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Whitepaper – Migrating SBS 2003 to 2011 Essentials

timbarrett — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:24:15 +0000

Whitepaper title: Migrating Windows Small Business Server 2003 to Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials
File name: A_Migrate2003.doc
Date Published: 04/27/2011
Language: English
File size: 422 KB
Pages: 44
Version: 11.04.25
Download URL: Click here

Description:

This guide explains how to install Windows SBS 2011 Essentials in migration mode on a new server, and then migrate the settings and data from the old server that is running Windows Small Business Server 2003 to the new server that is running Windows SBS 2011 Essentials. This guide also helps you demote and remove your old server from the network after you finish the migration process.

Whitepaper – SBS 2003 to 2011 Migration Doc

timbarrett — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 15:27:15 +0000

Whitepaper title: Migrate to Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard from Windows Small Business Server 2003
File name: SBS7_Migrate2003.doc
Date Published: 01/12/2011
Language: English
File size: 724 KB
Pages: 83
Version: 1.0
Download URL: Click here

Description:

This guide explains how to install Windows SBS 2011 Standard in Migration Mode on a new server, and then migrate the settings and data from the old server that is running Windows Small Business Server 2003 to the new server that is running Windows SBS 2011 Standard. This guide also helps you demote and remove your old server from the network after you finish the migration process.

Whitepaper – VHD Getting Started Guide

timbarrett — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:38:31 +0000

Whitepaper Title: VHD Getting Started Guide
File name: VHD Getting Started Guide.docx
Data Published: May 27, 2010
Language: English
File size: 1.13 MB
Pages: 82
Download URL: Click here

Description:
This guide provides an introduction to virtual hard disks (VHDs) in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. It includes an overview of technologies that you use to configure VHDs, as well as procedures to help guide you through deploying VHDs.

Contents:

Virtual Hard Disks in Windows Server 2008 R2 & Windows 7
What’s New in Virtual Hard Disks
Getting Started with Virtual Hard Disks
Introduction to Virtual Hard Disks
How to Perform Common Tasks
Appendix: Tools, Scripts and APIs
FAQ: Virtual Hard Disks in Windows 7
Power Management for Network Devices in Windows 7
What’s New in Power Management for Network Devices

Source: Keith Combs’ Blog

Downloads – 2008 R2 Netsh Technical Reference

timbarrett — Sun, 23 May 2010 02:52:55 +0000

Title: Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server
Netsh Technical Reference
Author: James McIllece, Brit Weston, Jim Holtzman, Greg Lindsay, Corey Plett, Dave Bishop, Karen Carncross
Date Published: May 2010, Microsoft Corporation
File size: 869 KB
Format: CHM file (help file)
Download URL: Netsh_TechnicalReference.zip

Description:

This document provides a comprehensive command reference for networking technologies such as:

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
Network Policy Server (NPS)
Network Access Protection (NAP)
Network Tracing
Routing and Remote Access
And other technologies for which there are netsh commands.

Netsh commands offer an alternative to configuring network technologies using the Windows interface. You can run netsh commands in batch files and scripts, and you can run them from the netsh prompt by manually typing commands. You can use netsh commands to configure both local and remote computers.

Props: Found via Keith Combs’ blog

Whitepaper – Deploying WM6 on SBS 2003

timbarrett — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 02:56:17 +0000

Whitepaper Title: Deploying Windows Mobile 6 with Windows Small Business Server 2003
File Name: SBS-WM6_122107.doc
Version: 3.0
Date Published: January 2008
Language: English
Download Size: 1.8 MB
Pages: 49
Download URL: Click here

Description:
Do you want to add Windows Mobile devices to your network? Is your network based either on the Windows Small Business Server 2003 (Windows SBS) server software with Service Pack 1 (SP1) or on Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2? If so, you can use the step-by-step instructions in this document to deploy devices that are powered by the Windows Mobile 6 software on a Windows SBS network.

Contents

Step 1: Install ActiveSync 4.5 or WMDC 6.1
Step 2: Enable Mobile Services for Users
Step 3: Configure the Firewall and Web Services
Step 4: Install a Certificate
Step 5: Configure Windows Small Business Server
Step 6: Configure Device Synchronization
Step 7: Test the Deployment

Source: Sean Daniel’s blog

OWA Is Horked – Missing Graphics

timbarrett — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:24:14 +0000

From the Help Desk file…

Reported Issue: Users report Outlook Web Access (OWA) ‘looks funny’ or ‘messed up’ and is missing the graphics. The main body says “Loading…”.

