Entries from August 2010

SBS 2008 View User OWA Enabled/Disabled Status

Date August 30, 2010

Some people like to turn off Outlook Web Access (OWA) for certain employees for security reasons. Of course, you can individually double-click users in the console to see if OWA is enabled… …or via the Exchange Management Console… …but there is no speedy way in the SBS 2008 console to get a master list of [...]

Have U Rebooted Yet – 027 – SMB Buzzword Bingo

Date August 25, 2010

Note: There are several sites on the web for making custom business-jargon bingo cards, so I decided to make my own. Mine was done using Excel 2010 and you can download the .XLSX file for yourself to customize it. Just click on the “Buzzwords” tab at the bottom and edit the words in the list. [...]

Recent SBS KB Articles – August 2010 Part Deux

Date August 23, 2010

Here’s another batch of new/updated SBS KB articles SBS 2008 Recent KBs: KB #2097035 – SBS 2008 – Installation on Hyper-v Server fails with an Error "The User Role Cannot be found. Select a different User Role" http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2097035 KB #2291678 – SBS 2008 – Windows SBS Console may crash because of incorrect Environment Variables http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2291678 [...]

KYSBSUG August 2010 – SBS 2008 Disaster Recovery

Date August 17, 2010

KYSBSUG August 2010 Meeting #78 – SBS 2008 Disaster Recovery Using Hyper-V Presenters: Tim Barrett & Kevin Royalty Date: Wednesday August 18, 2010 Time: 6:30-8:30 PM Eastern Venue: Money Concepts Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243 Map: Click here Registration URL: Click here to register today! Description: Your customer calls and says, "Our server [...]

Have U Rebooted Yet – 026 – Future of SMB

Date August 11, 2010

Rating 4.33 out of 5

Crazy Screen Shots – Outlook Takes 5 Days to Send

Date August 9, 2010

Sender complains that when they send an email the recipient doesn’t get it until 5 days later. Inbound email works fine. This is on a POP3 account (with no Exchange involved). The source of the problem was located in the Outbox: Yep, that’s right, a 95 MB email attachment (sent twice). Once those items were [...]

Have U Rebooted Yet – 025 – Lasik

Date August 4, 2010

Rating 4.50 out of 5

Recent SBS KB Articles– August 2010

Date August 3, 2010

Here’s the latest info on new SBS KB articles. SBS 2008 Recent KBs: KB #2275538 – SBS 2008 – Migrating Exchange Data from SBS 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2275538 KB #2275779 – SBS 2008 – Migration Source Server Retirement and Environment Health Check http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2275779 KB #2275550 – SBS 2008 – Migrating Folder Redirected Shares from SBS 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2275550 [...]