Windows Small Business Server 2008 is the Microsoft operating system in the `SBS` line based on Windows Server 2008. It went RTM August 21st, 2008 and officially launched November 12th, 2008. Like the rest of the `SBS` line, it includes a number of Microsoft products bundled with it, the tradeoff ...
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Reinstall SBS 2008 from scratch and migrate Users and Groups from old Installation
I want to reinstall our SBS 2008, it was set up before I started to work at the company and its quiet a mess. SQL Server is directly installed onto the SBS, Dynamics CRM too...
Were upgrading CRM to ...
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No mouse, no keyboard, no network on Virtual SBS 2008 (Hyper-V)
I am trying to convert a physical SBS 2008 to virtual with Hyper-V 2012.
Everything seems fine (the VM boots quickly - 5 minutes) until I reach the welcome screen asking me to press CTRL-ALT-DEL. ...
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Multiple exchange servers
Just looking for the best way to do this.
I have a SBS 2008 server, and have remote users in another state that only use email from our server. Their files and just chucked wherever they can and ...
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Do these files look like virus remnants?
We've been having Backup Exec issues related to a corrupt file within SYSVOL on an SBS 2008 server. An anti-virus scan removed a file (the same one BE was failing on) from within the scripts folder as ...
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Should I be worried about Code 39 for these drivers on a virtual server?
We currently run an SBS2008 DC/Exchange/AD on hardware that is getting dated. Before it falls all the way over we are trying to get it virtualized, as we do have a shiny new (and under utilized) ...
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SBS 2008 Initial 5 CALs [duplicate]
I recently took over IT for a company and I am auditing the number of CALs my company owns. I have ten 5-packs of CAL sheets. I know that SBS 2008 comes with 5 CALs. Was one of those CAL sheets ...
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How do I limit Standard Users to 1 RDP session while leaving admin on 2 or more
I know how to change it at about 3 different locations(Limit administrator RDP session to single instance instead of default 2 simultaneous?), but I want to differentiate between admin and standard ...
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HP MicroServer - HP logo light Orange [closed]
I just bought one of these HP MicroServer as everyone seems to think they are great for a home lab, I installed SBS 2011 on to the box with no problems.
Suddenly today when I have turned it on the HP ...
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No IP address on Windows SBS 2008
We have a strange problem in our Windows SBS 2008 and it just came over a night.
The problem is that Windows says that we are not connected to any IP4 or IP6 network but it recognises that the network ...
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How to do System Restore on SBS 2008? [closed]
How can you do a System Restore on Small Business Server 2008?
Is this function available in SBS 2008? If not, what is the equivalent function to use?
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First login to Domain Account outside network
I recently sent a new laptop to our branch outside the Country.
I set it up and tested it with a LOCAL "ROOT_ADMIN" account (a standard for our company). I set him up as a local administrator from ...
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SBS 2008 Folder Share permissions mess
I came across this question asked a couple of years ago about setting permissions via a script and was hoping that there might be a similar script that would work for me with the issue I am having.
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Windows 8 Pro hangs at Applying Computer Setting for 10 mins on Domain
I have a few Windows 8 clients connected to my SBS 2008 Server. When i reboot the windows 8 machine while connected to the network it takes over 10 mins and sits at "Applying Computer Settings". If i ...
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FTP Connection issue [closed]
I am trying to access a FTP server with Anonymous Access, this worked until recently and now will not allow Anonymous to login, although it prompts for a username and password so the service is still ...
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Possible causes of high download activity on network [closed]
We had an issue where we noticed approximately 170GB of data downloaded as http traffic over a one week period on our network. After locking down many services and running a hub as an in between ...
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Windows Server Backup, drive is doing full backup instead of incremental
We currently have a windows small business server 2008, that is being backed up using the default SBS tools (windows server backup). Things seem to work properly, but the backups are taking a very ...
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Which SBS 2008 files are worth backing up with the highest level of redundancy?
I've just had a bad experience with SBS2008 backup which failed to backup and restore the Active Directory (the NTDIS.dit file wasn't restored). Given the importance of this file, I now regret not ...
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How do i create a user who only has access to exchange email?
We have 2 new external contractors who are contacting customers on our behalf and we want them to be able to send mails only. They have outlook and we have outlook web access configured. However, I ...
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SBS 2008 Redirection visibility issues - want to move off SBS 2008
I inherited an SBS2008 server which had a corrupt or otherwise lost userid which was used to setup redirects, etc.
I was able to break in by enabling the Administrator ID and resetting the password.
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Mail Forwarding on SBS2003
We recently our mail service to Gmail which has been great. The only application I haven't been able to cut over from our old mail service is our phone server which isn't able to send mail to an SSL ...
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How to cause workstations on network to install msi package?
I have remote access to a Windows Small Business Server 2008 machine. There are about 5 workstations connected to this network.
How can I make every workstation install an .msi package without ...
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Are the Exchange 2007 hub transport rule predicates any-style or all-style
I really could not think of a better way to express the Any|All distinction I am trying to make there. If you can, please go right ahead.
I am trying to make a rule for an exchange hub transport ...
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SQL Server 2012 Multiple Instance Priority
I'm in the process of upgrading our small SQL databases to SQL Server 2012. We have at least 3 instances, (1) Critical work databases, (2) low-importance System Maintenance databases, (3) WSUS.
Can I ...
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Windows SBS 2008 to Windows Server 2012 migration
I am in the process of upgrading my Windows SBS 2008 server running Exchange, Active Directory and as a File server to Windows Server 2012 essentials. Now I know that Windows Server 2012 essentials ...