There is also no screen color, just a bunch of hyperlinked boxes with red X’s.

System: Windows Server 2003, Exchange Server 2003 with Service Pack 2

Details: Here is a screen shot of the error condition

Dead Ends:

Outlook Mobile Access is working fine
Event logs aren’t throwing any errors
ASP version is good
Restarting application pool didn’t help
Restarting IIS didn’t fix it either

Diagnosis: This was a permission issue. SSL wasn’t enabled on OWA

Resolution:

Open IIS Manager
Navigate to Server Name / Web Sites / Default Web Site / right-click Exchange / choose Properties.
Click on Directory Security, and in the Secure communications box, click Edit.
In the Secure Communications window, make sure Require secure channel (SSL) and Require 128-bit encryption are checked.
Hit OK, OK and Restart IIS

If those boxes are already checked, take a look at the NTFS permissions on the hard drive for the IIS folder. And if you do have to eventually reinstall Outlook Web Access, be sure to check out Henrik Walther’s article, “Fixing a Damaged or Incorrectly Configured OWA 2003 Installation“

Download – Selling SBS and WSS Kit

timbarrett — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:42:38 +0000

Title: How to Sell, Deploy, and Build Business with Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 and SBS 2003 R2
File Name: Selling_WSS_and_SBS_Kit.zip
Version: 1.0
Date Published: 11/15/2007
Language: English
Download Size: 3.2 MB
Download URL: Click here

Description:
A new partner enablement tool that helps you create solutions using Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2. Access the toolkit’s resources—including a process cookbook, technical documentation and marketing materials—to learn how to build your business by selling and deploying customized solutions.

Contents Include:

Application Templates Overview for WSS v3
Asking the Client to Agree to a WSS Demo Final.doc
Helpful Technical Resources from Microsoft.doc
Identifying Potential WSS Clients.doc
Making WSS into a Secure Extranet.doc*
Preparing Your Business to Sell and Support WSS.doc
SBS Business Benefits Highlights.doc
SharePointBackups.exe
Site Administrator Homework Sample.doc
Visio Windows SharePoint Process Flows 061107.pdf
WSS 3.0 User Training Guide.doc
WSS 3.0 Admin Training Guide.doc
WSS 3.0 Site Demonstration Script.doc
WSS 3.0 Site Intake Template Starter Site.doc
WSS 3.0 Technical Setup.doc
WSS Admin Training Agenda Sample.doc
WSS Future Opportunities.doc
WSS Packaged Offering StarterSite Sample.doc
WSS Process Flow Steps Documents Objectives Toolkit Readiness.xls
WSS StarterSite Intake Template.doc
WSS User Training Agenda Sample.doc
Your Ideal Pilot Client.doc

*If you’re looking for the document on creating a secure extranet using WSS v3 on top of SBS, it’s in this download. This is the same WSS / SBS content released at Worldwide Partner Conference 2007 that everyone has been asking for over the last several months. Basically, this stuff is a gold mine!

Whitepaper – Migrating SBS 2003 to New Hardware

timbarrett — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:12:53 +0000

Microsoft has released a new whitepaper and set of worksheets entitled:

”Migrating Windows Small Business Server 2003 to New Hardware“

Sections include:

The whitepaper outlines the following steps for migrating from an existing computer running Windows SBS 2003 to new hardware:

Evaluate the current status of the source server.
Install Windows SBS 2003 and join the domain.
Transfer Exchange Server 2003 settings and folders.
Migrate shared folders and data folders.
Install and configure the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).
Configure Windows SBS 2003 settings.
Migrate Internet Information Services (IIS) Web sites.
Install and migrate Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
Migrate Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server settings.
Migrate Microsoft SQL Server databases.
Remove the source server from the network.

This whitepaper is currently only available in HTML format, but a .DOC version will be made available.

BEST PRACTICE: For the ultimate information regarding SBS migration, including the following scenarios…

SBS 2003 Redeployment

SBS 2000 to 2003 Upgrade

NT4/SBS 4.5 to 2003 Upgrade

SBS 2000 Redeployment

…be sure to check out Jeff Middleton’s
Swing It!! Technician Kit available at www.sbsmigration.com.
We simply can’t say enough good things about the Swing IT Kit!!

