Questions tagged [windows-sbs-2011]

Windows Small Business Server 2011 is the Microsoft operating system in the SBS line based on Windows Server 2008 R2. It will be the last in the SBS line and went RTM December 13th, 2010 and was first officially released March 9th, 2011. Like the rest of the SBS line, it includes a number of Microsoft products bundled with it, the tradeoff being that the number of users is limited and some functionality useful for larger organizations is disabled.

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Should a WSUS Server point WUServer to itself?

On the Server running WSUS, should HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUStatusServer be configured to localhost/itself? Does WSUS honor the Windows Update Service's ...
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Can we disable DFS on Windows SBS 2011?

The supplier of our customer's ERP system says that their software gets performance problems when running on a server with DFS enabled. I notice that DFS Namespace and DFS Replication is enabled on ...
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ExRecipNotFound; not found after disabling / recreating mailbox in exchange - x500 not working

We had an issue with some mail boxes and I have had to recreate some user mail boxes (not a Move Request). After doing this, people can't send to the new mail boxes. I have read about the x500 record ...
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Do I have to enable Remote Desktop Services to use Remote Web Workplace connect to computer

We have an existing SBS 2011 Standard installation and I am trying to configure Remote Web Workplace. So far I am able to connect to the Remote Web Access and use shared folders and connect to ...
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My client's solution of a Windows SBS 2011 VM on an Ubuntu host and VirtualBox is pinning the host CPU

Here's my situation, I've got a client hosting two servers (one VM), with the host providing VMware Zimbra, the other Windows Small Business Server 2011. Unfortunately, the person before me had ...
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SBS 2011 on different subnet than domain computers

The setup is as follows: SBS 2011 in datacentre on subnet A Domain PCs at another location on subnet B There is a site-to-site VPN. The domain PCs have joined the domain and have the SBS as their ...
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Can I activate a Windows Server Trial using an OEM key? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I am currently running a trial of SBS 2011 Essentials that has expired. Most of the results I see for SBS 2011 on the ...
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Upgrade SBS 2008 to SBS 2011

I am migrating from SBS 2008 to SBS 2011 but the Microsoft documentation does not yet exist. Has anyone done this yet? What are the recommended steps/procedures?
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Restoring SBS 2011 backup files without another server?

A small businesses has a Windows Small Business Server 2011 server and uses the SBS Console to make backups to external drives to be stored off-site. How do you restore files from these external ...
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Windows SBS 2011 - Have Exchange send via Office365?

I have Windows SBS 2011. As you know, Exchange 2010 is built in to this. Some time ago, I have started using Office 365 for email. In a perfect world, I would uninstall Exchange 2010, but this cannot ...
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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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Windows server losing connectivity

A Windows Server 2008 R2 (SBS 2011 really) with Service Pack 1 started to expose a network connectivity problem all of a sudden which seems rather hard to debug: Occasionally (always during business ...
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Exchange over HTTP

I have recently setup a brand new install of SBS 2011 and it is working well. Exchange is running as advertised and all users are happy. Now, there are 2 users who would like to work outside of the ...
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Outlook 2010 automatically filling in the wrong username and not remembering passwords

I have a SBS2011 server with an internal domain name: mydomain.local. The external address is different: myexdomain.com. When connected over the VPN, if a user opens Outlook, it will prompt for a ...
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Restore utility error

I want to restore a .bkf file created on SBS 2003, to a SBS 2011. I have downloaded and instaled restore utility, but I am getting this error Unable to write data to c:\foldername This security id ...
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SBS domain name choice

We are about to set up SBS 2011 at my small company < 10 users. My collaborator wants to name the SBS domain "example.local" . I'm of the opinion we should name the SBS domain "corp.example.com" ...
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SBS 2011 DNS server doesn't resolve forward lookup zones

I recently started a new job and inherited an antique in an SBS2011 server (yes, I know all the security risks and have raised this at EVERY management meeting). I have an issue with the DNS not ...
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Moving a 5 client LAN off of SBS 2011

Sorry, I’ve been managing a Apple-only network for 4-5 years. So, my Windows skills are rusty, at best I was at a small office(went from 15 clients to 5, recently) yesterday to help with their server ...
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When creating new basic task Windows scheduler getting stuck

I have Windows SBS 2011 server with one secondary Windows 2003 domain controller, no other problems found, but when I try to create new basic task on the SBS, all works well till pressing the Finish ...
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SBS 2011 unable to browse \\domain\share

We have a customer that has a small SBS 2011 server. It has come to light after a new PC install that we are unable to browse any UNC path that includes the domain name. for example. If I was to ...
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Is there a way for me to safely install PowerShell 4 on SBS 2011?

I want PS4 on SBS2011 A requirement of a software our office uses is PowerShell 4. The server is Windows Small Business Server 2011. But PS4 and SBS2011 seem incompatible According to the TechNet ...
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Unable to Access SBS 2011 Backup Drive

I have a client running an SBS 2011 server that is configured to make backups to an external hard drive via the built in server backup utility. I am unable to access this drive - It shows up in disk ...
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A Global Catalog Server could not be located - All GC's are down

I seem to be having a number of issues with our SBS. I believe this was originally domain was previously on a SBS 2003 box before being moved to this SBS 2011 box last year, it has been running fine ...
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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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SBS 2011 Essentials and too many new Mac users

We currently have about 15 users on a Windows SBS 2011 Essentials Server. I've just been informed that we plan to bring aboard about 15 more users that will be using Macs. We'll be using a Mac ...
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new SBS 2011 Standard problems

Brand new SBS 2011 install. I went to remove the DHCP server role. It went into a "Preparing to configure Windows. Do not turn off your computer." Been there for hours. Finally, decided to power off ...
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Remote VPN User - Domain Credentials

Morning, We have a client who uses a Windows 7 laptop and connects remotely to an SBS2011 network via VPN that terminates at a Watchguard device. This is a recent upgrade, the server was SBS2003 and ...
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Renamed user in Active Directory/Exchange not correctly displaying in Outlook calender

We renamed a user via the SBS2011 console. It appeared to update everywhere. However when other domain users use Outlook to connect to the user's shared calendar it still has the old username. Ex: ...
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Can two SBS boxes co-exist on the same network?

