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Migration Step Thirty-Four: Running the SBSBPA

2009-11-21T07:49:00Z

So one of the clean up things you need to do post install is this: EVENT # 25091 EVENT LOG Application EVENT TYPE Warning OPCODE Info SOURCE Windows SharePoint Services 3 Search CATEGORY Gatherer EVENT ID 2436 COMPUTERNAME SERVER DATE / TIME 11/20/2009 11:20:30 PM MESSAGE The start address <sts3s://domain.com:987/contentdbid={b523f4fb-4a4a-4f37-98d3-855fda2496d1}> cannot be crawled. Context: Application 'Search index file on the search server', Catalog 'Search' Details: Access...(read more)

The sensible deployment

2009-11-20T07:17:00Z

I'm taking a break from the Migration dry run blogging tonight because I had to do a slide show for a group of folks I'm doing a presentation for tomorrow. My Dad's retired executives groups. All of those years that I had to listen to Dad, I now get to give a presentation to "Dads and Moms" about computer security. Or how to be paranoid just a little bit, without freaking yourself completely out. Earlier this evening my Sister and I were chatting about software and she had heard...(read more)

>>>Partner Community Hot issues November 2009 -- Client<<<

2009-11-19T15:10:00Z

>>>Partner Community Hot issues November 2009<<<: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/partnerwinserver7rcthreads/thread/cf96edb8-afd7-48e2-aac9-519844f5d048 >>>Partner Community Hot issues November 2009<<< TOP SUPPORT ISSUES NEW & UPDATED KB ARTICLES TOP SUPPORT ISSUES [ISSUE 1] Problem Description : ============= Get intermittent network pauses on the Windows 7 computer. Resolution: ========== Disable auto-tunning. Use the below command in command line...(read more)

Migration Step Thirty one: Adding a bit of Group Policy

2009-11-19T07:45:00Z

Delete the old Folder Redirection Group Policy object. Follow the instructions on pages 73 through 74 in the Microsoft migration document. Give the built-in Administrator group the right to log on as a batch job for Windows SBS 2008 migration Note After you migrate, you should give the Administrator group the right to log on as a batch job. After you migrate an existing Windows SBS 2003 domain to Windows SBS 2008, verify that the built-in Administrator group still has the right to log on as a batch...(read more)

Migration Step Thirty: DCpromoing the SBS 2003

2009-11-19T06:20:00Z

At this point of the migration we need to physically remove any attached printers and attach them to the new server (more on that in another blog post). And now we're ready to say goodbye to the SBS 2003 box. Demote the Source Server You must demote the Source Server from the role of an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain controller to the role of a domain member server. Both the Source Server and the Destination Server must be connected to the network while the Group Policy changes...(read more)

Migration Step Twenty Nine and a half, part two: Uninstalling Exchange 2003

2009-11-18T14:42:00Z

Let's try this again now... And voila You must uninstall Exchange Server 2003 from the Source Server before you demote it. This removes all references in AD DS to Exchange Server on the Source Server. You must have your Windows Small Business Server 2003 media to remove Exchange Server 2003. Important To remove Exchange Server 2003 from the Source Server, click Windows Small Business Server 2003 in Add or Remove Programs , and then click Remove . Follow the instructions to finish the procedure...(read more)

Migration Step Twenty Nine and a half: Uninstalling the Exchange 2003

2009-11-18T06:13:00Z

You must uninstall Exchange Server 2003 from the Source Server before you demote it. This removes all references in AD DS to Exchange Server on the Source Server. You must have your Windows Small Business Server 2003 media to remove Exchange Server 2003. Important To remove Exchange Server 2003 from the Source Server, click Windows Small Business Server 2003 in Add or Remove Programs, and then click Remove. Follow the instructions to finish the procedure. We're now at the step on step 29 where...(read more)

Making those shares

2009-11-17T05:14:00Z

One of the steps I kinda slid over was the process of recreating the shares from the old SBS 2003 and putting them in again on the SBS 2008. Now if I was a strict person at the office I'd give everyone one drive letter and be done with it. But we don't. And some of the drive letters/shares are unique with permissions that limit them to certain people in the office. So one of the sections of the David Overton book discusses the use of the rmtshar.exe tool to copy and recreate the shares from...(read more)

Whoda thunk it's in security settings

2009-11-17T01:26:00Z

Whoda thunk that enabling the 64bit VT chip to enable either a 64bit guest or Windows 7 XP mode would mean that you needed to go into the security settings of the bios. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=115&prodSeriesId=3429268&prodTypeId=12454&prodSeriesId=3429268&objectID=c01484896 www.grc.com/securable said it would support the HyperV technology, but it wasn't kicking in. I knew it was in the bios, but couldn't figure...(read more)

Your mailbox has been deactivated

2009-11-16T20:29:00Z

The zip file attached has a low detection at this time... Subject: your mailbox has been deactivated Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:26:25 +0100 From: support@msmvps.com <support@msmvps.com> To: <administrator@msmvps.com> We are contacting you in regards to an unusual activity that was identified in your mailbox. As a result, your mailbox has been deactivated. To restore your mailbox, you are required to extract and run the attached mailbox utility. Best regards, msmvps.com technical support...(read more)

