Essentials and is now a full member of Windows...
Date: 02/15/2013
Windows Server Solutions Best Practices Analyzer Update 2 is now available for download
The Windows Server Solutions Sustained Engineering and Product Support teams are pleased to announce...
Date: 02/22/2012
Update Rollup 2 for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows Home Server 2011, and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials is now available!
Hey everyone! The Windows Server Solutions Sustained Engineering team has just released UR2 for the...
Date: 02/16/2012
Office 365 Integration Module for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials Released Today!
After a popular and successful beta program, the Office 365 Integration Module (OIM) for Windows SBS...
Date: 12/22/2011
The Microsoft® Office 365 Integration Module Beta for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials is now available!
The highly anticipated Microsoft Office 365 Integration Module for Windows Small Business Server...
Date: 10/31/2011
An update to the Windows SBS 2011 Migration Preparation Tool is now available
The Windows SBS Sustaining Engineering team has just released an update to the Migration Preparation...
Date: 10/21/2011
Update Rollups are now available for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows Home Server 2011, and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials
The Windows Server Solutions Sustained Engineering team has announced availability of a handfull of...
Date: 08/24/2011
Two new articles published in the Wiki to help you troubleshoot Certificates and Client Deployment
The Windows SBS Sustained Engineering team contributed the following articles. We hope you find them...
Date: 07/26/2011
Find SBS Migration Information -- FAST!
Over the past few years, we've received a lot of customer feedback about the availability,...
Date: 06/23/2011
Announcing New Online Help Sites for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server 2011
Windows SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server 2011 will soon be available from your favorite...
Date: 04/05/2011
Additional Migration Guides for Windows SBS 2011 Standard are Available!
As promised, we have just published additional migration guides to help you migrate to Windows SBS...
Date: 02/02/2011
Preparing to Migrate to Windows SBS 2011 Standard? Take the Inside Lane!!
To help you get a jump on your future server migration, we have just published a downloadable and...
Date: 01/12/2011
Using your feedback to improve Windows Server Code Name “Aurora” and Windows Server Code Name “Vail” Online Help documentation
We would like to hear from you. Please visit Windows Server Code Name “Aurora” Online...
Date: 12/22/2010
Windows SBS 2011 Standard has been released to manufacturing!
We are very pleased to let you know that we have achieved a major milestone in getting the next...
Date: 12/13/2010
Introducing the next version of Windows Small Business Server!
Hi Everyone, The Small Business Server team has been heads down for many months now conjuring up the...
Date: 09/21/2010
Major Correction to "Guide to Migrating from WSS to WSF on SBS '08"
A huge "Thank you!" to Susan Bradley and others who pointed out a significant discrepancy with Step...
Date: 09/09/2010
How to upgrade your Windows SharePoint Services websites on Windows SBS 2008 to Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Windows SharePoint Services is now Microsoft SharePoint Foundation. Maybe you knew...
Date: 09/02/2010
We’re all in … New Orleans at TechEd North America 2010!
Great live band music and a Windows 7 Phone t-shirt cannon at 8:30 in the morning? OK, you have to...
Date: 06/07/2010
New look for TechNet sites
The next time you visit a Microsoft TechNet site like the Windows SBS TechCenter, enjoy the freshly...
Date: 03/08/2010
What social networks do you follow or use?
Hi everyone! We’d like to learn a little more about the resources you find helpful. Please spend...
Date: 02/15/2010
Great utility to create help files from content available in TechNet libraries
File this one under Cool Tools! Package This is a neat little program that enables you to select...
Date: 01/15/2010
Calling all SBS Migration Gurus!
Have an opinion on the SBS migration process or content? We know many of you do - and we need your...
Date: 12/30/2009
Wanna map drives while logged on through SBS 2008 Remote Web Workplace?
A common problem that RWW users encounter is that they cannot create drive mappings while they are...
Date: 12/21/2009
Happy (Belated) Anniversary to our Blog!
Can you believe it? The milestone slipped by quietly, but November 15th marked the 5th anniversary...
Date: 12/08/2009
The Windows SBS 2008 Migration Guides are updated!
Thanks to the feedback that we have received from partners and customers, we've made many updates to...
Date: 11/12/2009
Migrating from Windows Small Business Server 2003 to Windows Essential Business Server
The migration process can be complicated and depending on your circumstances, it can be frustrating....
Date: 10/06/2009
How to restore the full system to a computer on a Windows Home Server network
If you use Windows Home Server, you may find this of interest. We have just published an article...
Date: 10/06/2009
It's down to the "Bare Metal"
Ok. We're looking for a little help here. Let's imagine for a moment that the hard drives on your...
Date: 08/19/2009
Great way to automatically back up your SBS client computers
Have you ever wished you had an easy way to automatically back up all the client computers on your...
Date: 08/14/2009
Hey you big business IT PRO's out there. Think SMALL!
Windows Small Business Server - that is! Are you accustomed to deploying and managing servers in the...
Date: 07/16/2009
Free Health Check: New Microsoft IT Environment Health Scanner
Does your network need a checkup? The team that develops Windows Essential Business Server (Windows...
Date: 07/10/2009
Released: Windows EBS 2008 International Technical Libraries!
We're happy to announce the release of the following international technical libraries for Windows...
Date: 06/19/2009
Content Upgrade: SBS 2008 Migration
Thinking about moving to the latest version of SBS? Our Microsoft PSS team just posted a great...
Date: 06/19/2009
Are you in the know? Watch this screencast to discover how you can share your knowledge!
Sure. We're good at what we do. We love to help you learn about how our software works and how you...
Date: 06/15/2009
EBS Has a Community Corner
The talented SBS MVPs are making contributions to the SBS documentation in the Windows SBS MVP and...
Date: 05/08/2009
Tip: Using Site: Query Feature to Narrow Search Results
ScenarioYou want to find information about Remote Web Workplace in SBS 2008. You use Google or Live...
Date: 05/08/2009
It's time! Update that SBS 2000 server to SBS 2008. Here's how!
Have you been itching to update your SBS 2000 server to the latest and greatest SBS 2008, but afraid...
Date: 05/01/2009
New Documentation: Integrating Windows Small Business Server 2008 with Exchange Online
Are you curious about how you can take advantage of the online services that are provided by...
Date: 04/23/2009
Coming soon . . . Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Administrator's Companion!
Microsoft Press just announced their first book on Windows EBS: Windows Essential Business Server...
Date: 04/17/2009
Windows SBS 2008 and Microsoft ISA 2006!
This week we published another community-authored solution paper in our Windows SBS MVP and...
Date: 04/16/2009
What is Windows Server 2008 Foundation?
This week, Microsoft launched a new version of Windows Server 2008 that is designed to provide basic...
Date: 04/03/2009
New Documentation: Extend Windows Essential Business Server with the Premium Edition
Have you wondered how the Windows Essential Business Server Premium Edition might help you? If you...
Date: 03/16/2009
Check out our first community-authored solution paper!
Cue the applause - the very first document was published in the Windows SBS MVP and Community Corner...
Date: 03/16/2009
Documentation Updates: Product Help and Migration Guide chm files
Hi everyone! We have just published updates to the Windows SBS Product Help and Migration files that...
Date: 03/03/2009
Released: Windows SBS 2008 International Technical Libraries!
We're happy to announce the release of the following Windows SBS 2008 international technical...
Date: 03/03/2009
New Documentation: Monitoring and Reporting in Windows Small Business Server 2008
Abstract Windows SBS 2008 includes a monitoring and reporting feature that enables you to get...
Date: 02/12/2009