On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:24:48 -0400, "Cary Shultz" <cshultz@outsourceit.com Good afternoon! We have a client who is making use of SBS2003 on a five year old box (some 30 users....so rebuild is not really an option). We are looking to put in a new server (me likely the new Dell R410....not an advertisement...just sharing). We are thinking about virtualinzg that one physical box to two virtual servers running Windows Server 2008 64-bit (one will be a Domain Controller and one will be...

On Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:07:01 -0700, Mark <fastzrex@nospam.postalias I am thinking about setting up a SBS2008 server on the same subnet as the current SBS2003 production server. Of course the SBS2008 will have its own new forest and domain, and I will start with a new SBS2008 installation when it comes time to do the SBS2003 to SBS2008 migration. This will allow me to have several test workstations within easy reach, test the new firewall setup, etc. Any precautions I should be aware...

On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 07:50:56 -0500, "Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@cpunospamservices.net If you are going to do SBS server, you kind of have to forget the rules about standard servers The SBS package has been specifically written to insure that the kinds of issues normally encountered in the standard versions are not issues with SBS -- Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP] Co-Contributor, Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed http://www.amazon.com/Windows-Small-Business-Server-Unleashe...

On Mon, 1 Jun 2009 14:26:36 -0700 (PDT), Jack <jack@techexpress.ca One client's Dell PE 2900 server is full, the data partition (4x146GB, RAID5) is almost 0MB available. Here is 2 solutions I can think of - There are 2 more hot-swappable hdd slots available. So i can throw in 2x146GB to expand RAID5 - Install a 1TB NAS (Network Attached Storage) box Which way is better? Do you backup the data stored on NAS? Regardless which way I go, I have to think about how to back up such big amount o...

On Sun, 31 May 2009 10:26:01 -0700, "Gary Karasik" <gkarasik@fea.net Hi, For those of you thinking about upgrading to recently released WFBS 6.0 advanced, note this from "Known Issues" in the readme: 7.9.3. During [Messaging Security Agent] installation, the installer may be unable to submit passwords that have special, non-alphanumeric characters to the Exchange Server computer. As a result, you may be unable to install the MSA if the domain administrator account you are using has a...

On Sat, 30 May 2009 10:51:33 -0400, "Larry Struckmeyer [SBS MVP]" <lstruckmeyer@mis-wizards.com Further to Russ's correct answer.... SBS tops out at a combination of 75 users *and/or* devices. It is confusing when you first start to think about it, but the explanation is: Users can connect from any device and need their own license. Desktop, Laptop, RWW, Mobile Phone, it makes no difference, if you have a user license you are good to go. Devices are fixed pieces of metal that can h...

On Thu, 21 May 2009 07:03:00 -0700, Mike <Mike@discussions.microsoft.com Hi, I work for a small non-profit (35 employees), and we are running SBS 2003, using Exchange and SQL. Even in this economy, we are growing as an agency, and will possibly add 5 employees this year. I'm looking at purchasing new server HW (current HW is 5 years old), and am trying to decide if we should move to SBS 2008 or regular server when we update. I know I'm not providing a lot of info here, but is there...

On Sun, 19 Apr 2009 09:23:01 -0700, PrometeoSI <prometeosi@nospam.nospam Hello everyone, after a rainstorm I turned on the server but it did not start because of SAM error. After the recovery process, the starting up lasted for almost 2 hours and half. Now the system looks work (clients can connect to it and programs that use resources on it function well) but if I try to reboot the server the process (turning off and turning on) continues to last for nearly 3 hours. What is happen in...