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Centreon/Nagios Reporting HTTPS Warning on SBS
Our Centreon server reports warnings when checking https, particularly on Small Business 2008 and 2011 servers:
Default settings on SBS, generally using remote. prefix for RWW
Is there anything we ...
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Cannot add Windows 7 client to SBS 2008
I have just installed SBS 2008 R2 Standard on VMware Workstation 9 along with Windows 7 Pro N. Both are activated and running fine. I have followed the steps to configure SBS 2008 and am now at the ...
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SBS 2008 - Blank desktop while installing
I'm trying to install SBS 2008 Standard Ed on a VMware Workstation 8. The installation runs fine up until some point where the desktop becomes completely blank. The server is still running and ...
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Trouble setting up incoming VPN in Microsoft SBS 2008 through a Cisco ASA 5505 appliance
I have replaced an aging firewall (custom setup using Linux) with a Cisco ASA 5505 appliance for our network. It's a very simple setup with around 10 workstations and a single Small Business Server ...
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Uninstallation of WSUS form SBS 2008 [closed]
I am not much experienced system admin, but i came across the client who was having SBS 2008. The server was running out of HDD space. So to recover some, I removed its WSUS role (twas not ...
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Moving mails from SBS 2008 to SBS 2011
we are going to upgrade server from SBS 2008 to a new hardware server with SBS 2011.
Due to non-experience in Server Migration (eg, answer file), we have decided to choose Clean Install. We have 12 ...
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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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QB Database Server Manager Assigning Incorrect EngineName and ServerPort
We recently upgraded to QB 2012 Premier (US) from QB 2011 Pro on our SBS 2008 box. We are trying to get the database server manager working properly on our server. Currently the Database Server ...
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SBS 2008 Move data wizard crashing when moving Redirected Folders [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
SBS 2008 Move Data Wizard crashing. Moving Redirected User Data
Trying to migrate data from C: to D: via the SBS console is failing.
The wizard starts running but drops ...
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SBS 2008 Move Data Wizard crashing. Moving Redirected User Data
We're trying to move Users' Redirected Documents data from C: to D: using the wizard in the SBS console. It keeps crashing though as soon you hit next for the fist time in the wizard.
This server has ...
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ShareWebDb_log.ldf is 97GB - How to reduce?
We run an SBS 2008 server with WSS. On the drive I have set aside for WSS, I'm fast running out of space due to the ShareWebDb_log.ldf file:
I've tried doing to do what I've read online - change ...
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Does cloud computing offer this? [closed]
I have some newb questions I want answering please about cloud hosting - we are currently looking at Rackspace and getting a windows box. This is the situation:
We have 15 computers in our office.
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upgrade existing server to use Hyper V
We have a small office with one server on SBS 2008 and we don't have a budget right now to buy a new server.
Is it possible to buy a new harddrive, install hyper V then install the latest SBS 2012 ...
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SBS2008 : can't have a mailbox accessible from outside?
We have a SBS2008 server with 9 users using the embeeded Exchange. The MX record points to this server. This works fine.
We want 2 remote users to also have a mailbox on this server. The consultant ...
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Microsoft InTune in a SBS2008 Environment
I'm looking into using InTune and Office 365, mainly for the licensing benefits it brings but also because our company is moving to having more users based around the globe and I feel it will make ...
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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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Why has my Network Policy and Access Services role disabled after Windows Update?
Ok so clearly the question should answer itself. We have installed some updates on our SBS server and upon restart our entire VPN setup is broken. I have been trying to troubleshoot the error as much ...
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Exchange 2007 mail.queue keeps growing then shuts down transport
I have an exchange 2007 SP2 server where the Hub Transport log files, specifically the mail queue database keeps growing to 4GB, then the Exchange Transport service shuts down.
Once I delete the logs ...
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Server VPN affect Users
We have two sites, each running there own server.
If I was to set up a VPN on Server A to connect to Server B(about 50miles away), would the clients Internet be directed through the VPN and out ...
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MSSQL Express Logfile ist too big
Its on a SBS2008 Server, and we're running out of space. when checking what's the reason i found that the Errorlog from MSSQ is using above 50 gigs (see Picture)
How can i solve this? google ...
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Average WSUS synchronisation data usage?
Recently, I configured our SBS2008 server to use WSUS. I set up a daily synchronisation, removed the packages that were of no interest / use to my domain and let it do it's thing.
Lo and behold, ...
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Random errors saving word documents on file share
I have a strange issue with saving word documents to a folder share on a server.
Server is running SBS 2008 and client machines are running windows 7 64bit prof.
What is happening is when a user ...
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IMAPSize on SBS2008 and automatic backup with Windows Task Scheduler
im trying to setting up IMAPsize on a SBS2008 for doing an automatic backup.
IMAPSize is working in GuiMode, Console (-backup -account=*) and with a batch (writing also to logfile).
But if im using ...
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SBS Server without using CAL restricted features
Following a company merger, the number of employees in the company for which this question relates is more than 75, the maximum number supported by SBS 2008.
The company have decided not to buy any ...
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SBS2008 (Outlook/Exchange) How to change permission on public folder calendar
A user in my office created a shared calendar on our public folder in outlook, they have set everyone up as an author but I need to add another user as author and they are out of the office for four ...
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Restore SBS 2008 Backup to Same Hardware but Different Disk Configuration
We've got a Dell T610 Server with SBS 2008 on it, running Exchange Server, SQL Server Express, DHCP, Active Directory, Sharing Files and Printers, etc.
We currently have (4) Seagate Savvio 15K 146GB ...
