Questions tagged [small-business-server]

Microsoft Windows Small Business Server (SBS), now called Windows Server Essentials

From Wikipedia:

Windows Server Essentials, (formerly Windows Small Business Server or SBS) is an integrated server suite from Microsoft designed for running network infrastructure (both intranet management and Internet access) of small and medium enterprises....

It is intended to give small- to medium-sized business the tools to manage their own core business IT functions, for example

  • Email (Microsoft Exchange),
  • Intranet/Internet applications (Microsoft Internet Information Server, or IIS),
  • database management (Microsoft SQL Server),
  • and others.

Additional information is available from Microsoft here.

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Cannot access site hosted on IIS 7 from LAN with server firewall on

I have an MVC site hosted on IIS 7. It works fine when accessed from the server itself. However when I tried to access it from the same LAN as the server's the website wasn't reachable. Next I disabled the windows firewall on the server and the site…
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How to route internal Exchange mail through external servers

I have a client (lets call them Contoso Ltd. with the domain contoso.com) who I have just deployed SBS 2011 for their head office. Due to a contract they are committed to using a 3rd party POP email host as their primary mail server. I set up…
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Small Business Server 2011, why does it take so long to load?

I have in my company, SBS 2011, on a mother board that handles Dual Xeon Quad Core 3.2 Ghz processors (X5492), 16GB of ram, 500GB main drive, 1 TB raid, and a gigabit network... The administrator says it takes between 10 to 15 minutes to boot, and…
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Windows 2008 SBS x64 Registry Access Strange Behaviour

I am experiencing a strange inconsistency when trying to read the registry but only affecting Windows 2008 SBS x64 Operating systems. Althought I haven't tried everything but Windows 7 x64 works Taking the comments aside that I should not be using…
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What mangement tools does SQL server 2008 R2 standard edition (with SBS) ship with

I'm considering purchasing SBS 2008 and wanted to know the tools SQL Server Standard ships with. Here is a MS article with all the tools. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144275.aspx I developed an ERP on SQL Server 2008 Enterprise and…
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How can I access Windows SBS 2008 without the admin domain password or boot disk?

I have an old Dell Poweredge T100 from my fathers old business running Windows Small Business server 2008, however I do not know the admin password nor do I have the boot/windows install disk. Is there any possible way to access the server or reset…
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Visual Studio and Umbraco setup through Remote Control

I'm new to umbraco and have recently downloaded visual studio with the objective of setting it all up and getting it all to work. However, fact remains that I'm not suceeding and I've not been able to find any post related to this topic on the…
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How do I detect Windows Small Business Server operating system?

My employer is considering releasing two versions of the same Windows Server-based product; a cheaper "small business" edition and a more expensive "enterprise" edition. There will be a number of differences between the editions, but ideally we'd…
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Are there any problems running ASP.NET applications on Microsoft Small Business Server?

I am looking at installing my ASP.NET app on my client's Microsoft Small Business Server Premium Edition, but I've never used it as a platform. Are there any limitations or restrictions I need to be aware of? Thanks
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Out of disk space on sbs2011

Scenario: SO: SBS2011 HD: 186GB - Available space: 0 DIR and file greater than 1GB: /windows/winsxs -> 45,5GB /windows/installer -> 5,5GB /windows/assembly -> 2,5GB /unknown -> 113,9 GB I tried: Disk cleaner, the tool claim to be able cleaning…
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