[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS.  Size indeed matters not.] Edit the & to get the alerts to go out - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA
Thu, Feb 14 2013 22:45 bradley

Edit the & to get the alerts to go out

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserveressentials/thread/957a9fd3-888c-4e26-980a-6ec7674fc9a3/

While the poster hasn't come back yet, we think we figured out the issue.  If you put a "&" in the company name it will cause the Health report module add in not to email out the alerts.

Download Health Report for Windows Server 2012 Essentials from Official Microsoft Download Center:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35565

You need to edit this key:  HKLM:\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion - Registered Organization And remove the & to fix the issue.

Hat tip to Robert Pearman for the heavy lifting on this.

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