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Migrating from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008? Update your SBS08 help file first!
Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 22:31 | steveb
Thank you Steve Holland for getting the word out on this. Doing a Microsoft migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008? Download the latest (as of this blog post) migration help file to your SBS08 box BEFORE you start.
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SBS Tech Writer Steve Holland is now on Twitter
Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 22:11 | steveb
If you work with Small Business Server, make sure you follow Steve Holland's Twitter feed . I've known Steve since 2003 when he attended our first PSSBS meeting in Seattle. Also check out his team blog on MSDN . He may have moved to southern California...
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SBS/EBS 2008 Remote Web Workplace not working for you?
Published Mon, Sep 21 2009 11:23 | steveb
Having trouble getting to your SBS or EBS 2008 Remote Web Workplace (RWW) from your remote computer? Check to make sure you have the certificate package installed on your client computer. SBS Links to learn more: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library...
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How to install Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 2 on SBS & EBS 2008
Published Tue, Aug 25 2009 18:58 | steveb
BEFORE installing Exchange SP2 on your EBS network, read the KB article and the EBS Official Blog post ! :-) For SBS, check out the SBS Official Blog post . Until you hear otherwise from Microsoft, do not install Exchange 2007 SP2 on EBS or SBS without...
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How to Add 32-bit Print Drivers to SBS 2008 & EBS 2008
Published Tue, Aug 18 2009 19:03 | steveb
If you are dealing with a 64-bit print server and are looking for 32-bit drivers, this post is for you. Also works if you are on x64 clients and want to add the driver to a 32-bit server (SBS 2003 for example). Check out the Official SBS Team Blog's...
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Terminal Server Access through RWW in EBS & SBS
Published Mon, Aug 17 2009 12:06 | steveb
Have had a few questions about Terminal Server through EBS and SBS RWW, so thought I would post a link over to the Microsoft KB on it and include the resolutions from the KB below. While not directly supported by design, here are the workarounds for both...
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Exchange Hanging on your SBS or EBS 2008?
Published Mon, Aug 3 2009 9:38 | steveb
If you are running VSS snapshot backups of Exchange 2007, thank the folks over at StorageCraft and Microsoft for working together to come up with a fix. I'd recommend you get it installed sooner than later if you have had your Exchange Server hanging...
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Microsoft CSS earned their award!
Published Thu, Apr 16 2009 22:12 | steveb
You all deserved the award! We were honored to present it to you! Check out the Official SBS Blog for a picture of the Outstanding Community Supporter Award the SBS MVPs presented to them on behalf of the Small Business Server community. They earned it...
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Do not install IPv6 on your SBS 2003 box
Published Sat, Feb 21 2009 6:24 | steveb
I owe the .NET team an apology for blaming them as the original cause of the problems described in this post. The pro and con of blog posting is that we can fire off a post and later find out there was a different cause for the effect we were hit with...
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EBS Console freezing or needing to restart SBS 2008 once a week or so? Look here for your answer.
Published Thu, Feb 12 2009 8:58 | steveb
Thanks to Chris Puckett and his team for working on this to get a resolution. We have seen this primarily with Trend Micro (our primary anti-virus product) but it is happening with any product using TDI, so if you are getting similar behavior from your...
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Caching in on your SBS 2003 Software Assurance benefits to get SBS 2008
Published Fri, Jan 16 2009 0:51 | steveb
Last Thursday at our monthly Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group ( www.pssbs.org ) we had the question come up from one of our members who is trying to figure out where his SA benefits are in the Software Assurance world of eOpen. He was only...
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5W/50 Webcast covering migrations to SBS 2008
Published Fri, Jan 9 2009 12:35 | steveb
Jeff Middleton, Founder of SBSmigration.com 5W/50 Webcast! LEARN MORE: Join Jeff for the Microsoft webcast! Live today, or the recording after the event. Presented by Jeff Middleton Migration Concepts with SBS 2008 Microsoft Partners 5W/50 Series January...
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SBS 2008 CodePlex is up and running thanks to Susan Bradley
Published Sat, Oct 4 2008 17:56 | steveb
Sitting here in the SMB Nation session with Susan Bradley and Ofer Shimrat discussing EBS and SBS 2008. Susan has set up http://www.codeplex.com/sbs/ . If you haven't checked it out, take a look and bookmark it. As we move into SBS 2008 I'm thinking...
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SBS 2008 has been released to manufacturing today!
Published Thu, Aug 21 2008 12:50 | steveb
It's official! SBS 2008 has been RTM'd today by Microsoft. Check out the Official SBS Blog for Dean Paron's announcement. Congratulations to the SBS Dev team! You should all head over to the Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group meeting...
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