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Activation Loop After Completing the SBS Transition Pack
[Today's tip comes to us from Damian Leibaschoff] We've seen a few cases now where a server is in an...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/29/2007
SBS 2003 R2 Setup Failure Due to Disable Performance Counters Key
[Today's tip comes to us from Mark Stanfill.] After selecting the option to install Windows Small...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/25/2007
Quick Admin Note
Astute readers of this blog will note that I've change the owership of this blog from my personal...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/25/2007
Fax Fails Because of...ORDB
[Today's tip comes to us from Damian Leibaschoff] Routing an Inbound Fax to E-Mail fails (Event Id...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/15/2007
Remote Wiping a Device With No User Input
[Today's tip comes to us from Peter Gallagher. Yes that Peter.] If you have installed the Exchange...
Author: markstan Date: 01/11/2007
Using SharePoint Database Explorer on SBS
[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of Ed Walters.] Administrators often need to extract a small...
Author: markstan Date: 01/05/2007
Updated: SBS CAL Activation Failing
We've had several reports of SBS CAL activations failing. We're currently looking in to the...
Author: markstan Date: 12/13/2006
Using a Nokia device to sync with Small Business Server 2003
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Peter Gallagher.]Since Microsoft has licensed the ActiveSync...
Author: markstan Date: 12/07/2006
WSS v3.0 Installation on SBS 2003
[Today's tip comes to us from Ed Walters. This a companion piece walkthrough of the offical...
Author: markstan Date: 11/30/2006
Using CompanyWeb from within WSS 3.0
There's been a good deal of interest around installing WSS 3.0 on SBS. As we've previously noted on...
Author: markstan Date: 11/30/2006
WSS 3.0 on SBS White Paper Released
Fresh on the heels of the WSS 3.0 release is the "Installing Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 on a...
Author: markstan Date: 11/16/2006
Windows PowerShell Released!
As those of you who have been preparing for Exchange Server 2007 know, Windows PowerShell (aka...
Author: markstan Date: 11/14/2006
Demoing Systems Just Got Easier
If you're like most IT pros, you've mastered the setup.exe -> next -> next...
Author: markstan Date: 11/06/2006
Remote Web Workplace (RWW) Part II - Controlling portal access
[Jim Martin weighs in this week with a deep technical dive of RWW. This is the second part of the...
Author: markstan Date: 11/03/2006
New Beta Open: Centro
This is a great opportunity to participate in a Microsoft beta program aimed at midsize businesses....
Author: markstan Date: 10/24/2006
How to install the File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) optional component of SBS 2003 R2
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Jim Martin] This post describes in detail the process for...
Author: markstan Date: 10/10/2006
SBS Compatibility Charts - What will run on SBS?
Is SharePoint Portal Server Supported on SBS? Exchange 2003 Enterprise? SQL 2005? Office? These...
Author: markstan Date: 09/29/2006
SBS Yahoo Groups Archive
Have you ever needed to find that post that you know you read on the SBS Yahoo group but just can't...
Author: markstan Date: 09/28/2006
Using SBS as a Home Server?
Matt Clapham and Jesper Johansson have written a really good overview of SBS 2003 R2 for use in a...
Author: markstan Date: 09/28/2006
Open Beta for NetMon 3.0 Beta 2
The latest version of NetMon is now available for download via the Connect site (Passport and...
Author: markstan Date: 09/20/2006
Vista Clients (32 and 64 bit) on SBS
Sean Daniels has an update on the steps to connect Windows Vista RC1 to SBS:...
Author: markstan Date: 09/20/2006
Security Advisory 922582– Minifilter Can Block AU and WSUS
Hi,The following update has been released today, in SBS 2003 R2 you might see this problem if you...
Author: markstan Date: 09/12/2006
Running Vista RC1 on SBS?
Sean Daniels and Becky Ochs provides an excellent overview of connecting a Vista Client to SBS....
Author: markstan Date: 08/31/2006
SBS Backup Configuration Wizard does not let you select "Removable Media" as a backup target location
[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of Peter Gallagher]We've had a few customers that have purchased...
Author: markstan Date: 08/29/2006
Have You Seen DaSBS Code Yet?
https://xpstream.winisp.net/lisota (Link and picture thanks to...
Author: markstan Date: 08/04/2006
R2 Recalled
ZDNet has the details. https://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6099857.html [Edit] Eric Ligman also...
