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SBS 2003 BPA Has Been Updated
The configuration file for the SBS 2003 BPA has been updated with new rules. Some of the new checks include: Checks for occurrences of the Windows SBS Server Status report timing out Checks for Mailbox Manager policies enabled on recipient policies Check Read More...
SBS 2003 BPA Updated
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of David Copeland] The configuration file for the SBS 2003 BPA has been updated with new rules and a couple of fixes. Some of the new checks include: Checks to see if the  Microsoft Active Directory connector is Read More...
SBS 2008 BPA Is Live
The Windows Small Business Server 2008 Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) examines a server that is running Windows® Small Business Server 2008 (Windows SBS 2008) and presents a list of information and errors that administrators should review. It collects Read More...
SBS 2008: Released to Manufacturing!
On behalf of the SBS team, I am extremely pleased to announce that Windows Small Business Server 2008 software has been finalized! Today both SBS Standard and Premium are being released to manufacturing, which means we begin the process of finalizing Read More...
Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices Analyzer Updated
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of David Copeland] The SBS 2003 Best Practices Analyzer configuration file has been updated with new rules. There are approximately 100 new rules and many pre-existing rules have been improved based on your feedback. Read More...
SBS BPA F.A.Q.
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] Today's post will answer some of the common questions we have seen regarding the BPA. Q: Can the BPA be run from a client? A: No Q: Will this tool make changes to my server? A: No, this tool is read-only Read More...
Final DST Reminder
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] Please make sure that you have applied the DST patches to your SBS server before Sunday October 28, 2007. This Sunday is the date than an unpatched machine will "fall back" one hour. A patched machine Read More...
How to Use the Windows SBS 2003 BPA
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] Today’s blog post is going to cover running the Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices Analyzer. The first step in using the BPA is to download and install it. The download is available Read More...
SBS BPA Known Issues/Common Questions
1) You get a warning Windows Server Update Services 2.0 installed This server is running Windows Server Update Services 2.0. You should upgrade Windows Server Update Services 2.0 to Windows Server Update Services 3.0. For information about upgrading Windows Read More...
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 Read More...
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