Migration to Server 2012 and Exchange 2013
I currently have a SBS 2003 server (DC2) running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2. I have already replaced the file server ( DC1) with Server 2012. I plan on wiping the OS on DC2 and installing Server 2012 and Exchange 2013. Any thoughts on the best way to bring the mailboxes forward to the new [...]
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| March 14, 2013 9:40 PM
Microsoft Exchange Server, SBS 2003
I currently have a SBS 2003 server (DC2) running Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2. I have already replaced the file server ( DC1) with Server 2012. I plan on wiping the OS on DC2 and installing Server 2012 and Exchange 2013. Any thoughts on the best way to bring the mailboxes forward to the new [...]
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| March 14, 2013 9:40 PM
Microsoft Exchange Server, SBS 2003
Exchange 2003 (SBS2003) can’t send/receive since we restored Metabase files
Hi everyone, Our Exchange 2003 can no longer send or receive since we restored an old copy of Metabase files, as IIS was not functioning. Since then I’ve deleted & re-created all the associated virtual directories & we can now open IIS & also goto 127.0.0.0/exchange (although) we can’t access it remotely. But the main issue [...]
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| November 26, 2012 12:08 PM
Microsoft Exchange 2003, SBS 2003
Hi everyone, Our Exchange 2003 can no longer send or receive since we restored an old copy of Metabase files, as IIS was not functioning. Since then I’ve deleted & re-created all the associated virtual directories & we can now open IIS & also goto 127.0.0.0/exchange (although) we can’t access it remotely. But the main issue [...]
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| November 26, 2012 12:08 PM
Microsoft Exchange 2003, SBS 2003
SBS 2003 Exchange Server
I have a client using SBS 2003 Exchange Server. Outlook Users connect to exchange with a microsoft exchange server address similiar to this: MyExchange.local I am trying to setup an iPhone and know I cannot connect to a .local. What is the easiest way to resolve my problem?
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| November 9, 2011 4:22 PM
local, SBS 2003
I have a client using SBS 2003 Exchange Server. Outlook Users connect to exchange with a microsoft exchange server address similiar to this: MyExchange.local I am trying to setup an iPhone and know I cannot connect to a .local. What is the easiest way to resolve my problem?
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| November 9, 2011 4:22 PM
local, SBS 2003
exchange 2003 incoming email connection refused
Hi all and thanks in advance, I’m having an issue with a SBS2003 with exchange 2003. I’ve set up a new web domain name which we are going to use within the recipient policy. They already have several domain names so nothing new but, with the new domain name I’m getting a bounch back saying [...]
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| October 17, 2011 3:15 AM
Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, Sophos
Hi all and thanks in advance, I’m having an issue with a SBS2003 with exchange 2003. I’ve set up a new web domain name which we are going to use within the recipient policy. They already have several domain names so nothing new but, with the new domain name I’m getting a bounch back saying [...]
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| October 17, 2011 3:15 AM
Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, Sophos
Users not receiving alerts to new General Discussion
We have a company website on our SBS 2003 server. Some of the users are not receiving email alerts to new General Discussion items even though their alert settings indicate that they shuld be receiving them immediately. Is there some other setting that is impeding the sending of the email?
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| March 31, 2012 8:08 PM
Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, SharePoint, Small Business Server 2003
We have a company website on our SBS 2003 server. Some of the users are not receiving email alerts to new General Discussion items even though their alert settings indicate that they shuld be receiving them immediately. Is there some other setting that is impeding the sending of the email?
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| March 31, 2012 8:08 PM
Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, SharePoint, Small Business Server 2003
Sync 2 personal Outlook calendars to my iPhone
In addition to my Outlook default calendar, I have another calendar in personal folders (both under “My Calendars”). Using Exchange, the default calendar syncs properly to my IPhone but the secondary calendar does not. Please advise how to sync both Outlook calendars to the IPhone. Thank you.
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| July 11, 2011 6:31 PM
Exchange Calendar Synchronization, Outlook Calendars, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003
In addition to my Outlook default calendar, I have another calendar in personal folders (both under “My Calendars”). Using Exchange, the default calendar syncs properly to my IPhone but the secondary calendar does not. Please advise how to sync both Outlook calendars to the IPhone. Thank you.
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| July 11, 2011 6:31 PM
Exchange Calendar Synchronization, Outlook Calendars, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003
Outlook 2007 Problem
what would cause a sudden trying to connect to exchange server message when outlook is opened?
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| June 30, 2011 3:32 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook 2007, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003
what would cause a sudden trying to connect to exchange server message when outlook is opened?
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| June 30, 2011 3:32 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook 2007, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003
SBS 2003 Recently Became a SPAM Launcher
Even without email relay enabled or anyone gaining unauthorized access to the SBS 2003 server, our Exchange none the less became a SPAM source. Thousands of SPAM emails sent during a few hour period. I was wondering what others have found as a root cause for such a takeover and their experiences.