I have an SBS 2011 server in an office running a domain and I want to add an additional server running SBS 2003 that would only be used to run and serve accounting software. I have learned that two ...
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Migrating from SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 - Few Initial Questions

We are planning on doing the migration and I just wanted to check a few things before starting the process. I understand the limit is increased to allow 2 domain controllers on the network for 21 ...
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SBS 2011 Premium versus Cloud

We're in the process of recommending a solution for a small client (10 users). They currently have SBS 2003 and they are now curious about having a cloud solution. Our retainer with them would ...
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Exchange 2003 to 2010 migration with a smart host

I'm trying to migrate a SBS2003 to SBS2011 and the source has an Exchange 2003 forest running on it. I'm using the migration tool, it's a small forest with less than 50 mailboxes. The problem I am ...
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Outlook Anywhere using the wrong URL

We've configured Outlook 2010 to use Outlook Anywhere and it works fine against SBS 2011 Std. However, on start-up, it complains about a mismatched certificate. After a bit of sniffing with Fiddler2, ...
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SBS 2011 Domain Limitations

Easy points for someone with magic Google hands: I know that with SBS, you can only have one domain, no trusts, no child domains, etc. However, I cannot find that in "writing" anywhere for the life ...
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DHCP Role on SBS 2011 Essentials

I have a general question about putting the DHCP role on SBS 2011 Essentials. I have it installed and enabled, everything is working fine. However, I've read a few questions on here and on a few other ...
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How to remove a user account in Windows SBS 2011 but still deliver mails to another user?

I have a user account (let's call him "Joe") in Windows SBS 2011 which should be deleted. But the email address associated with Joe's account should then belong to another user (let's call him "Jack")....
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Speed up RAID 1 drive read speeds

Sorry I don't know much about this stuff...we have been having issues with a slow server, very slow for users and when you access the server direct, we have added more RAM but it seems it may be a ...
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Deny Folder Renaming

I have a folder in a shared network path which I want used as a template -- It contains many subfolders with naming conventions. This folder is meant for users to copy, and then rename their newly ...
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ESXI is there an alternative to snapshot removal?

I am running ESXI 5.5 and I am trying to remove the snapshots from our office server VM (SBS 2011). Yesterday afternoon I started the process and this morning it seems to be only at 5%, which means it ...
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E-mails disappear from mailbox via Outlook but not via OWA

I have a problem with disappearing email messages from Outlook. Scenario: One day user have all emails in his mailbox and suddenly many of these messages revealed to be missing. When user logs via OWA ...
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Error installing Exchange 2016 about old replaced server

We are migrating from a SBS2011 to Server 2012 R2 and Exchange 2016. Installed Server 2012 fine, trying to install Exchange 2016 and last Readiness Check is saying that we need to upgrade a server ...
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Acronis post-command query backup status

I would like to perform an action when the backup completes successfully (but not when it fails). Is there a way to pass the backup status into a post-backup command? Or an environment variable I ...
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Login scripts in SBS 2011

Where can I add and configure a login script for each user in SBS 2011? For example, I to map a drive for a user-specific folder. I do not want to use folder redirection.
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SBS2011 - exchange 2010 - NEw mailbox accounts not showing in list of pop3 connector

I have migrated a SBS2003 --> SBS2011 and configured the pop3 connector for all the migrated mailboxes, which works fine. But when I create any new accounts, they are not listed as available accounts ...
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SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 migration, how to check why the old server is restarting?

We've migrated SBS 2003 to SBS 2011. So far everything has gone smoothly. We're in the final phase of migrating the last amount of data over. Our 21 days is up on Thursday. The old server restarting ...
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Windows Installer: The system cannot open the device or file specified

I downloaded as Administrator in Chrome an installer .msi file [Citrix XenCenter Management; so it's not an exotic program] on a Windows Server 2012 R2 into a drive F: which is hosted on the SBS and ...
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Windows SBS 2011 Essentials - "network device driver was not found"

I am installing Windows server and at the very last stage it says: "Errors occurred during installation. A network device driver was not found. Install the appropriate drivers for your network device, ...
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Windows Server slow shared folder access

We have a Windows Small Business Server 2011 which acts as an Active Directory, DNS, Exchange and File server. (Update: and SQL server as well) More than 2 times a day the server becomes slow to ...
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Trying Non-Authoritative restore but CN=DFSR-LocalSettings is missing

I have a single Domain with one Windows 2011 SBS Domain Controller and a newly joined and DC promoted Windows Server 2012 Standard. Forest and Domain functional levels are both Windows Server 2003. ...
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Clean $Recycle Bin Folders For Redirected Folders

We have redirected folders for users desktops / my documents etc. Using Treesize I can see that these folders contain $Recycle.bin folders. These are often quite large in size. I can't access them ...
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