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You May Lose Network Connectivity on SBS 2008 When Using a Driver Which Utilizes TDI
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre, Damian Leibaschoff, Chris Puckett, and Justin...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/12/2009
How to Enable Drive Mapping Through SBS 2008 Remote Web Workplace
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of John Bay] The Remote Web Workplace connect to computer feature...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/12/2009
Sean Daniel: How to Install a GoDaddy Certificate on SBS 2008
Sean Daniel has posted an excellent article on how to install GoDaddy certs on SBS 2008. You can...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/11/2009
Slow Connectivity for Outlook Anywhere and Sites that use the SBS Web Applications App Pool
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre, Justin Crosby, and Damian Leibaschoff] We have...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/10/2009
Using Windows 7 BETA With SBS 2008
This article details the known issues with using Windows 7 BETA as a member of an SBS 2008...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/06/2009
Catalog of Installation Error Messages in Windows SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of the SBS UA team and Kumud Dwivedi]Having issues during...
Author: Kevin Beares - MSFT Date: 02/02/2009
How to Use Outlook to Send Email to a SharePoint Document Library on SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] This post discusses the steps necessary to...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/02/2009
Why is My Computer Status Not Showing Online in the SBS Console?
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] You may have noticed that some of your...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/30/2009
Cannot resolve names in certain top level domains like .co.uk.
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] After one day, you may find your Windows 2008...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/29/2009
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Repair Guide Updated
Microsoft has added a few more scenarios to the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Repair Guide....
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/28/2009
How to use a Recovery Storage Group in SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of John Bay] In this post we will discuss how to use a recovery...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/26/2009
One or More Updates Cannot be Installed Error on SBS 2008 Installations
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] During the installation of SBS 2008, when you...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/23/2009
How To Enable Verbose Logging For Most SBS 2008 Wizards and Console
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby and Damian Leibaschoff]In some scenarios you may...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/22/2009
SBS 2008 Update Rollup 1 Releases Today
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Update Rollup 1 releases today. This rollup package addresses the...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/19/2009
SBS 2008 – How to Export and Import Mailboxes To and From PST
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] As many are already aware, exmerge is no...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/13/2009
SBS 2008: How to Make Terminal Servers in Application Sharing Mode Appear in Remote Web Workplace
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of James Frederickson] Administrators will see all servers and...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/09/2009
SBS Makes an Appearance on CBS's The Early Show
SBS was recently featured on CBS's The Early Show on Janurary 3rd in a segment on going green. ...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/07/2009
Introducing the Windows SBS 2008 Answer File
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Rod White and Justin Crosby] Windows Small Business Server...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 01/02/2009
Remotely Administer Additional 2008 Servers
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] Microsoft Windows Server 2008 is the first...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 12/30/2008
A Method to Configure Outlook Web Access Redirection in SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre ] The URL for OWA in SBS 2008 is...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 12/24/2008
SBS 2008 Migrations Fail When The Migration Preparation Tool Has Not Been Run
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of John Bay and Shawn Sullivan] We have recently received a...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 12/19/2008
SBS 2008 to SBS 2008 Migration Fails When "Windows SBS User Policy" Edited
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby and Chris Puckett] Windows Small Business Server...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 12/16/2008
How to Configure the Store Junk Mail Threshold in SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] In SBS 2008 we automatically configure...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 12/09/2008
How Outlook 2007 and Windows Mobile 6.1 Use Autodiscover with SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Rituraj Choudhary and Shawn Sullivan] After the completion of...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 12/03/2008
Introduction to the Fix My Network Wizard (FNCW)
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] In SBS 2003, the CEICW was available to...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 11/26/2008
Windows Live OneCare Announcement
Be aware of the following Windows Live OneCare Announcement. SBS 2008 Specific Q&A: Q: How does...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 11/18/2008
Error 0xC004C009 When Activating SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Rod White and Justin Crosby] When you attempt to activate your...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 11/18/2008
How SBS 2008 Configures Your SPF Record
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] As many are already aware, Microsoft and other...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 11/14/2008
Introducing Server Storage Management in SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] A common support call with SBS 2003 was...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 11/12/2008
WESS Launch: Announcing General Availablity of SBS 2008 and EBS 2008
Today we are proud to invite you to attend the official launch of Essential Business Server (EBS)...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 11/12/2008
Join Us Tomorrow for the Webcast Launch of Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008!
You are invited to join Microsoft for the virtual launch of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 11/11/2008
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Technical FAQ
TechNet has released a great Technical FAQ on SBS 2008. You can access it here:...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 11/06/2008
Introducing SBS 2008 Backup
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby and Damian Leibaschoff] Backup Theory SBS 2008...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 11/03/2008
How to View Emails Quarantined by Forefront Security for Exchange
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] In SBS 2008, Forefront Security for Exchange...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 11/03/2008
DST Reminder
Daylight Savings Time for 2008 will end this weekend on Sunday, November 2nd. This is a reminder to...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/31/2008
"Using Hyper-V with Windows Small Business Server 2008" Documentation Released
The SBS UA team is pleased to announce that the following document is now available in the Windows...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/30/2008
Introduction to SBS 2008 Reporting
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Ed Walters] SBS Reports can be found under the...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/30/2008
SBS 2003 BPA Updated
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of David Copeland]The configuration file for the SBS 2003 BPA has...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/29/2008
How Do I Change Message Size Limits in SBS 2008/2011 Standard?
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] Content Updated on 9/26/2011 Size limits for...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/28/2008
Why You Should Run DHCP On Your SBS 2008
Sean Daniel (member of the SBS product team) has written an excellent blog post on why you should...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/27/2008
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067 – Critical
Make sure that you install this hotfix to your Small Business Servers and client machines as soon as...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/23/2008
Fix My Network Wizard on SBS 2008
Check out this great post about SBS 2008's Fix My Network Wizard on Sean Daniel's blog:...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/22/2008
You Receive a “Target Principal Name is Incorrect” Certificate Error in Outlook 2007 When Connecting to Either POP3 or IMAP4 on SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] This post discusses an issue we have seen...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/17/2008
Introducing the Internet Address Management Wizard: Part 3 of 3
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Ed Walters, Shawn Sullivan, and Justin Crosby] Today we finish...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/17/2008
SBS 2008 BPA Is Live
The Windows Small Business Server 2008 Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) examines a server that is...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/16/2008
Introducing the Internet Address Management Wizard: Part 2 of 3
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Ed Walters and Justin Crosby] Today we continue with part 2 of...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/16/2008
Introducing the Internet Address Management Wizard: Part 1 of 3
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Ed Walters and Justin Crosby] Welcome to part 1 of our 3 part...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/15/2008