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| June 28, 2011 2:38 PM
Exchange, Exchange spam filters, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 SPAM Exchange, Small Business Server 2003
Even without email relay enabled or anyone gaining unauthorized access to the SBS 2003 server, our Exchange none the less became a SPAM source. Thousands of SPAM emails sent during a few hour period. I was wondering what others have found as a root cause for such a takeover and their experiences.
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| June 28, 2011 2:38 PM
Exchange, Exchange spam filters, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 SPAM Exchange, Small Business Server 2003
SBS 2003 to 2011 Migration Failure
I’m running out of ideas on my SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 migration I’m attempting. The SBSSetup.log file contains the text at the end of this post showing where it bombs out. The migration appears to fail on SharePoint. The client doesn’t even use SharePoint. I’ve run the best practices analyzer and all the other [...]
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| August 3, 2011 1:00 AM
Migration failure, SBS, SBS 2003, sbs 2011, SBS Migration, Small Business Server
I’m running out of ideas on my SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 migration I’m attempting. The SBSSetup.log file contains the text at the end of this post showing where it bombs out. The migration appears to fail on SharePoint. The client doesn’t even use SharePoint. I’ve run the best practices analyzer and all the other [...]
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| August 3, 2011 1:00 AM
Migration failure, SBS, SBS 2003, sbs 2011, SBS Migration, Small Business Server
Problem migrating SBS 2008 to SBS 2008
hello, i’m facing a problem while trying to migrate SBS2003 to SBS2008 when installing sbs2008 it reads my answer file. But then i get an error: “the schemalevel of the existing sourceserver hasn’t been adjusted” you have to adjust the schemalevel on the sourceserver. so i thought ok, i’ll just do adprep /forestprep adprep /domainprep [...]
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| May 31, 2011 5:59 PM
Migration failure, SBS 2003, Server migration, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003, Small Business Server 2008
hello, i’m facing a problem while trying to migrate SBS2003 to SBS2008 when installing sbs2008 it reads my answer file. But then i get an error: “the schemalevel of the existing sourceserver hasn’t been adjusted” you have to adjust the schemalevel on the sourceserver. so i thought ok, i’ll just do adprep /forestprep adprep /domainprep [...]
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| May 31, 2011 5:59 PM
Migration failure, SBS 2003, Server migration, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003, Small Business Server 2008
Can we use a Windows server 2003 standard disk?
Our Windows SBS 2003 crashed. Can we use a Windows Server 2003 standard disk to boot to a recovery console?
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| April 14, 2011 5:55 PM
Boot disk, Recovery Disk, SBS 2003, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Small Business Server, Windows Small Business Server 2003
Our Windows SBS 2003 crashed. Can we use a Windows Server 2003 standard disk to boot to a recovery console?
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| April 14, 2011 5:55 PM
Boot disk, Recovery Disk, SBS 2003, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition, Windows Small Business Server, Windows Small Business Server 2003
Outlook 2003 admin can see other users inbox and contacts
Can I make it so admin can see users sent items from admin outlook programme
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| March 24, 2011 11:43 PM
Outlook 2003, Outlook Administration, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003
Can I make it so admin can see users sent items from admin outlook programme
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| March 24, 2011 11:43 PM
Outlook 2003, Outlook Administration, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003
Exchange mail store won’t mount after restoring OS from backup, but .edb file was on another drive that stayed current?
I have a SBS 2003 server with 2 hard drives. 1 hard drive has the OS on it. The other has file shares and Exchange files, such as the log files and the .edb file. The first drive went bad, and I used a week old backup image of it to restore from, however, the [...]
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| February 28, 2011 11:00 PM
Backup and restore, Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003
I have a SBS 2003 server with 2 hard drives. 1 hard drive has the OS on it. The other has file shares and Exchange files, such as the log files and the .edb file. The first drive went bad, and I used a week old backup image of it to restore from, however, the [...]
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| February 28, 2011 11:00 PM
Backup and restore, Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003
System is now configured for Iphone but Webmail has stopped working?
This may seem like a silly question but We recently got our system configured by our IT provider so we can have Iphone access to our SBS 2003, However since this was done the webmail has stopped working on our laptops and we are having to do a remote log in to the server to [...]
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| February 15, 2011 3:26 AM
ActiveSync, Exchange ActiveSync, iPhone, iPhone Exchange, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003
This may seem like a silly question but We recently got our system configured by our IT provider so we can have Iphone access to our SBS 2003, However since this was done the webmail has stopped working on our laptops and we are having to do a remote log in to the server to [...]