Source - Eric Ligman’s Blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/mssmallbiz/archive/2007/11/01/5822972.aspx

Installing WSS v3 on a Member Server in an SBS Network

timbarrett — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:01:23 +0000

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 you’re not totally comfortable with WSS v3 yet, the procedure is documented below using a combination of a Microsoft e-book and the WSS on SBS instructions Chad came up with for SBS.

Note: This free WSS v3 e-book is NOT the whitepaper Chad mentions in his article. This is a digital book: "Deployment for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Technology". (189 pages – published May 2007)

There are two downloads on the page (the second is for an upgrade scenario). Choose the first install (1.1 MB).

Once you’ve downloaded the Deployment e-book, jump to page 23:

Install Internet Information Server (IIS) 6.0 from the Windows Server 2003 CD 1.
Disable "Run WWW server in IIS 5.0 isolation mode"
Install .NET 3.0
Enable ASP.NET v2.0.50727
Install WSS v3
(Select Advanced Install, Select Stand-Alone server type, Choose your data location)
Run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard.
(This may require a restart of the services IIS, SharePoint Administration Service and SharePoint Timer Service.)
The default web site will be http://servername/default.aspx
Credentials to access the site should be in the format DOMAIN\user_name and the normal domain password.
>>This is where we switch from the Microsoft e-book to Chad Gross’ "Companyweb & SharePoint v3 – Part 4" instructions <<
Following Chad’s original instructions in WSS v3 Part 4, starting with "(insert cheesy on hold music . . . )"
Login to the SBS server and create the new Host (A) record for http://intranet that points to the private IP address of your member server, and be sure to create the associated pointer (PRT) record.
Follow the rest of Chad’s instructions on that page to extend the default site to http://intranet (you may have to delete the ":80" port from the URL at the bottom of the configuration page so the final URL is http://intranet and not http://intranet:80)
>> Now leaving Chad’s instructions <<
If you refresh IIS you’ll notice that the SharePoint – 80 default site is gone. However, your old "Default Web Site" (the http://servername) is still there.
Right-click the Default Web Site, click Properties, click the Home Directory tab, select the "A redirection to a URL" radio button, in the ‘Redirect to:’ text box type "http//intranet". Click OK.
Right-click the Default Web Site and start it.
Now http://servername and http://intranet should both take you to http://intranet (be sure to test it from your SBS box as well). If the link isn’t working, make sure you flushed your DNS cache in step 8 above.
Login to your http://intranet site, click Site Actions / Site Settings / Title, description, and icon / rename your site "Intranet"
Download and deploy your templates from the Fabulous 40 collection. Be sure to read the readme.txt enclosed in that download.
Last, but certainly not least – BACKUP!!
Chad mentions backing up your old WSS v2 http://companyweb site in Part 3, but the stsadm for WSS v3 is located in a different position, namely:

– WSS v2 uses ..\60\bin
– WSS v3 uses ..\12\bin

The command I use to backup the WSS v3 http://intranet test site is shown below (yours will vary depending on the target location of your backup files):

Start / Run / CMD / Enter

CD C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\bin

stsadm.exe -o backup -url http://intranet -filename "E:\WSSv3Backup\intranet_backup.dat" -overwrite

Of course, you can use the system timer to schedule that backup daily if you like.

Once you get past getting your feet wet with WSS v3, be sure to check out the section, "Administering backup and recovery for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 technology" on TechNet (especially if you’re running SQL as your database engine) before rolling out WSS to client sites.

Whitepaper – Exchange IMF v2

timbarrett — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:01:45 +0000

Whitepaper title: Microsoft Exchange Server Intelligent Message Filter v2 Operations Guide
File name: IMF_SP2.doc
Version: 1.0
Date Published: Feb 7, 2007
Language: English
Download Size: 337 KB
Pages: 42
Download URL: Click here

Overview:
Microsoft Exchange Server Intelligent Message Filter v2 helps companies reduce the amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE), also known as spam, received by users. This guide provides overall operational information to help optimize the performance of Exchange Server Intelligent Message Filter.

Whitepaper Contents:

Understanding Exchange Server IMF
Planning Your Exchange Server IMF
Configuring and Enabling IMF
Create an IMF
Specify Sender ID Filtering Options
IP Address Configuration for Sender ID Filtering
IP Address Configuration for Connection Filtering
Create a Connection Filtering Rule
Enable Connection Filtering
Enable IMF
Updating the Exchange Server IMF
Monitoring and Troubleshooting IMF
Customizing IMF