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Got a question for the "been there done that" crowd- planning a P2V of SBS 2011 at a client to replace old hardware. We've done it successfully at other sites with no real issues, but.... this site is a little different. The others were all single DC environments- single office, other member...

Tore my hair out on a few clients this morning, until it was revealed KB3097877 was the culprit. http://www.zdnet.com/article/outlook-crashing-after-windows-security-updates-you-are-not-alone/

Anybody seeing these today? All of a sudden this afternoon several different clients (all running Exchange in house) seeing some random rejections from Outlook.com hosted recipients. All Exchange servers on static IPs, PTR records in place, etc. All recipients rejecting are apparently using...

Wow- what a mess this is. You know, the Win8 love/hate thing- desktop OS vs. Tablet... I get it. Trying to make things easier for Joe Average user. No Problem. But this stupified, dumbed-down interface on Essentials is a joke. They have emasculated Small Business Server. I've been deploying SBS...

I want to set up backup MX for a client that is running in-house Exchange on SBS 2011. Their ISP has had reliability issues, and when their internet connection is down obviously email stops coming in. Yes- servers are SUPPOSED to re-queue and re-send, but this doesn't always happen. They own...

Anyone else getting a bunch of these today? This morning, I have several clients w/Exchange 2010 on SBS 2011 (as well as my own Exchange) getting rejectiions from the spam filter. was there an update last night causing this? It's literally everywhere.

Trying to install patches- copied zip files to the datastore, in a folder I named Patches. Enable SSH, go into maintenance mode; launch putty, login, and run this command: esxcli software vib update --depot /vmfs/volumes/patches/ESXi500-201109001.zip Returns an error: Could not download...

Here's the scenario- client site has existing SBS2003 install. Server is a mess. Others have worked on it over the years that had no clue what they were doing; the hardware is nearing 5 years old- time to replace anyway. We're setting up a new SBS2011 server, from scratch. The existing AD and...

Just looking for alternatives for SBS backups. Specifically, dealing with SBS2011, and the lack of tape drive support. I know tape is clunky and out of vogue, but it does provide off site capabilities in the event of total disasters. I know the myriad of ways (and use many of them) to...

Final goal is to P2V existing SBS 2003 server into a VM, then ultimately migrate to a fresh new install of SBS 2011. I see this as having a lot of potential for client migrations- ability to VM their existing install and test it for the process. Once the VM is running, isolate it and test the...

Anybody try the Beta? If so, did you try the cloud based Aurora, or stand alone SBS7? Looks like a compelling set of new products. Got to get it downloaded and put on a box shortly.

Found a few threads here, but wondering what everyone's using. I have been looking at GFI Archiver, but it looks like the hardware and server requirements are going to be pretty steep, once you get a new SQL server, etc. About 35 users, and huge mailboxes. Owners refuse to accept quotas, and...

Have a small client, not ready for SBS, but they're a great candidate for hosted Exchange- need collaboration, centralization, etc., also has a BB, and would like the features of BES. Anybody using one? Any horror stories or great reports???

Anyone used sbsmigration.com's "Swing Migration" on SBS 2003? I have several of these to do upgrading to SBS 2008, as well as one which is a server replacement, where they want to keep SBS 2003. Sounds like a great tool, and much easier for the 08 upgrade than MS's migration tool. Also, the only...

Popped SP3 on my XP workstation yesterday, which installed the new 6.0 client. That's fine, but now I don't seem to be able to launch a console session to Server2003 servers. I have a couple that I MUST log in as a console session, because of some software running. Used to be, I would just click...

I love this program- makes adding disks and changing partitions so painless. Used it again this morning after adding 3 new disks to a client's RAID array. After the Perc did its thing, resized the Boot/OS partition from its original 12GB to24, and allocated the rest of the new free space to...

Figured I'd post this here too- if you are running NOD32 on Exchange Server with the XMON module, TURN OFF UPDATES TO PREVENT UPDATE 2022!! This update stops your information store, and you cannot restart unless you disable XMON! This update was just released tonight. I've had 4 client sites...

I have a perplexing scenario at a new client - they need to implement a DFS solution between their main office and their branch office, to allow seamless file sharing at both locations. Windows DFS would seem like the most obvious choice, but there is the issue of version control and file...

I've got to buy some partitioning software for a client's server- running Server 2003. What is everyone else using? I'd like to keep the price reasonable, since I have to eat this as part of my cost of doing business. I've looked at Paragon Partition Manager 7.0 Server Edition...

In a Gateway PC for a client- tried 3 drives- all the same result. Goes 100% through format, then says "Setup was unable to format the partition. Makes sure drive is switched on, blah blah blah." Also replaced IDE cable. Then, one time at boot w/CD for format, got BSOD, with KMODE exception...

I've got to order a bunch of patch cables for a new network setup- too many to bother making my own. Who's your favorite?

Below is a letter I sent off to SonicWALL regarding their recent policy of forcing you to subscribe to their fee-based support to receive firmware updates: I recently requested information regarding the status of support at SonicWALL. Specifically, I wanted to know if Tier 1 support had...