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SBS 2011 Essentials Setup Hangs while Waiting for DHCP Address

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of John Bay and Wayne Gordon McIntyre from Commercial Technical Support] The installation of Small Business Server 2011 Essentials may hang at the “Please wait while installation continues” screen: At this point of the...
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Scheduled Task to Remove Old IIS Logs for WSUS has been Updated for SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 Standard

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of John Bay from Commercial Technical Support] One of the problem areas in Small Business Server 2008 is the amount of disk space consumed by the WSUS IIS Log; files for reference see: Recovering Disk Space on the C...
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Windows Server Solutions BPA Checklist

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of David Copeland from Commercial Technical Support] Earlier this month we published a post introducing the new Windows Server Solutions BPA , which is currently available for download. Below is a list of the checks...
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How to Obtain the Certificate Distribution Package in SBS 2011 Standard through Remote Web Access

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mohammed Sabir Chandwale, Moloy Tandon, and Shawn Sullivan from Commercial Technical Support] SBS 2011 Standard, just like SBS 2008, allows you to create a self-issued SSL certificate via the Internet Address...
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Content, Content and More Content – Part 2

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Michael Leworthy from Windows Server Marketing] In this blog we will focus on more download type resources available such as datasheets and guides. Highlights Windows Small Business Server 2011 Best Practices Analyzer...
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How to Determine the Number of Days Left for SBS 2011 Standard Migration

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Rod White from Commercial Technical Support] In order to determine the number of days left to complete your migration, SBS 2011 Migration Wizard Home page now displays a warning at the bottom of the page. In previous...
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How to Configure SBS 2011 Standard to Accept E-mail for Multiple Authoritative Domains

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Moloy Tandon, Sabir Chandwale, and Shawn Sullivan from Commercial Technical Support] Think of a scenario where there is a business requirement in your company to have a separate email domain for a set of...
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Content, Content, and More Content – Part 1

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Michael Leworthy from Windows Server Marketing] Now that we have released all editions of SBS 2011, I want to ensure you have access the latest resources that are now available. Our content is posted usually in 4...
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SBS 2011 Standard Fax Routing to Email Fails with “The following error occurred: 0x80040211”

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Rod White and Shawn Sullivan from Commercial Technical Support] A while ago we wrote a blogpost regarding an issue where fax routing to email can fail on Windows Server 2008, upon which SBS 2008 is built. A KB article...
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Introducing the Windows Server Solutions BPA

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of David Copeland from Commercial Technical Support] The Windows Server Solutions Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) examines a server that is running: Windows® Small Business Server 2011 Standard Edition ...
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How and Where to Download Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Standard and Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Essentials as a Microsoft Partner

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Michael Leworthy from Windows Server Marketing] With the announcement of availability of Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Eric Ligman (Global Partner Experience Lead in our Worldwide Partner Group) has...
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How to Run a 32bit Web Application on SBS 2008/2011 Standard

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Todays post comes to us courtesy of Wayne Gordon McIntyre, Gagan Mehra, and Sabir Chandwale from Commercial Technical Support] Content Updated on 5/20/2011 to include steps for SBS 2011 Standard Every so often we come across a support case where a customer...
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Announcing New Online Help Site for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Todays post comes to us courtesy of Kumud Dwivedi.] Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials will soon be available from your favorite retailer or channel provider. To help you understand and use this product, we have just published its online help...
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SBS 2011 Essentials Evaluation now Available–Start Downloading Today!

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Todays post comes to us courtesy of Enrico Toro, Product Manager of Server and Cloud Platform Marketing.] “SBS 2011 Essentials is so much more than just a network attached hard drive. You don't even realize how many things you can run on the server that...
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How to Perform an Authoritative System State Restore in SBS 2008/2011 Standard

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan from Commercial Technical Support] If you have ever been in the situation where you had to recover an Active Directory object that was accidentally deleted within a multiple Domain Controller environment...
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SBS 2011 Essentials Readies for Release

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Michael Leworthy from Windows Server Marketing] Today, the Small Business Server (SBS) engineering team signed off the release version of SBS 2011 Essentials—an exciting milestone for the product, and...
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Exchange Services May Not Start Automatically After a Reboot

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of John Bay from Commercial Technical Support] On SBS 2008/2011 when you reboot the server, you may notice that some of the Exchange services that are set to automatic start are not started. Some of the services...
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Error 500 Attempting to Access OWA on SBS 2011 Standard

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby from Commercial Technical Support] Today we are going to discuss the first thing you should always check if you get an HTTP 500 error attempting to access OWA on an SBS 2011 server, after you have provided...
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How to Configure Email Routing to SharePoint in SBS 2011 Standard

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan and Justin Crosby from Commercial Technical Support] Some of you who have worked with SBS 2011 so far may have noticed a change in how archived email for security groups is handled; for details see...
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Get Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard now!

Posted over 2 years ago

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Today, we are proud to announce that Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Standard and Premium Add-On are now fully available through all channels - from Volume Licensing to our largest OEM partners. Microsoft has always been committed to supporting...
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E-mail Archiving for Security Groups in Windows SBS 2011 Standard

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Rituraj Choudhary, Manish Kapoor, and Shawn Sullivan from Commercial Technical Support] Today we will be discussing e-mail archival for security groups in Windows SBS 2011 Standard. This feature was first...
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TechNet Webcast: Maximizing the Value of Small Business Server 2011 Standard with Dell Solutions (Level 200)

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Michael Leworthy from Windows Server Marketing] While every business is unique, most business owners share similar needs when it comes to running IT operations. They want simple and cost-effective solutions that maximize...
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Introduction to SBS 2011 Standard Remote Web Access (RWA)

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Moloy Tandon and Richard Pulliam from Commercial Technical Support] Remote Web Workplace (RWW) has been a key feature for the SBS line of products since SBS 2003. It provides a central web location for remote...
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How to Add the SBS 2011 Standard Trusted Root Certificate to Windows Phone 7

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff from Commercial Technical Support] As you all know, a successful synchronization from a mobile device using SSL requires that the device trusts the certificate installed in SBS. If we are using...
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Come and join us for a special Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Launch Webcast – Better together with Hewlett Packard

Posted over 2 years ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Michael Leworthy from Windows Server Marketing] Join this online launch activity, and learn how Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard will be an important asset in increasing your business's productivity. Also...