Another one from the mailbag:
Question – How do I change the timeout in SBS 2008? Users are complaining that Companyweb times out when they get involved in a phone call or when someone walks in their office.

Answer:

Click Start | Administrative Tools | Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager (not IIS 6.0 Manager)
Expand the Server name […]

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Just because a port is open in RRAS or ISA (circa SBS 2003) doesn’t mean that it isn’t being blocked elsewhere, like at the ISP or because port forwarding isn’t setup properly in your firewall. Sometimes you need an outside view of the external ports on your internet connection.
DISCLAIMER - Only open the ports you […]

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Recently announced: Microsoft Search Server Express is now available as a free download! It’s available in x86 or x64 versions too.
Download URL: Click here File name: SearchServerExpress.exe Size: 248 MB
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

Processor: 2.5 gigahertz (GHz) (minimum)
Memory: 2 gigabytes (GB) RAM (minimum)
Operating System: Any of the following […]

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Title: How to Sell, Deploy, and Build Business with Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 and SBS 2003 R2File Name: Selling_WSS_and_SBS_Kit.zip Version: 1.0 Date Published: 11/15/2007 Language: English Download Size: 3.2 MBDownload URL: Click here
Description:  A new partner enablement tool that helps you create solutions using Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Windows Small Business […]

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I love SharePoint.  I love Dilbert.  Put them both together and it’s like peanut butter and chocolate.  In fact, I love SharePoint and Dilbert almost as much as I hate monkeys (that’s a lot!)
THE FRUSTRATONAnd as much as I’ve always adored SharePoint (even back in the STS 1.0 days), user adoption was always sluggish.  To […]

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Thanks to everyone who attended the November 2007 Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) meeting last night on "Best Practices".
SPECIAL THANKS:

Thanks to all who attended, especially those traveling from Lexington.
Also, MAJOR thanks to Matthew Snoddy from Network Therapists for presenting!  We’re really looking forward to the Lexington SBS group launch in January! […]

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If you’ve got a member server in your SBS network (especially if that server is a beefy SQL box) it may make sense from a performance standpoint to install Windows SharePoint Services version 3 on the member server instead of directly on the SBS box.  This is actually a pretty straight-forward process, but in case […]

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Does your SharePoint http://companyweb site running on SBS 2003 or R2 still show missing icons for PDF files you’ve uploaded?  Tsk-tsk.
Solutions:
GOOD - Back in the day we used to fix this problem manually by uploading the 16×16 PDF icon, updating the XML file, and restarting IIS.  Tedious, but effective.
BETTER - Then in 2004 Chad Gross [SBS-MVP] created a cool ZIP […]

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Update kits for the January 2007 Microsoft Action Pack Subscription (MAPS) are scheduled to start shipping today (01/19/2007).  You should see yours before Jan 30.
Here’s what’s NEW in the Action Pack* this month:

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager
Microsoft Office Sharepoint Designer 2007
Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007
Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007
Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server Enterprise […]

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I’ve been ‘rolling my own’ web parts for a while now like the Daily Dilbert, Local Radar, Bert&Ernie Terror Alert, Traffic Cam web parts, etc.  So it’s sad for me to see the default MSNBC Web Parts that are baked in to http://companyweb get the pink slip.  It’s kind of like watching Clippit die, but at least these […]

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