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.
Hosting Multiple E-mail Domains on SBS 2008
Sean Daniel and Adam DePue, both members of the SBS product group, have put together a blog post on...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/13/2008
System State Backups and SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of John Bay] The normal backup that SBS 2008 creates contains all...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/13/2008
Installing Terminal Services in Application Mode on a Windows 2008 Member Server in a SBS 2008 Domain Succeeds with Errors
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] An issue was discovered when installing the...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/09/2008
Receiving Certificate Errors When Connecting to Clients/Servers with TS Gateway or Remote Web Workplace on SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan and Justin Crosby] Remote Desktop Disconnected...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/03/2008
Key Small Business Server 2008 Log Files
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre and Justin Crosby]In SBS 2008 we have...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 10/01/2008
How Do I Distribute the SBS 2008 Self-Signed SSL Certificate to My Users?
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan and Rituraj Choudhary] Today’s post...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/30/2008
Fix My Network wizard (FNCW) Fails to Fix the Exchange SMTP Connectors in SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] This post discusses an issue we have found...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/29/2008
Can I Use Terminal Services in SBS 2008?
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan, Justin Crosby, and Edwin Joseph] SBS 2008 is...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/26/2008
How to Configure Non-Authoritative Accepted Domains in SBS 2008 (Exchange 2007)
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] Today, we are going to discuss how to...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/25/2008
Why Does My SBS 2008 Premium Second Server Display as a Client Computer?
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby and Kim Oehmichen] You may notice that your SBS...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/24/2008
Why Are Some of My Client Computers/Servers Not Displaying in the SBS Console?
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Kim Oehmichen] Today’s blog will address the...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/24/2008
Why Are Some of My Groups Not Displaying in the SBS Console?
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Kim Oehmichen] Today’s blog will address the question why some...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/23/2008
Why Are Some of My Users Not Displaying in the SBS Console?
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Kim Oehmichen] Today’s blog will address the question...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/22/2008
The Difference Between Disabling and Removing a Mailbox in Exchange 2007
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] For those of you who are new to Exchange 2007...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/21/2008
Introducing the “Add a Trusted Certificate Wizard” in SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] The purpose of the “Add a trusted...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/20/2008
How to Configure SBS 2008 to Host POP3/IMAP4
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] Today’s post will discuss the steps necessary...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/19/2008
How to Configure Trusted SMTP Relay in Exchange on SBS 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] Today we will discuss the steps necessary to...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/18/2008
SBS 2008: Supported Networking Topology
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby and Wayne McIntyre] Networking in SBS 2008 has...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/16/2008
SBS 2008 and Virtualization
Possibly one of the most exciting topics in the market today – well perhaps not as exciting as...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/15/2008
SBS Monitoring shows The page cannot be displayed
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Duncan Chalmers and Chris Puckett] SYMPTOMS The Monitoring and...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 09/12/2008
The SBS 2008 Answer File and the Certificate authority name
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] If you haven't seen this post from Sean...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/27/2008
Known post installation event errors in SBS 2008 (and how to resolve them)
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Lora McCambridge and Damian Leibaschoff] SBS 2008 has been...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/26/2008
IE 8 Beta 2 and SBS
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of John Bay] Beta 2 for IE version 8 will be released soon. You...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/25/2008
SBS 2008: Released to Manufacturing!
On behalf of the SBS team, I am extremely pleased to announce that Windows Small Business Server...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/21/2008
Get Ready for the Windows Essential Server Solutions Launch with Technical Training Series
This is a great opportunity for registered Partners: Get Ready for the Windows Essential Server...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/12/2008
Reminder: New Security Updates to be released tomorrow
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] On August 12th, Microsoft will release...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/11/2008
Windows Service Pack 2 for Windows Small Business Server 2003
This is just a quick note to remind anyone who had previously used the SP2 Blocker Toolkit to block...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/11/2008
Official Launch Date for SBS 2008 - November 12, 2008
At WPC we announced November 12th 2008 as the official launch date for Windows Small Business Server...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/30/2008
New KB Articles Released Concerning Issues Around DNS Security Update 953230 (MS08-037)
Two new KB articles have been released that discuss the issue we first spoke about in our blog post...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/25/2008
SBS 2008 and Vista Event Being Held in Las Colinas Texas Tomorrow
[Today's post comes to us courtesy Justin Crosby and Peter Gallagher] Peter Gallagher, Charles...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/25/2008
Some Services May Fail to Start or May Not Work Properly After Installing MS08-037 (951746 and 951748)
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of John Bay, Damian Leibaschoff, Justin Crosby and Chris Puckett]...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/17/2008
Cannot Access CompanyWeb After Installing 948110
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff and Justin Crosby] SharePoint users who...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/11/2008
Loss of Internet Connectivity After Installing 951748 and 951746
We have received reports of customers loosing Internet connectivity after installing MS08-037...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/11/2008
SBS 2008 Migration Demo and Interview
Check out the Migration demo and interview of Chris Almida. Chris is a program manager for Microsoft...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/10/2008
2nd UPDATE: Installing Hotfix 948110 on SBS 2003 Servers
We have received a few reports of hotfix 948110 causing issues with SharePoint (Companyweb) on SBS...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/09/2008
More new video from the WPC
Aaron Booker and the folks at www.varvid.com caught up with me today for a quick interview --...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/09/2008
Microsoft response to Q&A in comment section (Call-Back support announcement)
Microsoft response to Q&A in comment section (Link to original post) Community Question: Are we...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/08/2008
Announcement: Call-back support for Small Business Server Products
On August 1, 2008 the Small Business Server support business at Microsoft will implement a call-back...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/02/2008
Software Assurance entitlement for SBS 2003 customers upgrading to SBS 2008
As we have previously documented, the product components that make up the SBS 2008 solution (Link to...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/30/2008
WinVerifyTrust update (KB 938759) will be mandatory for WSUS on SBS 2003
If you are running Update Services in SBS 2003 R2 or just WSUS on any versions of SBS 2003, the...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/19/2008
How SBS 2003 CALs Work with Windows 2008 in Your SBS Domain
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] As you probably already know your SBS CAL...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/18/2008
Allow Authenticated Relay
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] Today we are going to discuss the "Allow...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/04/2008
SBS 2008 How-To Information on David Overton's blog
For some great SBS 2008 "how to" guidance, be sure to check out David Overton's blog. SBS 2008...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/03/2008
Announcing Small Business Server 2008 RC0 Public Preview
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Dean Paron] After extensive development and private...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 05/28/2008
The Windows Small Business Server 2008 WW Community Survey is Live
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Kevin Beares] This is the third year we have published an SBS...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 05/28/2008
WSUS 3.0 SP1 Installation Behavior
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of John Bay] Back in February, we blogged about the release of...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 05/16/2008
SBS Best Practice: Backup and Restore of IIS Configuration
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] Today we will be sharing an IIS best...
Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 05/15/2008