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SBS Technical Library Has a New Home.

[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] A common request in the SBS community is that...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/28/2007

Running Low on Virtual Memory and Excessive Page File Usage

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] If you are experiencing the following...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/27/2007

How to Install a Public 3rd Party SSL Certificate on IIS on SBS 2003

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of James Frederickson, Damian Leibaschoff, and Justin Crosby]...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/21/2007

Supporting Regulatory Compliance with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of James Frederickson] We are noticing an increased number of...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/20/2007

Multi-processor support in Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] We sometimes get asked how many processors SBS...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/17/2007

Update to post on SP2 install failure on SBS

[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] The batch file in June's post, SP2 May Fail to...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/10/2007

Quick Reference: Components Included with Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Rod White] Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 has...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/09/2007

How to Backup and Restore Your SBS and Default Group Policies

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] In SBS 2003 we have the 2 default policies...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/07/2007

Getting to see the real IIS status codes from Internet Explorer

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] This is something we see every day so we...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 08/01/2007

Active Directory FTP User Isolation Mode (IIS 6.0)

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] **DISCLAIMER FTP is an older protocol which...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/30/2007

Why can't I access my web sites by both FQDN and IP after running the CEICW?

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] Hello Readers, When you run the Small Business...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/26/2007

But my server IS a Small Business Server: 940318

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] Hello Readers, We have noticed a new issue with...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/20/2007

Problems accessing e-mails in Exchange after installing MS07-040 (KB931212)

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] This is an issue that we started seeing...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/13/2007

Installing fax and not seeing the fax printer created (and not getting an error either)

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] On some occasions, when you are trying to...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/11/2007

SBS 2003 SP 0 Support Retirement

[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] Please note that support for SBS 2003 SP 0, also...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 07/03/2007

New Best Practices for SP2 KB

[Todays' tip comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] This is just a quick note about the availability...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/29/2007

SP2 May Fail to Install If a Large Number of Updates Are Installed

[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] Update: The steps below are no longer needed. To...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/22/2007

New Community Survey

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] Kevin Beares and company are hosting a new...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/19/2007

ISA 2006 Support on SBS

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill and Wayne McIntyre]Just a quick follow-up on...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/18/2007

How to Back Up Your SBS 2003 Licenses

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] Whenever you install new client access licenses...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/18/2007

SBS 2003 R2 WSUS "Low" Update Setting Issue

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby and Cloud Xu] We are investigating an issue with...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/11/2007

New SBS 2003 Updates released through Microsoft Update and WSUS

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Duncan Chalmers and Damian Leibaschoff] Today the SBS SE team...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/08/2007

Windows Server 2003 SP2 Will Hit Automatic Updates Next Week

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] Windows Server 2003 SP2 will be released to...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/06/2007

Join Microsoft SBS Experts for an Online Chat!

[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of Karan Rustagi] Small Business Server 2003 Chat (EMEA Community)...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/06/2007

Incoming Faxes Can Take a Long Time to Route to SharePoint

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby and Jim Martin] Customers who configure SBS fax...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/05/2007

Unable to RDP/RWW into the SBS server after applying SP2

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of David Copeland] If you are unable to RDP/RWW (i.e. to connect...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 06/01/2007

Upgrading Existing Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SBS) Installations to SBS 2003 SP1

[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] This is an update to this post...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 05/24/2007

Trouble Installing SharePoint 3.0 after WSUS 3.0.

[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] One frequent question often asked of SBS 2003...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 05/22/2007

Understanding the Behavior of the WSUS 3.0 Upgrade

[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] WSUS 3.0 is being offered today as an update for...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 05/22/2007

How to Configure Fax On Windows Vista for an SBS 2003 Environment

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Roderick White] Before a user running Windows Vista can send a...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 05/22/2007

Studying for 70-282?

[Today's tip comes to us from Mark Stanfill] A free webcast series hosted throughout the month of...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 05/18/2007

How to Automatically Import Public Folder Data in to CompanyWeb

[Today's post comes to us from Justin Crosby] CompanyWeb has the ability to copy the attachments...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 05/16/2007

Performance Report May Not Work As Expected on Some German SBS 2003 R2 Servers

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Kim Oehmichen, Damian Leibaschoff, and Mark Stanfill] [Der...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 05/02/2007

Common Networking Issues After Applying Windows Server 2003 SP2 on SBS

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] Overview We have seen an increasing number of...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 04/24/2007

Outlook 2007 Update Available

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] There is a new patch available for Outlook 2007...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 04/16/2007

The KB 935964 DNS Server Vulnerability and SBS

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] If you're running SBS, you should be aware of a...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 04/16/2007

Getting the error "MMC has detected an error in snap-in"?

[Today's tip comes to us from Damian Leibaschoff] After you install Windows 2003 Service Pack 2 or...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 04/04/2007

Inbound FAX routing may fail due to the Exchange Intelligent Message Filter (IMF)

[Today's tip comes to us from Damian Leibaschoff] Routing an Inbound Fax to E-Mail fails (Event Id...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 04/02/2007

Help and Support service missing after installing Windows 2003 Service Pack 2

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby] We have noticed that on some SBS 2003 installs...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/20/2007

VPN, SecureNat/Nat and Outlook clients not working after installing Windows Service Pack 2 in SBS 2003 Premium

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of David Copeland, Justin Crosby, Mike Lieser and Damian...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/19/2007

Error when trying to approve Windows 2003 SP2 within Update Services

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] When you try to approve the Windows 2003...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/19/2007

Problems getting SBS SP1 Upgrade Media

If you already have ISA 2004 on your SBS 2003 Premium, then this post does not apply to you. This...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/19/2007

Can I Install Windows Server 2003 SP2 on SBS 2003?

[Today's tip comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] Yes. All component service packs are fully...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/14/2007

New Sharepoint 2.0 DST update and data update tool

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] New Sharepoint 2.0 DST update and data update...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 03/09/2007

Some SBS 2003 R2 Servers Are Not Synching Vista Updates in WSUS

[Today's tip comes to us from Damian Leibaschoff] Please note that this is an ongoing issue that is...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/27/2007

Extended Daylight Saving Time and SBS 2003

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Chris Puckett] [Contains updated information: Modified Step 4...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/13/2007

SBS Vista Client Update (Ripcurl) Now Available

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] There has been a large amount of discussion in...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/08/2007

ESM with IE7 Unable to Open the Help File

[Today's tip comes to us from Mark Stanfill.] There is a fairly innocuous, but annoying issue with...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/02/2007

Update for the Windows SBS client deployment tools to support Windows Vista delayed

[Today's post comes to us from Chris Puckett] There is a bit of a delay in getting the update...

Author: SBS Bloggers Date: 02/01/2007

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