The Microsoft EBS Team Blog

How to install FSE SP2 on EBS

EssentialBloggers — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:20:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server with Service Pack 2 (FSE SP2) is now available. This is an optional but recommended update for FSE customers, including EBS customers. The...(read more)

Best Group Policy Manager in the 2009 Redmond Reader’s Choice Awards for Windows Essential Business Server!

EssentialBloggers — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:45:00 GMT

In the Redmond Reader’s Choice Awards newly expanded 2009 survey, Windows Essential Business Server 2008 won Best Group Policy Manager honors in a field of 22 products. Although new to the category, Windows Essential Business Server 2008 came out on top...(read more)

Installing Security Server behind existing firewall in Windows Essential Business Server

EssentialBloggers — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:29:00 GMT

While Windows Essential Business Server 2008 ( Windows EBS) Security Server can be installed as the single perimeter security solution it is common to have it coexist with existing security solutions like hardware firewall on the perimeter. In this configuration,...(read more)

Using the Check Out Feature with WSS Behind TMG

EssentialBloggers — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] When trying to use the Check Out (or Check In) feature of Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) 3.0 published behind TMG in a default EBS installation, checkout fails with the error below: Error Code: 500...(read more)

Gatherer Event 2436 Logged Every 5 Minutes on EBS Management Server

EssentialBloggers — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:05:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] On EBS Management Servers with the Windows Essential Business Server SharePoint Add-in installed, you may see the an event similar to the one below in the Application Log in Event Viewer every 5 minutes:...(read more)

Site to site VPN and Windows Essential Business Server

EssentialBloggers — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:12:00 GMT

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Alok Goyal] My name is Alok Goyal and I am a part of the Essential Business Server (EBS) team. Today, I wanted to talk about a new document I posted on the Microsoft Connect site. The document is titled "Site to site...(read more)

OWA Address Book "Could not connect to a directory server” errors on EBS

EssentialBloggers — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:47:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] When trying to browse through the OWA Address Book on a default EBS configuration, the first page of the address book will load, but attempts to browse to subsequent pages will fail with the error:...(read more)

How to Enable Exchange 2007 Autodiscover in EBS 2008

EssentialBloggers — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:45:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] The Autodiscover service, which allows Outlook 2007 and Windows Mobile 6.1 ActiveSync clients to obtain mailbox connection settings with little user intervention, is not configured by default in EBS...(read more)

EBS, SCE, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

EssentialBloggers — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:11:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] System Center Essentials 2007 SP1 (SCE 2007) included with Essential Business Server 2008 now fully supports Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 clients, but there are a few manual steps that must...(read more)

Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Preparation Wizard/IT Environment Health Scanner fail with DNS WMI Provider error

EssentialBloggers — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:00:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Vikramjit Singh, Stephen Li, and Mark Stanfill] Updated 10/29/2009 to reflect IT Environment Health Scanner information. If you are preparing to install EBS 2008 in an environment with Windows 2000 DNS servers, you...(read more)

How to run the IT Environment Health Scanner in an EBS Environment

EssentialBloggers — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:05:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] By default, TMG disallows WMI traffic as part of its security hardening. However, the Microsoft IT Environment Health Scanner ( direct download ) requires WMI to collect data for its analysis. ...(read more)

Understanding EBS Client Licensing

EssentialBloggers — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:42:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] We get a fair number of queries about CAL enforcement in EBS support, so I’d like to try to clear up some of the common questions that our partners have. Because EBS enforces client licensing...(read more)

Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (KB951847) Fails to install on EBS Servers

EssentialBloggers — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:57:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill and Chris Puckett] Updated 10/12/2009 – new version of script linked. You may see installation failures of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (KB951847) on the 3 EBS Standard Edition Servers. ...(read more)

Top 3 Ways to Get More Out of Exchange with Windows Essential Business Server 2008

Moira Whidby — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:32:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of David Fabritius] Midsize businesses interested in upgrading to Exchange Server 2007 should consider Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) 2008. EBS 2008 is an integrated software suite that is designed and priced...(read more)

Upgrading Your Servers? Consider Essential Business Server 2008.

Moira Whidby — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:16:00 GMT

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Becky Lymberis] For many midsize businesses, a day in the IT department is often about putting out fires and running to users’ desktops to troubleshoot issues. Problems like this are not uncommon; with fewer resources...(read more)