Author: markstan Date: 07/28/2006
Inside SBS Podcast Episode #20 - R2 and WSUS
In this week's episode, we finally return to talk about R2 in general terms, and then dive in to...
Author: markstan Date: 07/28/2006
Inside the Remote Web Workplace - Part I
In this first part of a two-part series, Justin Crosby gives an overview of the SBS 2003 Remote Web...
Author: markstan Date: 07/25/2006
Security permission was insufficient to update your device error on Motorola Q Devices
[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of James Frederickson] So you got a new Motorola Q phone from...
Author: markstan Date: 07/24/2006
Invitation to Join the Podcast Gang Next Monday - WSUS and SBS 2003 R2
Please join the Inside SBS crew on Monday, July 24th for a spirited discussion about SBS 2003 R2's...
Author: markstan Date: 07/18/2006
SBS 2003 R2 Must Be Installed as The Built-in Administrator
[Thanks to Damian Leibaschoff for this tip] When you try to install SBS 2003 R2 you get a generic...
Author: markstan Date: 07/17/2006
Green Check, Meet Blue Check
Green Check, Meet Blue Check Most people in the SBS space by now have heard about the “Green Check”....
Author: markstan Date: 07/13/2006
SBS 2003 R2 Officially Launches Today!
Expect a good deal of content, articles, podcasts, etc, etc to be released on this blog shortly....
Author: markstan Date: 07/11/2006
SBS 2003 Technology Update Program Now Accepting Orders
The SBS 2003 R2 Technology Upgrade Program (TUP) ordering website is now live and taking orders. See...
Author: markstan Date: 07/10/2006
SBS 2003, BlackBerry, Send As, and AdminSDholder
This tip comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett. We've seen an increased number of customer issues...
Author: markstan Date: 06/30/2006
Using the /3GB Switch with SBS 2003
I’d like to address a question that was asked during last week's MVP Summit, and periodically...
Author: markstan Date: 06/30/2006
Vista and Office 2007 on SBS Networks
We'll be updating the FAQ soon, but we wanted to address a few questions that have come up lately...
Author: markstan Date: 06/26/2006
Allocated Memory Errors After Adding RAM
In our last podcast, we mentioned a case where allocated memory errors were caused by adding RAM to...
Author: markstan Date: 06/07/2006
Attention WSUS Users - WSUS SP1 Uploaded to Microsoft Update
According to https://blogs.technet.com/wsus/archive/2006/06/07/433695.aspx, WSUS SP1 is on its way to...
Author: markstan Date: 06/07/2006
Inside SBS Podcast Episode #19 - Getting Started with SBS
This episode, we decided to break with our standard format and bring a guest online for the podcast....
Author: markstan Date: 05/26/2006
Meet Dean Paron
In this second installment in the "Meet the SBS Team" series, we introduce Dean Paron, Lead Program...
Author: markstan Date: 05/19/2006
The SBS Community Survey
[EDIT]: The survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated! The Small Business Server...
Author: markstan Date: 05/19/2006
Forcing a Reboot on ISA Hotfix 916106
We've seen a few cases now where ISA Hotfix 916106 does not prompt for a reboot, as the hotfix...
Author: markstan Date: 05/15/2006
Inside SBS Episode #18 - The POP3 Connector - Now Available
Please join the Inside SBS podcast gang for a round-table discussion on everyone's favorite SBS...
Author: markstan Date: 05/03/2006
SBS Is Hiring!
Do you want to be a part of the global escalation site for SBS? Would you like to join a team of...
Author: markstan Date: 05/01/2006
CompanyWeb, Monitoring, etc Stop Working After Uninstalling SQL 2000 SP4
We've seen a few cases where uninstalling a SQL 2000 SP4 instance may cause loss of connectivity to...
Author: markstan Date: 04/25/2006
Invitation to Join the Podcast Gang Next Tuesday
This is your invitation to join the Inside SBS crew Tuesday, April 25th for an in-depth discussion...
Author: markstan Date: 04/18/2006
KB's Via RSS
Did you know that you can get RSS feeds for specific Microsoft technologies? Want to get...
Author: markstan Date: 04/18/2006
Podcast Update - Waiting on hardware...
I wanted to promise a new time and date for our next podcast, but, unfortunately, I'm waiting on a...
Author: markstan Date: 04/17/2006