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

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

Outlook 2007 Problem
what would cause a sudden trying to connect to exchange server message when outlook is opened?

Answer Question   |  June 30, 2011  3:32 PM
Exchange 2003, Outlook 2007, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, 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 [...]

Answer Question   |  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 [...]

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

Outlook Calendar Events uneditable
Following a move to a new domain, We exported users mailbox to PST’s and imported into the new server/domain.  Now users have some calendard events and meeting requests that have copy in the front of them and are uneditable.  Useing SBS 2011 and Office 2007.  Is there a way to change the permissions, or ownership [...]

Answer Question   |  May 12, 2011  3:19 PM
Outlook 2007, Outlook 2007 calendar, sbs 2011, Small Business Server

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

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  February 28, 2011  11:00 PM
Backup and restore, Exchange 2003, SBS 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 [...]

Answer Question   |  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

Outlook2003 clients Sent Items do not match Exchange2003 tracking centre
We have sbsserver 2003 and Outlook 2003 clients. One users sent items shows messages up to the 8th of this month, but if i search for his sent items in the message tracking centre it only shows messages after the 8th which do not show in his outlook. I first assumed it must be a [...]

Answer Question   |  October 21, 2010  9:34 AM
Exchange 2003, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003

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

SBS monitoring
Hello We have a customer running SBS 2003 sp2. We can’t access the monitoring and reporting through server manager. When Monitoring and Reporting is clicked it just displays a – The Webpage cannot be found HTTP 400 page and when Setup Monitoring and Reports is clicked an error box comes up reading: The wizard encountered [...]

Answer Question   |  November 22, 2010  12:47 PM
MSDE 2000, SBS 2003, Server management, Server monitoring, Small Business Server, Small Business Server 2003

Differences between Windows Versions on Server 2003?
What is the difference between Windows Server 2003, Webserver 2003 and Small business server 2003? Can they all be a domain controller?

Answer Question   |  October 5, 2010  6:26 PM
Domain Controller, Small Business Server, Web Server, Windows domain management, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Web Server 2003