Microsoft Windows Small Business Server is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. Probably the most notable inclusions are Exchange, ...
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Windows 2003 SBS - how to take over administration for a small business?
I'm working with a Windows Small Business Server 2003. I have very little server experience here and this one has some pretty specific issues with it I'm unsure how to address. The only source of ...
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Simulate two domains on one machine to support work/home isolation [closed]
Problem statement: How can I support isolation of identities on a signle in-home network that supports both personal and business resources? I know the Windows NT servers have plenty of methods of ...
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Open custom port for IIS windows firewall or group policy
I am running Windows SBS 2011. I have added a web site to IIS using port 8888 and it works perfectly when connecting locally, but not from any other PC on the network (domain).
I think I need to open ...
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Windows authentication failure in IIS for only one user
I have a server running Windows SBS 2011, it acts as a Domain Controller running a domain of around 60 users. I have an intranet on the server in IIS with Windows Authentication. The intranet uses AD ...
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Why is my loopbacked GPO reporting as disabled
Let me start by saying that my experience with GPO is limited to tentatively poking at settings until they fall into place by trial and error. It is entirely possible this will be a very obvious ...
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saving issues osx 10.8 adobe photoshop on server smb
we get several saving issues while saving files in Adobe applications CS 6 (especially in Photoshop) on a Windows Server 2003 Share connected via SMB.
Unfortunately the problems aren't able to be ...
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SBS 2003 to Server 2012 -architecture
I have an SBS 2003 box that is being "refreshed" (replaced). I need to replicate core functionality without the SBS package (due to MS dropping it). Key functionality is:
Proxied Remote Desktop
AD
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SBS 2003 E-mail Notification for Backup
I was wondering if anyone knows of a good way to setup a way that the SBS 2003 will send an e-mail notification if the backup has failed. Any ideas?
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PPTP VPN connections stops working after period of time
I have a client with an SBS 2011 server which is acting as a PPTP VPN server that is having difficulty maintaining working VPN connections to their server for remote workers.
Client machines are able ...
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Windows SBS 2012 Email
Just a quick question that I can't seem to find any information on.
I understand that SBS 2011 included Exchange, and that the SBS model is no longer being made (moved to Windows Server Essentials ...
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Active Directory domain recreation versus migration
This is for a small business with under 20 employees and a single location:
I have this old Windows 2003 SBS server that needs to be ditched. I'm drafting plans now to perform a migration from ...
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Can I use SBS / SharePoint to allow specific customers to login and track progress?
I'm new to SharePoint and am building a collaborative internal website for issue tracking (one of the many SharePoint sites on this SBS machine). The site is already accessible from the outside of our ...
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Why Can't I Access This Share?
Using Small Business Server 2011 Standard
Used the Create A Share Wizard
I am the domain admin
I have a security group called accounting
I made a share called accounting and gave permissions just ...
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Activex control does not initialize
I have several activex controls that extend the browser in an intranet environment. I'm running SBS 2008 and Win 7&8 on the clients. This was working fine until I had to rebuild the server. Now ...
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Forwarding ports for RDP with SBS 2012
I am having issues forwarding ports on a D-Link DIR-615 router. I have a Windows Server 2012 Essentials set up, including the Remote Web Access (which works properly!). The problem originally is that ...
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Small Business Server Standard 2011 Acting As A Router/Firewall or Connected Via Switch
Using Small Business Server Standard 2011, what is the preferred best practice for a group of about 15 computers.
To use it as the router/firewall and have it be assigning DHCP, or have it connected ...
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Small Business Server Standard 2011 & Remote Access & Folder Redirection
I'm wonder what are the best practices to having a Small Business Server, and having users remotely access their files.
Should they login through using remote access with the server and access their ...
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Can I install SBS 2011 Standard onto an existing 2008R2 server?
I have an existing Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard dedicated server at a server farm, all set up. Monitoring tools, public and private NIC's, out-of-band management tools, the whole shebang; it's ...
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SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 but keep old server online
I have a client running SBS 2003 and they are ready to upgrade to SBS 2008. They have a couple of programs that will not run on SBS 2008 and thus cannot be migrated. Is there a way to keep the old ...
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DNS error with sbs2003 migration to 2011
I have been getting that message Your Local server is not in the name server records and it is not going away. I have followed the suggestions from this. Other suggestions are also same as his anyway. ...
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PowerShell & FileNotFoundException : which file?
I'm trying to follow the instructions in http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg697165.aspx, but my powershell script keeps throwing exceptions. It refers to a FileNotFoundException...but I ...
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SBS2011 SharePoint 2010 - Word/Excel prompting for password
I am accessing the built in SharePoint 2010 on SBS2011 via Microsoft Office Excel and Word (opening a file from WebDAV http file mapped drive in Explorer).
When saving a file, I get prompted from ...
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SBS as a RDP gateway
Hi all I want to start using my SBS:Essentials server as a RDP gateway but i'm getting cert errors saying can't connect becuase its an unverified certificate
Is there a cheap/Free way to issue a cert ...
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Trouble with backup on SBS2008
We have an SBS2008 installation, which has a backup task. It creates a backup twice a day onto external storage. This worked for a long time.
But the backup can't be performed now. The last valid ...
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How can you view the size of a backup in SBS 2008
How do you view the size of a backup in SBS2008? The logs give separate numbers for each drive and adding them up gives a number that seems too big.
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Microsoft SBS Exchange Delay Between Receiving
I've just migrated my servers from Exchange 2003, and decided to rather use SBS 2011.
