Small Business Server 2008 Questions


SBS 2008 to Exchange 2010
We currently have SBS 2008 with about 50 mailboxes. We are planning to move away from SBS and into individual servers. I was looking for input on the best way to move my mail users AND email from the SBS (Exchange 2007) to a new Exchange 2010 server. For more info, the SBS is in [...]

Answer Question   |  October 21, 2011  7:49 PM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010, SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008
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5 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.

Out-of-office assistant not working in Outlook 2007
We’re running Exchange 2007 on an SBS2008 server. Outlook 2003 users can access out-of-office assistant with no problem from within Outlook. Outlook 2007 users get an error message that “out of office settings cannot be displayed because the server is currently unavailable.” Only way to get out-of-office to work for these 2007 users is going [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  6:52 PM
Exchange 2007, Lotus Notes Out of Office agent, Out of Office Assistant, Outlook 2007, Outlook 2007 Out of Office, SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008
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20 pts.

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  May 31, 2011  5:59 PM
Migration failure, SBS 2003, Server migration, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003, Small Business Server 2008
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5 pts.

How to create a VPN with SBS 2008
Dear Friends, I have a sbs server 2008 64 bit, and I wanted to create a VPN. can any body tell me how can do this. It i my hummble request to you please tell me the process step by step. Thanks & regards AAKASH JAIN

Answer Question   |  May 2, 2011  11:58 AM
SBS 2008, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2008, VPN, VPN connection
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30 pts.

Raid 5 hardware
Hi all, I have a server (HP) running SBS 2008. It came with 4 same sized disks and RAID controller. The server is in production. Can i setup RAID 5 on the server now by using the present disk to mirror rightnow I have 1 basic drive with 120 Gb. and about 300 Gb of [...]

Answer Question   |  February 14, 2011  3:56 PM
RAID 5, RAID 5 fault tolerance, RAID Array, SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008
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740 pts.

SBS 2008 IIS is showing American date. I need to change it to European
SBS 2008 IIS Default company website is showing American date. I need to change it to European. Can anyone tell me how this is done please Kind Regards Shane

Answer Question   |  February 1, 2011  1:33 PM
IIS, IIS configuration, SBS 2008, SBS 2008 Premium, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2008
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805 pts.

Windows SBS 2008 Backup
Windows SBS 2008 Windows Server Backup I have a server whose backup has been failing, purportedly for a lack of space on the drive. The drive is full (after about 6 mos. of usage), but in http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770266%28v=ws.10%29.aspx it is stated that “Automatic disk usage management. After you configure a disk for a scheduled backup, Windows [...]

Answer Question   |  January 25, 2011  4:18 PM
Backup and recovery management software, SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008, Windows Server backup, Windows Small Business Server
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2,015 pts.

Disable administrative shares in SBS 2008
hi do any one now how to disable the administrative shares in small business server 2008 standard edition thanks

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2011  1:28 AM
SBS 2008, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2008, Windows Small Business Server
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80 pts.

How to force screensaver with password in SBS 2008 domain
Hi I want to force a screesaver after certain time in SBS 2008 domain and should ask for the password after the screensaver. Can any one tell the appropriate GPO setting that would effect all users including administrators in the domain. Thanks

Answer Question   |  January 14, 2011  1:09 AM
GPO, Network security, SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008
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80 pts.

Restrict web content in SBS 2008 domain
SBS 2008 domain, Need my users to not be able to get to certain websites , based on contents. do not want to specify each website , If this can be achieved via a GPO , I will be very happy.

Answer Question   |  January 13, 2011  5:25 PM
Content filtering, GPO, SBS 2008, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2008, Windows Server
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740 pts.

Will Windows NT 4.0 still be able to login to SBS 2008
Hi, We are just about to buy a server that will be running Small Business Server 2008. I know the cilents machines can run windows 7, vista and xp. But due to reasons we still have a couple of computers running windows nt 4.0 and would like to know if we would be able to [...]

Answer Question   |  January 5, 2011  12:09 PM
SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows NT, Windows NT 4.0, Windows XP
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5 pts.

Windows XP SP3 slow loading
a couple of machines in s SBS 2008 domain have problem with loading websites that have lot of pictures like nationalgeographic. Issue on all browsers.the PC becomes very slow, just one step behind a soft hang. It does not recover for atleast 5 minutes. No error messages. I ran process monitor to check whats going [...]

Answer Question   |  December 16, 2010  10:21 AM
SBS 2008, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2008, Windows XP SP3
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740 pts.

Is there an easy tool to decipher event logs?
Hi Guys, Is there an easy tool that can be used to decipher event logs I dont mind paying for it but would rather a free tool as long as it “does exactly what it says on the tin” Thanks All Shane.

Answer Question   |  December 10, 2010  10:55 AM
Event logs, SBS 2008, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2008, Windows Server 2003
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805 pts.

Exchange Server 2007 not receiving attachments over 4MB
We don’t receive emails with attachments greater than 4 MB. I’ve keep off all the marks restriction in send and received. THANKS

Answer Question   |  November 9, 2012  10:21 AM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 error messages, Microsoft Exchange Rules, SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008
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85 pts.

Shared Calendar in SBS 2008
I have setup a public folder and now need to have a shared calendar associated with it. What is the process to complete this task. The users are on a minimum of Outlook 2007.

Answer Question   |  December 6, 2010  1:23 PM
Exchange Shared Calendars, Pantherx9, SBS 2008, SBS Exchange, Shared calendars, Small Business Server 2008
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5 pts.

Exchange 2007 Delivery Status Notification (Relay) Message
We have recently switched from Exchange 2003 on SBS 2003 to Exchange 2007 on SBS 2008. Before the switch, when we were on 2003, everytime a user would send an email with a delivery receipt it would return an email titled “Delivery Status Notification (Relay)” and this email would include the following text “This is [...]

Answer Question   |  October 7, 2010  5:37 PM
Delivery Status Notification, Exchange 2003, Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 error messages, Outlook 2007, SBS 2008, Small Business Server 2008
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5 pts.

Exchange 2007 internal domain errors
I have got a windows sbs 2008 server with exchange 2007 and it all works fine however the company is part of a franshise therefor they have the same domain name ie redbull.com is head office and this paticular branch is also redbull.com. The branch can not email head office comes back with [strong]Delivery has [...]

Answer Question   |  September 20, 2010  11:15 AM
Exchange 2007, Exchange 2007 error messages, Exchange error messages, Small Business Server 2008, Windows, Windows Server 2008
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5 pts.

Small Business Server Migration 2003 to 2008
My destination server gives an error stating that I never ran the migration tool on the source server or ran out the time frame. I have run the tool. and again, and again. same msg. What could be the cause.

Answer Question   |  September 7, 2010  2:26 PM
Exchange Server on SBS 2003, SBS 2008 Error Messages, SBS Migration, Small Business Server 2008, Windows 2003 SBS to Windows 2008 SBS Migration
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40 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.