SBS Questions


SBS 2011 on Dell PE 2950
Hi guys I am having an issue installing SBS2011 to a dell 2950 when the install gets to the expanding files consistantly at 40% the installation fails on a cannot install file is missing or currpt. This is from the genuine DVD I have also tried form a bootable USB (slower but same issue different install [...]

Answer Question   |  January 25, 2012  10:26 PM
Dell Poweredge 2950, SBS, SBS Installation, Small Business Server
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25 pts.

remote.domain name pop up opening outlook
Got that common problem got sbs 2008 exchange 2007 my users (only office 2007) however 2010 office users cant seem to connect to autodiscover) keep getting a pop up saying connect to remote.domain username and password popup I know this was a bug that was fixed with service pack one i have howerever installed service [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  3:34 PM
Exchange, Exchange 2007, SBS, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2008
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5 pts.

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  August 3, 2011  1:00 AM
Migration failure, SBS, SBS 2003, sbs 2011, SBS Migration, Small Business Server
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15 pts.

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  January 17, 2011  8:31 AM
Exchange 2010, SBS, SBS 2003, SBS Migration, Small Business Server
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740 pts.

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  December 16, 2010  4:08 PM
SBS, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Trend Micro
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805 pts.

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  October 10, 2010  3:07 PM
Exchange 2003, SBS, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003, Windows 7
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5 pts.

Do I need my small business server?
I would like to eliminate my small business server as we are downsizing and only need to network 4 computers. Is it necessary to have the server? How would I join the four computers so that we are able to share a printer and documents?

Answer Question   |  October 4, 2010  9:40 PM
Network, Network Configuration, Networking in 2010, SBS, Server, Small Business Server
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5 pts.

Limitations of a small business server
What are my limitations for using a small business server as opposed to a standard version? What can I not do from SBS?

Answer Question   |  September 21, 2010  8:10 PM
SBS, Small Business Computing, Small Business Server, Standard Edition
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1,110 pts.

Advice on upgrading SBS 2003 to Windows server 2008
Can we upgrade from a SBS 2003 to a full version of Server 2008? Is this the best method or should there be an intermediary server and install clean on Windows server 2008 and import the data? Is that possible?

Answer Question   |  September 22, 2010  8:09 PM
SBS, SBS 2003, SBS Migration, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003, Windows, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Installation, Windows Server Upgrades
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1,110 pts.

Is it possible to install different applications depending on who logs into a computer located on my sbs 2003 server network?
Is it possible to install different applications depending on who logs into a computer located on my sbs 2003 server network. We already have different groups for different departments and now we need to assign applications on a per user basis. This will give us the ability to have an application follow a user from [...]

Answer Question   |  August 4, 2010  8:58 PM
Network applications management, Network management, SBS, SBS 2003, Small Business Server 2003, Windows Server 2003
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16,755 pts.

Windows SBS 2003 administrator login problems
Have an issue after an automatic update was run on the server. The login works but the systems immediately logs back out. It does the same for all users and the owner of the server doesn’t know what had run in the update. Anyone seen this before? Ideas?

Answer Question   |  July 14, 2010  3:00 PM
Antivirus software, Microsoft Small Business Server 2003, SBS, SBS 2003, Webroot
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5 pts.

Windows 7 64-bit client pc with small business server 2003 standard
Can i connect Windows 7 64-bit client pc with small business server 2003 standard? Will there be any issues?

Answer Question   |  February 10, 2012  1:59 PM
SBS, SBS 2003, Windows 7, Windows 7 in 2010
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16,755 pts.

Windows 2003 Security Audit: Need help blocking and tracking consistent hacker
I’ve recently taking over as Admin working part-time for a non-profit organization in addition to my full-time job. I quickly discovered that their previous IT had been stealing from them for several years and now it appears that he has been hacking into the system. It’s been rough keeping him out, since I’m still learning [...]

Answer Question   |  June 14, 2012  4:45 PM
SBS, Small Business Server, Windows Security, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Security Audits, Windows Server Security Logs, Windows Small Business Server 2003
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25 pts.

Small Business Server 2008
Does anyone know if there will be an R2 version of Small Business Server 2008? Most of our customers fall into the SMB category, with the emphasis on Small. Our organization pretty much functions as the complete IT department for these companies. Because of cost and features, they are all running one version or another [...]

Answer Question   |  July 29, 2010  5:02 PM
Hyper-V R2, SBS, SBS 2003 R2, SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008, Virtualization in 2010
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5 pts.

Manual SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 Exchange Transition (Migration?)
Hi We are running a small (10 user) SBS 2003 network.  We recently installed a new SBS 2008 server and decided (by recommendation) not to use the migration tool.  The new server is on the same IP address subnet, but has a different local domain name. All the server installation tasks are complete and a [...]

Answer Question   |  May 28, 2010  10:58 AM
Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, SBS, SBS 2003, SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 Migration, SBS 2008
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25 pts.

Can I run SBS 2003 OS with Exchange 2003, Sharepoint Services 2003, and Microsoft CRM
Can I run SBS 2003 OS with Exchange 2003, Sharepoint Services 2003, and Microsoft CRM? If so, do you have any links that will help me get started?

Answer Question   |  May 16, 2010  2:26 PM
CRM, Exchange 2003, Microsoft CRM, SBS, SBS 2003, SharePoint, SharePoint 2003
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5 pts.

exchange 2007 and Small Business Server 2008
created new user in SBS2008 w/exchange 2007. This user recieves only local mail. I checked at the ISP account all outside mail is still there. All other accounts work just fine. Need help/

Answer Question   |  May 7, 2010  4:52 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange Server 2007, SBS, SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008
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5 pts.

SUBSSYSTEMS IN AS/400
Hi, Team How Can we start and End “all” subsystems at once in AS/400 through command line or by anyother way? as per my knowledge we can End SBS all at once useing command ENDSBS SBS(*ALL)  but we can’t start  all SBS  at once using command line.  I Guess using CL Programing we can start!! [...]

Answer Question   |  April 16, 2010  9:33 AM
AS/400 subsystems, CL programming, SBS
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1,635 pts.

internet connection to SBS
I have a sbs 2003 with 10 local users and some more via vpn connection. Due to low internet speed I changed my ISP. I have not disconnected my previous ISP yet so right now I have 2 internet ready to be used. The old internet connection is working fine but when I connect the [...]

Answer Question   |  January 21, 2010  10:06 PM
Microsoft Small Business Server, Network connectivity, Network troubleshooting, SBS, SBS 2003
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15 pts.

SBS 2003 Installation Error
I am having to reinstall SBS 2003 on a server which died recently. I deleted all previous partitions, created new ones, formated the partition and then started the install. The install program starts by installing windows server 2003. It then reboots, and you have to login as an Administrator. At that point, it should prompt [...]

Answer Question   |  January 8, 2010  12:44 AM
Microsoft Small Business Server, SBS, SBS 2003, SBS Installation
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15 pts.