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  • How to get SBS 2008 to "fix" managing WSUS after you have manually upset it

    Today's post covers what to do when SBS says it no longer can change the WSUS settings from the console.  The exact message is "Windows Small Business Server Update Service is not running because it automatically turns off if you customize Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)". One...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Wed, Jul 22 2009
    Filed under: Support and Tools, Security, SBSC, Microsoft, Tips, System Update, Windows Essential Server Solution Family, SBS 2008
  • How to upgrade (migrate) from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 on the same system without using a swing migration

    Someone posted this question on a discussion group at work and it got me thinking. If you bought a nice new system over the last 2 or so years in preparation for SBS 2008 (Cougar as was or even SBS v.Next) and had it installed with SBS 2003 you've probably heard that SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 is a 2 box...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Sat, Jan 10 2009
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Support and Tools, Virtualisation, Community, Personal, SBSC, Microsoft, SBS 2003 R2, Tips, Small business, If you only read one post today, Windows Essential Server Solution Family, SBS 2008, Hyper-V
  • SBS 2008 systems limitations and functions are the same as Windows Server 2008

    With SBS 2003 R2, some of the Windows Server 2003 R2 features were not included. I asked today where we were with SBS 2008 and the CPU, Memory and feature lists are, so I am told, the same. On the page http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/compare-specs.aspx it talks about the max number of...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Thu, Jun 19 2008
    Filed under: Support and Tools, SBSC, Microsoft, Tips, Small business, Windows Server 2008, Windows Essential Server Solution Family, SBS 2008
  • EBS 2208 and SBS 2008 Upgrades & Migrations from SBS 2003 and SBS / EBS 2008

    I saw over on Nicholas's blog post - Nicholas King : EBS/SBS Upgrades & Migrations that he has started to answer some of the questions around system upgrades and migrations. Below are some snippets of key information he has shared. Read his blog post for more. However, key thoughts for me are...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Tue, Jun 3 2008
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Support and Tools, Windows SharePoint Services, SBSC, Microsoft, SBS 2003 R2, Documentation, Tips, Small business, x64, SBS Cougar, Windows Server 2008, Windows Essential Server Solution Family, SBS 2008
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