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The mystery of the slow Exchange 2007: when hard-coded values come back to...

Following a migration from Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 to SBS 2008 users were complaining that Exchange was slower than before in some scenarios. How could this be? The new machine had 64-bit...

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Exchange 2007: ESEUTIL beats the wizard

Today I was asked to help find missing email in Small Business Server 2008, in other words Exchange 2007. Somehow, thousands of emails had disappeared from a user’s mailbox. They were there a couple of...

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Small Business Server “Aurora” based on Windows Home Server and will have...

The most interesting session at TechEd in New Orleans last month was one I could not talk about until today. It concerned the next version of Small Business Server, no date announced yet. The next SBS...

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Microsoft removes Drive Extender from new Windows Home Server, users rebel

Microsoft’s Windows Home Server has a popular feature called Drive Extender [Word docx] which lets you increase storage space simply by adding an internal or external drive – no fussing with drive...

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Microsoft’s muddled licensing for Office Web Apps

I’ve been reviewing Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2011 – mainly the standard edition as that is the one that is finished. The more interesting cloud-oriented Essentials version is not coming until...

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Remote access to files in Microsoft Small Business Server 2011

Among the most interesting features in the new Small Business Server 2011 standard edition – I suspect it is in the Essentials version as well – is the ability to access shared folders remotely via a...

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Restoring an old Small Business Server 2008 backup: beware expired Active...

Seemingly tricky problems sometimes have simple solutions – but you have to find them first. So it was with this one. I was asked to recover some emails from Small Business Server, from a backup that...

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Fixing a Small Business Server 2008 broken by updates

I had a call last night from a small business whose email no longer worked. They had applied updates to the server but Exchange had failed to restart. Looking at the services it was easy to see why....

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Farewell to Microsoft Small Business Server

Microsoft has announced pricing and licensing for Windows Server 2012. A dry topic perhaps; but one which confirms the end of a product with which I am perhaps too familiar: Small Business Server. It...

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Microsoft Small Business Server to Server Essentials R2: not a smooth transition

Recently I assisted a small business (of around 10 users) with a transition from Small Business Server 2003 to Server Essentials R2. Small Business Server 2003 had served it well for nearly 10 years....

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Notes from the field: Office 365 Cutover Migration for a small business and...

I assisted a small company in migrating from Small Business Server 2011 to Office 365. SBS 2011 was the last full edition of Small Business Server, with Exchange included. It still works fine but is...

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