Tweaking monitoring

2009-11-16T06:07:00Z

In the category of Migration extras , I'll add tweaking monitoring. You can add unique custom alerts to the existing monitoring on SBS 2008 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee407455(WS.10).aspx First you need to ensure that the existing monitoring emails out notifications. Go into network, computers, and then view notification settings. Enter the email address in there to get notifications from the server. Now go to the reports tab, click on detailed network reports, and click on view...(read more)

The home stretch

2009-11-16T03:01:00Z

So we're down to the home stretch in the migration of SBS 2003 to SBS 2008... Enable folder redirection on the Destination Server Migrate SQL Server data Migrate Terminal Service licensing server Before we uninstall Exchange, there's three categories left.... First off I don't do folder redirection. Why? Because we train folks to store important stuff on the server. So I don't feel that folder redirection is of value to my firm. Next SQL server data. This one can be the fun one. When...(read more)

MUing a box

2009-11-15T08:10:00Z

When you build a box I prefer to manually use Microsoft update for that very first 'getting up to snuff' process. So the first thing I do is ensure that the box has been flipped over to use Microsoft Update and not Windows update. Windows Update only patches windows, Microsoft update offers up patches for Microsoft products. If you leave the patching interface for WU you won't get Exchange or SBS rollup patches. Why isn't the box on MU from the get go? EU/DOJ reasons is why. And remember...(read more)

Customizing the RWW page

2009-11-13T03:07:00Z

To customize the appearance of the Remote Web Workplace Open the Windows SBS Console . On the navigation bar, click Shared Folders and Web Sites . Right-click Remote Web Workplace , and then click View site properties . The Remote Web Workplace Properties page appears. Click the Customization tab. Do any of the following: To record the name of your organization as you want it to appear on the sign-in, sign-out, and home pages of your Remote Web Workplace, type the name in the Organization name text...(read more)

A little smarthosting

2009-11-13T02:49:00Z

Setting up your SMTPauthing or smarthosting. If you use a mail hygiene provider they may (probably do) want you to bounce your email out through them. This allows you to scan the email outbound as well as offload that duty to them. Normally my smart host goes to www.ownwebnow.com 's servers but for purposes of this dry run I'm bouncing it out my own ISP. But here's the thing.. it goes out port 25, not SSL port 465. If you need to securely smart host it, you need to adjust the smart host...(read more)

Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Processor-Power

2009-11-13T01:48:00Z

Once a day, every afternoon, I'd get an alert from my box with this: EVENT # 10069 EVENT LOG System EVENT TYPE Warning OPCODE Info SOURCE Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Processor-Power EVENT ID 37 USERNAME NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM COMPUTERNAME DATE / TIME 11/11/2009 6:35:34 PM MESSAGE The speed of processor 3 in group 0 is being limited by system firmware. The processor has been in this reduced performance state for 2 seconds since the last report. I'd get this alert for every processer/core it had...(read more)

There are some key steps to remember for Outlook Anywhere...

2009-11-12T07:53:00Z

There are some key steps to remember for Outlook Anywhere... 1. You can merely get a godaddy or cheap cert and it will work as long as the srv records up are at the DNS hoster http://www.thirdtier.net/2009/02/setting-up-an-external-autodiscover-record-for-sbs-2008/ 2. You can test the outlook anywhere with the Microsoft Exchange tester https://www.testexchangeconnectivity.com/ . Set up an account for testing and run the test through that web site. 3. Last but not least, adjust the Web app pool as...(read more)

Changing the domain name in the email

2009-11-12T06:57:00Z

SeanDaniel.com - Small Business Server and Other Technology: Hosting Multiple Domains on SBS 2008/Exchange 2007: http://sbs.seandaniel.com/2008/10/hosting-multiple-domains-on-sbs.html For many small firms they have multiple email accounts. We already pointed to that blog post for how you can add additional domains. But while we're here let's talk about some other policies including the Email domain name and the iPhone password lock policy. If you need to change the email domain policy for...(read more)

Moving public folders

2009-11-12T04:05:00Z

Migration step twenty: Moving Public Folders - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA": http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2009/11/09/migration-step-twenty-moving-public-folders.aspx The token supplied to the function is invalid. ID no:80090308 Exchange System Manager - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA": http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2009/11/10/the-token-supplied-to-the-function-is-invalid-id-no-80090308-exchange-system-manager.aspx A good tip when you are getting...(read more)

I've lost the faith

2009-11-12T03:37:00Z

...in Antivirus. So for anyone running Trend, go look in your c:\Program Files\Trend Micro folder as you probably have a huge growing mass of a program that is sucking up more and more of your C:\. Meanwhile name an antivirus vendor that doesn't miss a rogue a/v and why are we paying for these antivirus solutions again? It's gotten so bad for me that I've actualy totally removed Trend and am now doing a full scale test with Forefront client security. My only complaint right now is that...(read more)