Vista and Office 2007 on SBS Networks

re: Vista and Office 2007 on SBS Networks

David Moisan — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 02:41:25 GMT

Some things I found that may or may not be related: I run Vista in a VM through Virtual Server.

1) Remote admin policies aren't applied against Vista clients. This is probably because a WMI filter is applied to differentiate between pre-SP2 XP clients and XP SP2 clients; since Vista is neither, policies aren't applied.

2) Computer Management snapin doesn't work against a Vista client.

re: Vista and Office 2007 on SBS Networks

Javier Abreu — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:22:36 GMT

I joined several Vista Notebooks to a SBS network and here are my findings.

1. To use the network configuration wizard open internet explorer with the right mouse button and choose "run as administrator" As with standard XP machines make sure to turn off any other network cards and just leave one.
When the computer reboots it will be by default trying to use the credentials for __sbs_netsetup__. It wont go further unless you choose another user and boot as your user. At this point I am not sure if anything is missing from the install script but it worked and the computer is now joined to the domain.

2. Dont use Proxy client. It doesnt work. Just configure your internet explorer manually for your proxy.

3. Only use recomended antivirus. At this time only CA was able to work for me. Even with the published patch I was not able to run Symantec.

4. Dont install XP drivers unless completly necesary. Most of your hardware should be recognized. Some drivers for XP damage your vista installation.

5. Upgrade WSUS if you have it on your SBS to SP1 as without it you wont be able to download updates.

My only issues were involving network printing so make sure you test this one one machine first.

Hope this helps and definetly would like to hear more comments from other people.

Living on the beta edge

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