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SBS 2008: Configure Hosted Anti-Spam Solution
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SBS 2008: Best Practices Analyzer
SBS 2008: Annoying event log entries after installation
SBS 2008, EBS 2008: Mail Enable a Public Folder
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SBS 2008: Configure Hosted Anti-Spam Solution
Exchange 2007 is configured by default to filter spam. If you are subscribing to a hosted anti-spam solution you will want to disable this functionality and configure exchange to send and receive email through this service Disable Exchange Anti-Spam:...
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Sat, Nov 11 2008 7:32 AM
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SBS 2008: Managing SBS 2008 Tip & Tricks, Part 1
Third Tier is presenting a free webinar. Amy & Eriq would like to invite you to attend a Live Meeting event next week. Even for those with experience at managing SBS there are some new tricks to learn. Topics on the agenda include managing user objects...
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Wed, Nov 11 2008 1:02 PM
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SBS 2008: Best Practices Analyzer
The Best Practices Analyzer is an awesome tool. It should be run after any major change to your server, including the initial installation. Here are a couple of tips: Be sure to choose to integrate the BPA reports into the SBS Console. One console is...
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Tue, Nov 11 2008 12:22 PM
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SBS 2008: Annoying event log entries after installation
SBS 2008 like previous versions has a lot going on under the hood. Sometimes those thing bump into each other momentarily or the magic that makes all of those server apps content to sit together on a single box results in some lingering event log warnings...
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Mon, Nov 11 2008 12:04 PM
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SBS 2008, EBS 2008: Mail Enable a Public Folder
Exchange 2007 is organized in a whole new way. Even finding things that haven’t changed in feature can be a challenge. We’ll be migrating our public folder content into Sharepoint. But in the mean time we had to import our old public folders...
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Fri, Nov 11 2008 11:46 AM
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SBS 2008: Remote Users Unable to Send Email to Internal Addresses
Users outside of the office that connect to Exchange through Outlook Anywhere were unable to send mail to other employees of the company. The error message back from Exchange indicated that it was unable to resolve @domain.local names. The Exchange 2007...
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Thu, Nov 11 2008 11:16 AM
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SBS 2008: Let WSUS Keep you up on features and usability too
The default configuration of WSUS in SBS 2008 is pretty good. It will no longer fill your hard drive with updates that aren’t needed by any computers. It will no longer install updates to your server and reboot it automatically without your knowledge...
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Wed, Nov 11 2008 8:15 AM
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SBS 2008 DNS Resolution on IPv6
One of the major changes in SBS 2008 (Windows 2008) and Vista is that they expect to communicate with each other over IPv6. This includes network functions like DNS. The Problem: After installing SBS 2008, PC’s were unable to use http://connect...
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Mon, Nov 11 2008 6:25 PM
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Enabling Offline Address Book for Non-Domain Joined & Remote PC’s
After installing SBS 2008, which has Exchange 2007, we discovered that our non-domain joined PC’s were unable to download the offline address book. Sync errors were piling up. 17:47:57 Synchronizer Version 12.0.6315 17:47:57 Synchronizing Mailbox...
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Mon, Nov 11 2008 5:46 PM
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Preparing for Migration to SBS 2008
As we prepare SBS 2003 servers for migration we need to move them from a dual-NIC configuration to a single NIC. This will need to be completed before your migration. The basic procedure for SBS 2003 Premium, is to use Add/Remove Programs to remove ISA...
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Mon, Jul 07 2008 9:29 AM
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The Official SBS Blog : Software Assurance entitlement for SBS 2003 customers upgrading to SBS 2008
WOW! If your customers don’t have SA, they really missed out. Software Assurance entitlement for SBS 2003 customers upgrading to SBS 2008 As we have previously documented, the product components that make up the SBS 2008 solution (Link to...
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Mon, Jun 06 2008 1:15 PM
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SBS 2008 RC0: Remote Access
Let us count the ways in which by default an SBS 2008 RC0 server can be remotely accessed without using 3rd party tools. Remote Web Workplace: PC’s, Servers, Email Outlook Web Access Terminal Services Outlook Anywhere Exchange Active Sync VPN Telnet...
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Thu, Jun 06 2008 9:12 AM
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Protecting Remote Web Workplace in SBS
RWW is one of the very best features of SBS. It’s lets employees work from home just as if they are sitting at the office and all they have to do is log into a web browser page. It’s the VPN killer and that’s a good thing. But with every...
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Wed, May 05 2008 7:59 AM
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Untangle Webinar Tomorrow
In the race for an SMB Firewall appliance, Untangle is one of the leaders in the pack. It a Unified Threat Management product packing about a dozen open source applications under a slick web interface in an appliance form factor. (it is available as software...
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Tue, May 05 2008 8:16 AM
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A Firewall Shopping List
At the IT Pro Conference in New Orleans I presented briefly, as part of a panel, some things to think about when making the firewall decision for an SBS network. Don’t assume that the name brands are necessarily the best choice. We’ve got...
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Tue, May 05 2008 5:37 PM
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IT Pro Presentation: Sharepoint Resources
Hands down the most over looked, under utilized part of SBS is Sharepoint. It’s not like its new. It has been hanging around in SBS for 8 years. If you need to get up to speed, here’s how I suggest you do it. It worked for me and my staff...
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Tue, May 05 2008 4:43 PM
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ISA 5w/50 Resources
Last week I gave my 5w/50 presentation on Configuring ISA for Common SMB Scenarios. During the webcast I mentioned that I would post resources to the skydrive. I’ve sent those into the powers that be, but I hear that he’s basking in the sunshine...
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Tue, Apr 04 2008 5:08 PM
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IT Pro Conference 2008 by SBSMigration Sign up Now
IT Pro Conference in New Orleans is like no other. Two things stand out: It’s a single track conference. We’re all together, all weekend, discussing the issues of the day related to the next generation of SBS, EBS and Windows 2008. All opinions...
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Wed, Apr 04 2008 9:46 AM
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5W/50 ISA Webcast April 25th, sign up now!
I’ll be giving a technical demonstration on how to configure ISA for a variety of configuration scenario’s common to small business as part of the 5W/50 series. The emphasis will be on enhancing employee productivity. I’m not much of...
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Tue, Apr 04 2008 2:38 PM
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Publishing Village Management Software Securely
What you’ll need: A working VMS website. That is you need to be able to log into it while inside the network and have it function properly. You will know it is working when you see a login prompt on the page and can login successfully. A split DNS...
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Thu, Apr 04 2008 7:54 AM
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