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SBS now has a Best Practices Analyzer!

The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices Analyzer examines a server that is running Windows Small Business Server 2003 (Windows SBS) and presents a list of information and errors that administrators should review.


The Windows SBS Best Practices Analyzer examines the server and collects configuration information from many sources including:

  • Active Directory
  • Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
  • Registry 
  • Metabase

After collecting information about server configuration, the Windows SBS Best Practices Analyzer verifies that the information is correct and then presents administrators with a list of issues sorted by severity. The list describes each issue and provides a recommendation or possible solution.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Small Business Server 2003 (Any version of Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003)

Links

KB article

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940439

Download

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3874527A-DE19-49BB-800F-352F3B6F2922&displaylang=en

So take a look and let us know what you think about it! (Feedback email address is in the KB article).

Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:16 AM by SBS Bloggers

Comments

El Sitio Oficial de Soporte de SBS en Español said:

Es en Ingles solamente, pero esto esta herramienta sera indispensable en el arsenal de cualquier persona

# October 15, 2007 8:23 PM

E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" said:

The Official SBS Blog : SBS now has a Best Practices Analyzer!: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive

# October 15, 2007 8:42 PM

E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" said:

The Official SBS Blog : SBS now has a Best Practices Analyzer!: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive

# October 15, 2007 8:52 PM

Anthony Michaud said:

Sensational - thanks for bringing this to our attention.

# October 15, 2007 9:32 PM

Jason's Blog said:

If you manage Exchange Server(s) and/or ISA Server(s), then you probably already know what a valuable

# October 15, 2007 9:33 PM

MVPs said:

The Official SBS Blog : SBS now has a Best Practices Analyzer!: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive

# October 15, 2007 9:53 PM

MVPs said:

The Official SBS Blog : SBS now has a Best Practices Analyzer!: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive

# October 15, 2007 9:53 PM

Wayne Small said:

Congrats - glad we have one now we can use as a standard!

# October 15, 2007 10:07 PM

Peter Gallagher's TS2 Blog said:

  Kudos to the SBS team for this awesome tool.  Check out http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2007/10/16/sbs-now-has-a-best-practices-analyzer.aspx...

# October 15, 2007 10:16 PM

Girish's Graffiti said:

A long awaited tool, at least for someone like me, is finally out and public! Overview The Microsoft

# October 16, 2007 1:22 AM

Moloy Tandon's Blog - Ask Me said:

SBS BPA is finally here. For administrators who manage Exchange, ISA, etc. BPA is not a new term and

# October 16, 2007 4:21 AM

Nathan Mercer's blog said:

ISA and Exchange admin's have have Best Practice Analyser's (BPA) in the past, now it is available for

# October 16, 2007 6:21 AM

Anders said:

Very good tool, but if you have the Cumulative Hotfix for SQL Server 2000 SP4 build 2187 installed on the server, specially on SBSMonitoring it complains about not having SP4.

# October 16, 2007 2:17 PM

Dag Staale Jenssen said:

MS har utgitt en Best Practices Analyzer for Small Business Server. Dette ser låvende ut. Jeg lastet ned og testet denne raskt på en server og tok ut noen skjermbilder. ...

# October 17, 2007 2:53 AM

Micke Nyström [The Tech Head Place] said:

Som jag skrev i förra bloggen så "är" den på väg, men nu har den alltså blivit släppt. Du kan

# October 17, 2007 3:06 AM

Matt Johnson's Technical Adventures said:

Finally, a tool to verify your SBS builds from a best practices standpoint. Info from the download page

# October 17, 2007 9:42 AM

米田 Blog ( SQL Server MEMO ) said:

Windows SBS 2003 Best Practices Analyzer tool公開(英語版、但し日本語版SBSでも実行可)

# October 17, 2007 10:43 AM

SBS Bloggers said:

Thanks for all your comments.

If you have any feedback on a rule that might not be working as expected, please send it directly by e-mail to:

sbsbpabu (AT) microsoft.com

Thanks

SBS Bloggers

# October 17, 2007 11:37 AM

Kevin Tombs said:

Thanks, Susan.  Finally, a great tool to evaluate your SBS install and recommend solutions to potential problems!

# October 17, 2007 12:00 PM

Kevin Tombs said:

Outstanding!  Great tool to evaluate those SBs installations and gives resolution steps for problems found.

# October 17, 2007 12:31 PM

Steven Teiger said:

Cross linked here:

http://www.petri.co.il/forums/showthread.php?t=19095

# October 18, 2007 5:39 PM

Mike Regan said:

One comment, if you want to print the report there should be a setting to print the entire report, not just the segment you are viewing.  

# October 19, 2007 7:06 AM

Miguel H. said:

Ya se que quedará poca gente que no sepa que ha salido la herramienta "Best Practices Analyzer for SBS" sobre todo desde que apareció en el blog oficial de SBS...

# October 22, 2007 5:36 PM

SBS Bloggers said:

If you go to the Tree Reports, then click on the Summary View tab you should then be able to click on the Print Report and get a listing of all of the Errors, Warnings and Informational messages.

Thanks,

SBS Bloggers

# October 22, 2007 6:53 PM

E-Bitz - SBS MVP the Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" said:

So Exchange's Best Practice Analyzer has it's own web page and www.exbpa.com goes to their Best

# October 24, 2007 10:25 AM

Girish's Graffiti said:

Overview The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices Analyzer examines a server that

# October 25, 2007 7:03 AM

微软小型企业服务器中文博客 said:

Windows Small Business Server 2003的最佳实践分析器(Best Practices Analyzer)发布! Windows Small Business Server

# November 20, 2007 10:57 PM
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