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WSUS Language Settings Could Be Lost After Upgrading to WSUS 3.0 SP2 on Small Business Server 2008
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill, Justin Crosby, Damian Leibaschoff, and Charanjeet Singh] While upgrading to Windows Server Update Services 3.0 Service Pack 2 (WSUS 3.0 SP2) on Windows Small Business Server 2008, you will be present Read More...
How to Move WSUS Content and Database Files to a Different Volume
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Rod White] When trying to free up space, customers frequently have questions about moving WSUS Content and Databases to different partitions. Our objective is to explain three things: How to move the WSUS Content Read More...
SBS 2008 Update Rollup 3 (KB 969121) Installation Failure
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] When you attempt to install SBS 2008 UR 3 (969121) it may fail with error code 6BA "Windows Update encountered an unknown error". The C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log file for this update reports error Read More...
Requirements for Installing SQL 2008 Standard Edition for Small Business
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium includes SQL 2008 Standard Edition for Small Business ( http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/small-business.aspx ). This version is feature by Read More...
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Repair Guide Updated
Microsoft has added a few more scenarios to the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Repair Guide . Look for more topics to be added soon. Read More...
SBS 2008 – How to Export and Import Mailboxes To and From PST
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] As many are already aware, exmerge is no longer supported in Exchange 2007, this has been replaced with the Power Shell cmdlets import-mailbox and export-mailbox introduced in Exchange 2007 SP1 that Read More...
Introducing the Windows SBS 2008 Answer File
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Rod White and Justin Crosby] Windows Small Business Server 2008 supports installation using an answer file. The answer file provides the following functionality: Automates the SBS 2008 installation process for both Read More...
Introduction to the Fix My Network Wizard (FNCW)
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] In SBS 2003, the CEICW was available to administrators for configuring their firewall, Internet connection, self-signed certificate, and email settings from a single wizard. Re-running the CEICW was Read More...
How to View Emails Quarantined by Forefront Security for Exchange
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] In SBS 2008, Forefront Security for Exchange is offered as a 120 day trial during the installation of SBS. If you choose to install this component it is a good idea to regularly review email messages Read More...
"Using Hyper-V with Windows Small Business Server 2008" Documentation Released
The SBS UA team is pleased to announce that the following document is now available in the Windows Small Business Server Technical Library. Title : Using Hyper-V with Windows Small Business Server 2008 URL : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd239207.aspx Read More...
Introduction to SBS 2008 Reporting
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Ed Walters] SBS Reports can be found under the “Reports” tab in the Windows SBS console. The information is broken into 3 areas: Reports, Preview and Tasks. The reports window shows the names of the available 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...
How Do I Change Message Size Limits in Exchange 2007?
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] Size limits for email messages are controlled in a variety of places in Exchange 2007. Settings are placed globally at the transport level, on each individual send or receive connector, and at each Read More...
Why You Should Run DHCP On Your SBS 2008
Sean Daniel (member of the SBS product team) has written an excellent blog post on why you should run DHCP on SBS 2008. You can read all about it here: http://sbs.seandaniel.com/2008/10/do-i-absolutely-have-to-run-dhcp-on-sbs.html . Read More...
Fix My Network Wizard on SBS 2008
Check out this great post about SBS 2008's Fix My Network Wizard on Sean Daniel's blog: http://sbs.seandaniel.com/2008/10/fix-my-network-wizard-in-sbs-2008.html Read More...
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