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| February 15, 2011 3:26 AM
ActiveSync, Exchange ActiveSync, iPhone, iPhone Exchange, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003
Exchange 2010 , public folders
We migrated from SBS 2003 to exchange 2010 on a STD 2008 server.The migration went fine. We chose not to move the public folders. There are no copies of SBS 2003 available any more. Now we get this error Event Log: application Type: Error Source: MSExchangeMailboxAssistants Category: FreeBusy Assistant Event: 14029 Message: Couldn’t find an [...]
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| January 17, 2011 8:31 AM
Exchange 2010, SBS, SBS 2003, SBS Migration, Small Business Server
We migrated from SBS 2003 to exchange 2010 on a STD 2008 server.The migration went fine. We chose not to move the public folders. There are no copies of SBS 2003 available any more. Now we get this error Event Log: application Type: Error Source: MSExchangeMailboxAssistants Category: FreeBusy Assistant Event: 14029 Message: Couldn’t find an [...]
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| January 17, 2011 8:31 AM
Exchange 2010, SBS, SBS 2003, SBS Migration, Small Business Server
Create a shortcut to a Public Folder in Outlook 2007
I have created a public contact folder for the whole organization. However; the boss does not want to travel all the way down to the public folders to find the Business Contact folder. How can I create a shortcut on the toolbar to open this folder. Any hints or help are greatly appreciated. Roccol
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| June 13, 2012 4:16 AM
Outlook 2007, Outlook Public Folders, Outlook Shortcuts, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003
I have created a public contact folder for the whole organization. However; the boss does not want to travel all the way down to the public folders to find the Business Contact folder. How can I create a shortcut on the toolbar to open this folder. Any hints or help are greatly appreciated. Roccol
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| June 13, 2012 4:16 AM
Outlook 2007, Outlook Public Folders, Outlook Shortcuts, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003
Trend Micro information
My company (the company I work for) uses Trend Micro as their security for 0000′s of computers and servers. on a lot of the server and computers Trand Micro top level directory folder is HUGE I am talking GB’s in size. I think it is the old av updates that are causing this but cannot [...]
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| December 16, 2010 4:08 PM
SBS, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Trend Micro
My company (the company I work for) uses Trend Micro as their security for 0000′s of computers and servers. on a lot of the server and computers Trand Micro top level directory folder is HUGE I am talking GB’s in size. I think it is the old av updates that are causing this but cannot [...]
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| December 16, 2010 4:08 PM
SBS, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Trend Micro
Media Mount Fail on Symantec Backup Exec 12
We have a tape rotation system that uses 10 tapes and so we have two weeks worth of backups. A few months ago, we started getting this media mount failed error for just one tape (Wednesday 2 tape). We tried replacing that tape with a brand new one and still get this error each time [...]
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| November 12, 2010 5:36 PM
Backup and Recovery, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec 12
We have a tape rotation system that uses 10 tapes and so we have two weeks worth of backups. A few months ago, we started getting this media mount failed error for just one tape (Wednesday 2 tape). We tried replacing that tape with a brand new one and still get this error each time [...]
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| November 12, 2010 5:36 PM
Backup and Recovery, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003, Symantec Backup Exec, Symantec Backup Exec 12
Conference Room Meeting Calendar Project Small Business Server 2003
I’ve been asked to set up a group calendar that will display all meetings scheduled in 5-6 meeting rooms on one calendar view. The desired functionality includes automatic acceptance of reservations, automatic rejection of duplicate reservations, and color coding of the different resource rooms in the calendar display. This is in a Small Business Server [...]
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| February 15, 2011 7:38 PM
Group Calendar Configuration, Outlook 2003, Outlook Group Calendar, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003, Windows Server 2003
I’ve been asked to set up a group calendar that will display all meetings scheduled in 5-6 meeting rooms on one calendar view. The desired functionality includes automatic acceptance of reservations, automatic rejection of duplicate reservations, and color coding of the different resource rooms in the calendar display. This is in a Small Business Server [...]
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| February 15, 2011 7:38 PM
Group Calendar Configuration, Outlook 2003, Outlook Group Calendar, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003, Windows Server 2003
Exchange server SBS 2003 home connection XP Vista Win 7 Office 10 problem
I use SBS 2003 in the office and connect from home on my lapto running Office 2003 under XP. All fine until I install the latest Office. Since then no connection is possible. I tried the new Office on a Vista and Win 7 PC and had the same problems. I have tried everything, I [...]
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| October 10, 2010 3:07 PM
Exchange 2003, SBS, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003, Windows 7
I use SBS 2003 in the office and connect from home on my lapto running Office 2003 under XP. All fine until I install the latest Office. Since then no connection is possible. I tried the new Office on a Vista and Win 7 PC and had the same problems. I have tried everything, I [...]
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| October 10, 2010 3:07 PM
Exchange 2003, SBS, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003, Windows 7
