The Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server Blog
The official blog for Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server support and product group communications.
Manage Your Domain with Windows SBS 2008 and Windows 7 Professional
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of JoAnn McKimpson from the SBS Marketing Team] Easily and...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 04/09/2010
Find Items Faster with Windows Search and Libraries
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of JoAnn McKimpson from the SBS Marketing Team] Search your own...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 04/05/2010
Source Server Does Not Meet Minimum Requirements for Migration
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett from Product Quality and Damian Leibaschoff from...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/26/2010
Work Smarter with Offline Files and Shadow Copy
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of JoAnn McKimpson from the SBS Marketing Team] Have you ever...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/15/2010
A Tip for Preventing Certain SharePoint Connectivity Failure in SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett from Product Quality and Shawn Sullivan from...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/12/2010
Rejoining Small Business Server 2008 into a Preserved Domain after a Disaster
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Wayne Gordon McIntyre from Commercial Technical Support] You...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/09/2010
Help Secure your Business Information using Encrypting File System
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of JoAnn McKimpson from the SBS Marketing Team] Every day, your...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/09/2010
New IT Trends Bring Change to Mid-Market Product Line
Today Microsoft announced that effective June 30, 2010, Microsoft will discontinue future...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/05/2010
Recovering Disk Space on the C: Drive in Small Business Server 2008
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff and Wayne Gordon McIntyre from...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/02/2010
Installation of the Intranet Component May Fail in Small Business Server 2003
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Douglas Boyd and Damian Leibaschoff from Commercial...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/25/2010
Managing your firewalls with SBS 2008 and Windows 7
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mike Toot from the SBS Marketing Team] The first line of...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/18/2010
Outlook 2007 Credential Prompts in Small Business Server 2008
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff from Commercial Technical Support, Chris...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/16/2010
Exchange 2007 Activation Tool is available for Small Business Server 2008
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan from Commercial Technical Support] During the...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/26/2010
Business Backup with SBS and Windows 7
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mike Toot from the SBS Marketing Team] Business computers are...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/25/2010
Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 Installation Tool for SBS 2008 released
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] When you try to install Exchange Server...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/14/2010
Troubleshooting Certificate Mismatch Warnings in Outlook 2007 Clients on Small Business Server 2008
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] An issue experienced by our customers from...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/05/2010
Follow the Small Business Server blog on Twitter
Special thanks to Susan Bradley for creating a new feed on Twitter for the blog. You can now...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 12/18/2009
How to Manually Install Certificates in SBS 2008
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] The SBS Add a Trusted Certificate wizard may...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 12/14/2009
SBS 2008 Hands-On Labs are available from Microsoft Connect
Please visit Sean Daniel’s blog at the following link for information on what labs are...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 12/01/2009
Messaging Hygiene in SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] In Exchange 2007, anti-spam processing is...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 11/09/2009
Considerations when Managing the SBS 2008 Fax Queue from Windows XP
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Roderick White and Shawn Sullivan] By design, user...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/23/2009
Windows 7 Cannot Access Shadow Copies in SBS 2003
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of John Bay, Richard Pulliam and Damian Leibaschoff] When you...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/21/2009
Coming Soon: SBS 2008 with Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 included
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] In the coming weeks you will notice that...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/16/2009
Remote Working; Why it’s Important for Keeping Your Business Running
How do you manage your small business through the currents of today? Between the current flu...
Author: Ariom Date: 10/14/2009
Remote Access: SMBs Will Continue to Get Enterprise-Caliber Capabilities with SBS and EBS
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Dave Berkowitz] We are nearing the point where Windows Server...
Author: Ariom Date: 10/05/2009
Remote Working Enabled by Windows Small Business Server 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Becky Lymberis] Small business owners understand how...
Author: Ariom Date: 09/28/2009
WSUS Language Settings Could Be Lost After Upgrading to WSUS 3.0 SP2 on Small Business Server 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill, Justin Crosby, Damian Leibaschoff, and...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/24/2009
How to Move WSUS Content and Database Files to a Different Volume
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Rod White] When trying to free up space, customers frequently...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/23/2009
Why Small Businesses Use Windows Small Business Server
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Becky Lymberis] We’re often talking with small business...
Author: Ariom Date: 09/10/2009
SBS 2008 Update Rollup 3 (KB 969121) Installation Failure
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] When you attempt to install SBS 2008 UR 3...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/08/2009
How to Manually Create the SBS 2008 and WSUS Group Policies Objects
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Ed Walters] Please click HERE for the steps to manually create...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/03/2009
Why Are Some of My Groups Not Displaying in the SBS Console? Post Has Been Updated
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett.] We have updated the Why Are Some of My Groups...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/02/2009
Running Netsh on Windows 2008/Vista Causes Invalid Registry Entries to be Created
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of the Shawn Sullivan and Mark Stanfill] A known issue exists in...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/31/2009
How to Install Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 on Windows Small Business Server 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] Microsoft Exchange Sp2 has been released,...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/25/2009
IE 8 Releasing to WSUS
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of the SBS Team] On August 25th, Internet Explorer (IE) 8 will be...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/21/2009
Unable to Manage DHCP When an Invalid Name Record Exists in your Hosts File
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] Under certain circumstances, you might be...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/20/2009
New hotfix available to address the SBS 2008 Fax routing to email issue (0x80040211)
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff and Chris Puckett] The following post has...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/10/2009
You Cannot Install the Hyper-V Role on the SBS 2008 Primary Server
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Martina Grom, Technet Team Blog Austria] When you install the...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/07/2009
SharePoint Services 3 Search event errors after an SBS 2008 Update Rollup
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] After installing an SBS 2008 Update Rollup...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/05/2009
Microsoft Exchange 2007 SP2 installation is blocked on Windows SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Fang Xie] Microsoft Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 will be...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/30/2009
Microsoft Presents Server Quest II
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] Do you want to try a fun and awesome game...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/29/2009
SBS 2008 Console May Take Too Long to Display Alerts and Security Statuses, Display Not Available, or Crash
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff and Justin Crosby] Under certain...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/14/2009
Windows Essential Solutions at the WPC 2009 Booth
Yesterday at 6pm the WPC 2009 Booth doors opened, and the Expo started. The Windows Essential Server...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/14/2009
WPC Session: Which Server is Right for you?
Today, Russ Madlener, Dean Paron, Brendan Power and Eric Watson gave a session at World-Wide Partner...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/13/2009
Editing One of the Default User Role Templates May Produce an Unexpected Warning in SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff and Doug Boyd] When you edit or make a...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/07/2009