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Microsoft Windows Small Business Server is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. Probably the most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

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Microsoft Windows Small Business Server is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. Probably the most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

To ensure that larger businesses don't use the Small Business Server line, the upside of bundled products comes with limits on number of users and functionality needed by larger businesses, such as an inability to use clustering or child domains, for example. Additionally, there is no upgrade path from the SBS versions to the "standard" line of server operating systems.

The line started with BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0, in October of 1997, and was based on NT 4.0. The most current version is Windows Small Business Server 2011, which was released in December 2010 and is based on Windows Server 2008 R2. Microsoft has announced that it will be the last in the line, and will be replaced by the "Essentials" version of Server 2012. A comprehensive list of the SBS editions, and the products bundled with them can be found at Wikipedia.

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SSL for Exchange 2003 SMTP

I have a number of clients on Small Business Server 2003, which includes Exchange Server 2003. A few of them have AT&T as their ISP. In an effort to avoid losing email send abilities due to temporarily getting block-listed for a spambot, I would…
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SBS Journal Wrap Condition

When I run the SBS Best Practices Analyzer on my SBS 2003 R2, it says I have a 'journal wrap condition'. What does that mean and how can it be repaired?
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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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Snapshot SBS or Single DC server environments

I can't seem to find a clear answer on this. Is it safe or not safe to snapshot (or in my case checkpoint under HV 2012) an SBS or single DC server environment? I took over an account and am behind on patches by about a year and would LOVE to be…
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exchange accounts on outlook 2010 freeze randomly due to high latency

One of our clients is running a windows SBS server 2011, with users in both a TS environment and local lan computer access. This is a small environment with approximately 35 users. The symptoms we are experiencing are as such: individual users will…
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who is sending mail in exchange?

I have noticed huge amounts of email going to random .com.tw domains. My Exchange event log its erroring with them every few seconds. I am wondering is it possible to see which computer this is coming from maybe its a virus? Has anyone had similar…
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PPTP VPN connections stops working after period of time

I have a client with an SBS 2011 server which is acting as a PPTP VPN server that is having difficulty maintaining working VPN connections to their server for remote workers. Client machines are able to connect in to the VPN successfully and access…
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"Invalid product key" for Windows SBS 2011 on IBM x3200 M3?

We are trying to install Windows SBS 2011 (Czech) on the new IBM x3200 M3 machine. The ServerGuide v9.0 finished correctly and asked for the Windows SBS instalation DVD (OEM). After asking the usual things (language, keyboard, time, ... -- passes…
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Remote Web Workplace for Windows Server

I need to perform a transition from a Windows Server 2008 SBS domain to a "regular" Windows Server 2008 R2 domain with Exchange. One SBS-specific feature users are relying on is Remote Web Workplace. I still cannot make out if it is possible to…
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How can I trick SBS 2011 into allowing me to assign a UPN alias so users can logon as user@domain.com

How can I trick SBS 2011 into allowing me to assign a UPN alias so users can logon as user@domain.com See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/243629/en-us But on SBS I only have a 'General', 'Trusts', and 'Managed by' tab.. this is SBS 2011.
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Migrate SBS2008 to Server 2008 R2

I help out with the IT work at the church I attend. We currently have Windows Small Business Server 2008 set up. It is being used for domain authentication/security, DNS, Folder redirection, Sharepoint(not used), Exchange (used up until last week…
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LicenseService changes itself from disabled to automatic and starts up service

I have Windows SBS 2003 which has LicenseService (llssrv.exe) in services running. As per Microsoft recommendation I disabled this service and stopped it just to notice it's Started again and set to Automatic day later (I haven't checked when…
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Can I activate a Windows Server Trial using an OEM key?

Possible Duplicate: Can you help me with my software licensing question? I am currently running a trial of SBS 2011 Essentials that has expired. Most of the results I see for SBS 2011 on the internet are for OEM DVDs. Can I use the product key…
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Recover encrypted file

I am running SBS Server 2011. I encrypted a text file file1 and placed it under the documents folder in the user profile of user1. Now I accidentally removed user1's account when I was adding/removing email accounts in the Exchange Management…
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Exchange 2007 Mailbox inaccessible

Bit of an odd one this, I've come back after a week off and my Exchange mailbox is completely inaccessible. The rest of the staff (20 or so) are all fine, but I cant connect to mine using either: My Phone My iPad Outlook 2007 OWA So far I've…
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