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I have SBS 08 and users with XP/Vista/7. I'd like to know if it's possible to broadcast a message to AD users while they are logged in the domain(for example to told users a reboot will be done, something like that) I'm not using terminal server.

I don't find the "Send message" in the Computer Management -> Shared Folders -> right click, All task.

Thanks for your help.

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One of the simplest replacements for the old "net send" faciliity:

 msg [username] "the message"

(You can substitute '*' for username too)
There are other options available too. Type msg without arguements for more help.

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Thanks, but it seems that it only work for users that are locally logged-in the SBS 08 server. I'd like to send a message to users that are logged-in the domain ! Net send used to do that i think, but since it's disabled now... – Bastien974 Feb 22 '10 at 21:13
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In order for net send to work "Messenger" service needs to be enabled on the workstations. I believe XP and above it does not start automatically. – xeon Feb 22 '10 at 21:26
@xeon: I'm not certain about 2008/Vista, but I know Win7/2008R2 there is no "net send" command or "messenger service at all. @ Bastient, use the /server switch and send the message to their computer. This isn't a fast or ideal solution, but it works. – Chris S♦ Feb 22 '10 at 21:35
So there are not any other way to send a message than with Messenger ? Maybe it's possible to enabled it with a GPO or a script ? – Bastien974 Feb 22 '10 at 21:35
On older machnines you can enable the "Messenger" service through GPO. But on newer machines it simply doesn't exist. – Chris S♦ Feb 22 '10 at 21:37
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