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Windows Small Business Server 2011 is the Microsoft operating system in the SBS line based on Windows Server 2008 R2. It will be the last in the SBS line and went RTM December 13th, 2010 and was first officially released March 9th, 2011. Like the rest of the SBS line, it includes a number of Microsoft products bundled with it, the tradeoff being that the number of users is limited and some functionality useful for larger organizations is disabled.

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Windows Small Business Server 2011 is the Microsoft operating system in the SBS line based on Windows Server 2008 R2. It will be the last in the SBS line and went RTM December 13th, 2010 and was first officially released March 9th, 2011. Like the rest of the SBS line, it includes a number of Microsoft products bundled with it, the tradeoff being that the number of users is limited and some functionality useful for larger organizations is disabled.

It is available in two editions, Essentials and Premium, both of which are 64 bit only. A Premium "add-on" pack was released for either version which primarily included stand-alone editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, and a standalone edition of SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business, both of which were licensed only for use on SBS, with the Server 2008 R2 license to serve as a Hyper-V host, into which SBS 2011 would be virtualized. This add-on also allowed for the use of Remote Desktop Services in SBS 2011, an additional domain controller and the ability to use SBS with a small branch location or locations.

Notable product inclusions and restrictions in SBS 2011 are:

  • PC user limit of 25 (Essentials) or 75 (Standard)
  • Exchange Server 2010 SP1 (Standard)
  • SharePoint Foundation 2010 (Standard)
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Express (Both)
  • Automated backup software (PCs and server in Standard, Server only in Essentials)
  • IIS, DHCP, DNS and (restricted) Active Directory functionality (Both)
  • Windows Software Update Services (Standard)
  • User friendly, wizard-based management and monitoring console (Both)

As it is the last in the Small Business Server line, it has no direct successor, but the product that will be replacing its role in targeting small businesses is Windows Server 2012, Essentials edition.

More information can be found on Wikipedia page dedicated to the Small Business Server line, or at Microsoft's page for Small Business Server 2011.

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Moving a 5 client LAN off of SBS 2011

Sorry, I’ve been managing a Apple-only network for 4-5 years. So, my Windows skills are rusty, at best I was at a small office(went from 15 clients to 5, recently) yesterday to help with their server problems. SBS 2011 hadn’t done any Windows…
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When creating new basic task Windows scheduler getting stuck

I have Windows SBS 2011 server with one secondary Windows 2003 domain controller, no other problems found, but when I try to create new basic task on the SBS, all works well till pressing the Finish button. After pressing Finish the dialog window…
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SBS 2011 unable to browse \\domain\share

We have a customer that has a small SBS 2011 server. It has come to light after a new PC install that we are unable to browse any UNC path that includes the domain name. for example. If I was to ping the domain name, I would get a response fine.…
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Should a WSUS Server point WUServer to itself?

On the Server running WSUS, should HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\WindowsUpdate\WUStatusServer be configured to localhost/itself? Does WSUS honor the Windows Update Service's settings to synchronise, or will WSUS use a…
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Is there a way for me to safely install PowerShell 4 on SBS 2011?

I want PS4 on SBS2011 A requirement of a software our office uses is PowerShell 4. The server is Windows Small Business Server 2011. But PS4 and SBS2011 seem incompatible According to the TechNet Wiki entry How to Install Windows PowerShell 4.0…
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Restoring SBS 2011 backup files without another server?

A small businesses has a Windows Small Business Server 2011 server and uses the SBS Console to make backups to external drives to be stored off-site. How do you restore files from these external backup disks without having another SBS 2011 server?…
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Windows SBS 2011 - Have Exchange send via Office365?

I have Windows SBS 2011. As you know, Exchange 2010 is built in to this. Some time ago, I have started using Office 365 for email. In a perfect world, I would uninstall Exchange 2010, but this cannot be done in SBS. I've also been well advised…
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Getting Double Logon Prompts in Remote Web Access on SBS 2011

Since a month or so ago our users began getting prompted to logon twice (basic authentication dialog after forms authentication prompt) when logging into the Remote Web Access on our Small Business Server 2011. They can login and everything works,…
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Can we disable DFS on Windows SBS 2011?

The supplier of our customer's ERP system says that their software gets performance problems when running on a server with DFS enabled. I notice that DFS Namespace and DFS Replication is enabled on the server. Can we disble those services to test if…
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ExRecipNotFound; not found after disabling / recreating mailbox in exchange - x500 not working

We had an issue with some mail boxes and I have had to recreate some user mail boxes (not a Move Request). After doing this, people can't send to the new mail boxes. I have read about the x500 record that needs updating when a mail box has been…
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Do I have to enable Remote Desktop Services to use Remote Web Workplace connect to computer

We have an existing SBS 2011 Standard installation and I am trying to configure Remote Web Workplace. So far I am able to connect to the Remote Web Access and use shared folders and connect to Outlook no problem. The issue is configuring the…
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Unable to Access SBS 2011 Backup Drive

I have a client running an SBS 2011 server that is configured to make backups to an external hard drive via the built in server backup utility. I am unable to access this drive - It shows up in disk management but there is no drive letter assigned.…
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Is is possible to use WSUS to update sufrace pro devices from sbs2011

We have surface pros in SBS2011 environment is it possible to use wsus in sbs2011 to manage update for surface pro devices? additional notes: so far surface pro devices shows up in sbs server console, and also in the correct OU in Ad administrative…
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Renamed user in Active Directory/Exchange not correctly displaying in Outlook calender

We renamed a user via the SBS2011 console. It appeared to update everywhere. However when other domain users use Outlook to connect to the user's shared calendar it still has the old username. Ex: rename User1 to User2. When User3 connects to…
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SBS2011 (Windows Server 2008 r2) Correct way to Schedule reboot

I'm after the correct way to schedule a reboot on an SBS2011/WS2008r2 box. External support company created a reboot.bat file and added a scheduled task to run it at 6am every Monday morning. reboot.bat contains: shutdown -r -f The batch executes…
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