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Migration Step Thirty-Four: Running the SBSBPA

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:49:00 GMT

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...(read more)

The sensible deployment

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:17:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:10:00 GMT

>>>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...(read more)

Migration Step Thirty one: Adding a bit of Group Policy

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:45:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Migration Step Thirty: DCpromoing the SBS 2003

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:20:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:42:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:13:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Making those shares

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:14:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Whoda thunk it's in security settings

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:26:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Your mailbox has been deactivated

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:29:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Tweaking monitoring

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:07:00 GMT

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...(read more)

The home stretch

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:01:00 GMT

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...(read more)

MUing a box

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:10:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Customizing the RWW page

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:07:00 GMT

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...(read more)

A little smarthosting

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:49:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Processor-Power

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:48:00 GMT

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...(read more)

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

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:53:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Changing the domain name in the email

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:57:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Moving public folders

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:05:00 GMT

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...(read more)

I've lost the faith

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:37:00 GMT

...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...(read more)