Some users are complaining about the delay between mail collection. I set the pop connector to 5Minutes, I could ...
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SBS 2003 Unexpected shutdown to standby
In the past 24 hours our Windows SBS 2003 server has twice experienced an unexpected shutdown, resulting in the server going into a power off/standby state - not an OS standby.
Upon restart (finger ...
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SBS2011 Detailed Network Report
I have configured an SBS2011 Server to e-mail me a weekly 'Detailed Network Report' (saw it while configuring a daily e-mailed Back Up report).
Within the Report there is lots of info regarding all ...
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Error while setting up Anywhere Access on Windows Server 2012 Essential (personalized domain name from Microsoft) [closed]
I am trying to setup Anywhere Access on a Windows Server 2012 Essential Release Candidate, but keep getting this error:
"The domain name was not setup for your server. Wait a few minutes and run the ...
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Error: “You Were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network”
We recently upgraded to SBS2011 and my XP clients are receiving this error when our in house application attempts to copy files from the server:
You were not connected because a duplicate name ...
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Permissions won't cascade more than 1 level
Running Windows Small Business Server 2011
I have a file structure with a lot of sub folders (sometimes 5-6 levels deep). I have created access groups to grant access to my users, and also deny ...
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SBS2011 Exchange and Outlook 2010 looking for autodiscover.extdomain.com
I have an out of the box SBS2011 install which is fully patched and updated.
During SBS2011 installation did not give me the option of putting a .com and has instead setup my domain name with a local ...
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Windows File Sharing with Check in / Check out feature [closed]
Similar to this question, but what I want is a check in / out feature that is built in to Windows File Sharing. The server it would run on is a Windows SBS 2011 server, and the clients will all be ...
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Exchange / AD credential sync delay?
We're running Exchange 2007 on a box with Small Business Server 2008. A user's AD account's password expired yesterday, so he reset it in the morning. He uses Exchange ActiveSync on his iPhone - he ...
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SBS 2011 - Unable to register the MSExchangeAB RPC interface. Failed with the error code The endpoint is a duplicate (1740)
I am running SBS 2011, with all updates applied.
I get the following error EventID 1008 Unable to register the MSExchangeAB RPC interface. Failed with the error code The endpoint is a duplicate ...
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SB 2008, add client using http://connect - supported OS not found
On an SBS 2008 machine with update rollup 5 installed, I'm unable to add a new client using http://connect. I get the verify computer requirements unsuccessful error.
I've had the same issue on ...
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Moving from SBS to Windows Server 2012
I understand that Microsoft won't be releasing another Windows Small Business Server after 2011, yet many businesses have too many users for the "Essentials" edition of Windows Server 2012, not really ...
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Migrating e-mail from SBS2008 to fresh install
My family's small business runs Small Business Server 2008 (Standard). Their current server needs to be upgraded, and has already been migrated once using bare-metal recovery. However, running for ...
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Migrate from Intel to AMD based server
I have been using an old Intel based Dell desktop as a Small Business server 2011 (SBS 2011 Standard x64) box for the last 6 months. Last week I purchased an older AMD Socket F server that will do ...
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SBS2011 Disabling SharePoint because of problems
Anyone with any definite ways to disable Sharepoint on SBS2011?
I can find no specific 'How To' or instructions on the Microsoft site, only mentions of it on technet without much other information.
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How can I get SBS2011 to issue certificates?
I want to use certificates to authenticate both client and server for a new internal service.
Since all our servers already have the SBS (2011 Standard) server's Cert installed as a Trusted Root, ...
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New domain user is created against dismounted (wrong) mail box database
I have a dismounted mailbox database in my exchange 2010 server and my main mounted mailbox database. When I create a new domain account it creates their mailbox against the dismounted one.
How can ...
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SBS2011 allow ActiveSync from remote subnets but disable OWA and SharePoint
I have an SBS2011 server, I need to allow ActiveSync (by forwarding 443 from the firewall to the server) but disable OWA and SharePoint when being accessed remotely (disable for any connections to ...
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New SBS2011 box not setting up Internet
A customer has asked for help with this, and given me remote access, and my Google searching is not helping. SU doesn't seem to have anyone available to help in chat currently, so I'm trying here.
I ...
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New SBS 2011 installation (not migration) in an existing 2008 R2 domain
My current network setup has two servers: a Windows 2008 R2 with TMG 2010 as edge firewall (TMG server), a second 2008 R2 with DC, DNS and Hyper-V roles (DCDNS server). I was trying to install SBS ...
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SBS 2011: change display language for end user of the internal website?
I like to manage the SBS 2011 in English, but the clients require a different language for viewing the internal website, as well as OWA. I've been searching on the web, but according to the following ...
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Windows Server 2008 repair logonui.exe
I'm fairly certain some data on my server got corrupted and from a dialog box that popped up I think one of the things that got corrupted is logonui.exe
I think this because while the server goes ...
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Move email off Small Business Server to Google Apps, retain other SBS functions?
Recently, an in-house Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 was installed where I work. Unfortunately, our buildings have a bad electrical power supply and we suffer frequent outages. We have a large ...
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Domain User cannot login to Sharepoint 2010
A new domain user cannot access a Sharepoint intranet site - they keep getting prompted with a login box.
Their AD group memberships appear identical to other domain users so I figure this user must ...
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Exchange 2003 Defrag is too slow
I have a Exchange database that has been cleaned out and a lot of space freed up. I would like to defrag the database using eseutil, but it is taking too long.
I've tried moving the files to my ...
