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SQL 2005 SP 3 (KB 955706) fails to install on the EBS Management and Security Servers

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] Updated 10/14/2009 with additional steps for...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 05/06/2009

Virtualized Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS) to be featured in a Microsoft System Center Tools presentation at TechEd

John Joyner, a Microsoft MVP for Operations Manager and Senior Architect at ClearPointe, will be...

Author: chuckarc Date: 05/01/2009

Tech·Ed - Cutting Costs with Essential Business Server featured at Tech·Ed 2009, May 11-15

A Cutting Costs with Windows Essential Business Server 2008 session will be featured at Microsoft...

Author: chuckarc Date: 04/28/2009

Troubleshooting DNS issues and DNS error (s) with the Preparation Wizard

Here is a new tidbit on the Preparation Wizard J. Since we announced it back in July, we have a lot...

Author: Kevin Beares - MSFT Date: 04/28/2009

Using System Center Essentials (SCE) with Essential Business Server webcast today, 5p Eastern/4p Central/2p Pacific

One of our EBS MVPs, Chris Rue is putting on a Live Meeting today. Really try to attend this meeting...

Author: Kevin Beares - MSFT Date: 04/14/2009

Garbled text in RemoteApp splash screen on Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Japanese version

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Stephen Li] If you are using Windows Essential Business Server...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 04/09/2009

Conficker information on EBS Product Manager blog

Read about Microsoft released a critical security update for Windows (MS08-067) at MSRT Released on...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 04/02/2009

Outlook Presents Multiple Prompts for Authentication in EBS

[Today's post come to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] You may receive multiple prompts for...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 03/20/2009

How To Change the Public Certificate used by Windows Essential Business Server for Incoming Web Requests

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of John Bay] Summary When Windows Essential Business...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 03/13/2009

How to repair Windows Essential Business Server components using MMS.msi

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Ashish Sukhija] You may run into problems where some of the...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 03/03/2009

Hyper-V Certificate Expiration and Resolution

The Windows Virtualization team has blogged about a certificate error that can occur resulting in...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 03/03/2009

EBS Console crashes every 5-7 days

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre, Damian Leibaschoff, Chris Puckett, and Justin...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 02/27/2009

Time Zone Issues when Installing Essential Business Server in a Virtualized Environment

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan, Wayne McIntyre, Mark Stanfill, and Chris...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 02/27/2009

What’s in a Name? The Remote Web Workplace Users Group in EBS 2008

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] EBS controls access to RWW through...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 02/26/2009

Choosing an iSCSI Device During EBS Installation

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Kunal Ghotge and Mark Stanfill] EBS setup disables all network...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 02/25/2009

Properly Handling an EBS 2008 Setup Failure

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] If EBS setup encounters a fatal error and...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 02/24/2009

EBS at Convergence 2009

EBS will be at four sessions at Convergence 2009 in a few weeks. For details visit:...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 02/18/2009

FSMO role distribution for different Windows® Essential Business Server deployment scenarios

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Manish Kapoor] Today we are going to throw some light on the...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 02/10/2009

Installing virtualized EBS at home (#3)

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Jim Holtzman] Continuing the saga of virtualizing EBS at home....

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 02/09/2009

Installing virtualized EBS at home (#2)

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Jim Holtzman] Continuing the saga of virtualizing EBS at home....

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 01/30/2009

Installing virtualized EBS at home (#1)

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Jim Holtzman] Greetings. I'm a technical writer on the EBS/SBS...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 01/30/2009

Cannot resolve names in certain top level domains like .co.uk.

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] After one day, you may find your Windows 2008...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 01/29/2009

Microsoft Update Opt-In failed error on EBS 2008 installations.

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] During the installation of each of the EBS 2008...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 01/23/2009

EBS virtualized onto one Sun server

Sun is marketing a one-server, virtualized solution for EBS along with a 60-day trial and discount...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 01/22/2009

How to Renew Your EBS SSL Certificates

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Sharique Ahmed] This article describes how to use the Update...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 12/30/2008

Happy Holidays

The EBS Team wishes you a safe and peaceful holiday season. A case study was just released on...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/23/2008

How to Reinstall Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server in Essential Business Server

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Harpreet Singh] Today we will discuss how to remove and...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 12/18/2008

HP servers supporting EBS

I recently discovered this matrix that shows the HP servers supporting EBS.

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/18/2008

Need to lower your costs and increase productivity? How do you convince the CFO or CEO of the value of EBS?

This post on my Product Manager blog provides contains two slides from an EBS deck discussing TCO,...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/17/2008

How to Change an EBS Server’s IP Address

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Sharique Ahmed and Mark Stanfill] This article describes how...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 12/09/2008

Decommissioned DNS Servers Appear During Replacement Mode Install

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] When Windows 2008 Essential Business Server is...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 12/03/2008

Activating EBS

When activating from a evaluation EULA, EBS is activated the same as Windows Server. To enter...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 12/01/2008

Remote monitoring, management and reporting for EBS

An excerpt from the Level Platforms press release: Level Platforms announces immediate delivery of...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/26/2008

Happy Thanksgiving from the EBS Team

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/26/2008

The Change IP Wizard does not update System Center Essentials Group Policy Objects in Windows Essential Business Server

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] When the Management server is configured...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 11/21/2008

How to Reinstall Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway on Windows Essential Business Server Security Server

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Manish Kapoor] INTRODUCTION This article describes how to...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 11/20/2008

EBS at Convergence EMEA

Where in the world is EBS? Follow EBS at Convergence EMEA on the EBS Product Manager's blog and/or...

Author: TechNet Archive Date: 11/19/2008

How to Change the SCE Run As and Data Warehouse Accounts in EBS

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] By default, EBS configures SCE to use the...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 11/18/2008

EBS Administration Console Returns “Monitoring Data Not Available” After the Administrator Account Password is Changed or Expires

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Ed Walters and Mark Stanfill] By default, the Windows Server...

Author: s.sullivan1 Date: 11/17/2008

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