Questions tagged [windows-sbs]
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, SQL Server SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).
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Remove computer/user safely from Windows domain to be decommissioned
I am a small business owner. It currently has a Windows domain server, I want to decommission that and run existing client as non-domain standalone workstation.
The domain controller runs SBS 2008. ...
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Migrating Mailboxes from SBS 2008 to Office 365
My customer has a SBS 2008 Server and uses the built-in Exchange Server 2007. I migrated their mailboxes to Office 365 via a cutover migration. Now comes the impossible part. Their workstations are a ...
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How to renew certificate for RDP on SBS 2011
Probably I am doing the wrong procedure (I am not an expert in Windows Servers).
Our server was using a 128 SHA1 self-signed certificate for RDP on SBS 2011. The certificate has expired. I proceeded ...
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What is the minimum annual overhead required to admin an On-Premises Exchange Server
I help run three businesses, and we use two Exchange servers (Windows SBS) for basic email and file sharing. These seem to take up a lot of admin time when contrasted with the linux file server we ...
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Configure DC & Firewall/ Router such that clients can use Internet even if DC is down?
How do Windows domain clients behave if the DC is offline?
Read this and am getting some symptoms. Curious about the answer for this scenario.
When my Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials is down, ...
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SBS2011 - Exchange 2010 - Does removing user remove mail-account?
We're running an Small Business Server 2011 with Exchange 2010. We recently had a few changes in our employees, so we have 3 users that have to go.
What happens if I delete the user? Will the ...
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SBS 2008 to Exchange 2016
I'm getting ready to upgrade my SBS 2008 box to two Windows Server 2012 R2 VMs. I plan on installing Exchange 2016 on one VM and the DC/file server/update services/a few custom services on the other ...
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Routing inernal network
I know this is not the ideal or close to ideal network setup, but I have just setup a SBS 2008 server on a KVM/VPS and have encountered a networking issue. I know that the i will lose server feature ...
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WIndows SBS 2011 Standard - Connect Windows 8.1 Machines
I manage a Windows SBS 2011 Standard Server. Recently had to connect 3 Windows 8.1 machines....but I am not having any luck. I have followed everything I have read online. The updates are completely ...
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Getting Double Logon Prompts in Remote Web Access on SBS 2011
Since a month or so ago our users began getting prompted to logon twice (basic authentication dialog after forms authentication prompt) when logging into the Remote Web Access on our Small Business ...
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How can I connect to any windows machine of a network manage by Windows Small Bussiness?
I have to provide helpdesk support for a group of Windows machines that are in a network managed by a Windows Small Business Server (SBS). I would like to do many tasks using remote desktop.
Is it ...
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Snapshot SBS or Single DC server environments
I can't seem to find a clear answer on this.
Is it safe or not safe to snapshot (or in my case checkpoint under HV 2012) an SBS or single DC server environment? I took over an account and am behind ...
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SBS 2008 coexist with Server Standard for Remote Desktop Services
I need to provide secure remote desktop access to multiple users in a small business. I believe they currently are running SBS 2008 (identifies as Windows Server Standard FE). My understanding is ...
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What is Server 2012 Essentials and how is it different from Server 2012?
In response to the recent trend of asking about features in Windows Server Essentials 2012/R2, as if they were part of the "normal" Server 2012/R2 editions (Standard or Datacenter), It seems like we ...
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How to prevent Microsoft Small Business Server Active Directory addresses showing up in OSX Address Book?
A client has MS Small Business Server installed and numerous iMacs and MacBooks in their office which staff use. They use Google Apps for Business for email not Exchange.
Their IT guy needed to ...
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exchange accounts on outlook 2010 freeze randomly due to high latency
One of our clients is running a windows SBS server 2011, with users in both a TS environment and local lan computer access.
This is a small environment with approximately 35 users.
The symptoms we ...
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Small business server 2011 standard - applications randomly closing for remote desktop users
Small business server 2011 standard - applications randomly closing for remote desktop users
I have an issue where when you are connected through remote desktop (doesn't matter whether you have ...
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SBS 2011 Crashing, unknown cause
I have a SBS 2011 server that started crashing a few days ago. This issue occurred on a Sunday night at 11:55pm of a holiday long weekend. There would have been almost no one accessing the server at ...
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Storage for HP server (sbs2011)
I currently have HP ML350 G6 with 2x300 GB raid disks.
Server main purpose is:
- Exchange server
- Office network (25 users)
- File storage
Now one problem is that one department has a need of ...
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What is "Windows Server Networking Helper Service" and why is it spamming UDP broadcasts?
On our Windows Small Business Server 2008 machine, this service is constantly sending large numbers of 13 byte UDP datagrams to 255.255.255.255. These datagrams contain the bytes 0x7805, followed by ...
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GPO folder redirection - creates .tmp files
I am using a 2008 SP2 Small Business Server, and my test machine is Windows XP SP3.
I have setup a GPO to do folder redirection, but it is only sortof working.
The policy is applied to a security ...
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Move SBS 2008 VM from one Hyper-V host to another?
I have a box running Server 2008 R2 hosting a SBS 2008 VM on Hyper-V. This server is failing, and we would like to move the SBS 2008 VM to a new Hyper-V host.
I know cloning/moving DCs is generally ...
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Windows SBS 2011 Essentials User Documents Stored on Server (Folder re-direction?)
On Windows SBS 2011 Essentials, how do you store user documents in a centralized location on the server?
For example a 'User' folder has sub-folders for Mr A, B and C. Each of these folders has all ...
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Windows 2003 SBS - how to take over administration for a small business? [closed]
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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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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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 Essentials 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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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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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 can'...
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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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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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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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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 (1740)...
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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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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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