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  • Active Directory Health Check - Make sure your AD is healthy before you migrate SBS 2003 to SBS 2008

    [updated 29/9/12 with new link] Given the recent comments about AD validation I thought I would share this excellent document on verifying your AD before you begin a migration (or at any other time) Active Directory Health Check - Active Directory This document outlines a basic procedure for validating...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Mon, Jan 19 2009
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Support and Tools, Community, Windows Server 2003, Microsoft, SBS 2003 R2, Tips, SBS 2008
  • How to get DNS and DHCP working on a Windows Server from behind the Windows Firewall

    I have a Windows Home Server at home and I decided I wanted it to be responsible for handing out DHCP and DNS addresses in the house. All very good, but when I set up the services none of it worked because of the built in Windows Firewall. While I could have just turned off the Firewall I decided to...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Thu, Apr 10 2008
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Support and Tools, Security, Windows Server 2003, Windows Home Server, Microsoft, SBS 2003 R2, Tips, Internet and Web
  • Transition Pack Pointers for SBS 2003 peeps

    Just to recap on these links since I still get questions about the Transition Pack. These are some good starting points for understanding Transition Pack (pay special attention to the registry key portion if they have Backup Exec installed): http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/01/12/417350.aspx...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Sun, Oct 7 2007
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Support and Tools, Windows Server 2003, SBS 2003 R2, Tips
  • What to do if you need the migration pack (transition pack) for SBS 2000

    First off I have some bad news for you - this pack no longer exists (although if you search the web hard enough you might find someone with a legitimate one to sell). However, this pack would have taken you to Windows 2000 - not exactly the best destination, so what are your options? Migrate to SBS 2003...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Thu, Apr 5 2007
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Support and Tools, Windows Server 2003, SBS 2003 R2, Tips
  • How to get Companyweb (Windows SharePoint Services v2) to work with Office 2007

    [updated 9th August 2007 to add read/write document registry change] A few people said this was a showstopper for them in recommneding Office 2007 to their customers so I figured it had to be fixed. I nixed a huge amount of work from the right stuff blog " Office 2007 File Icons for Windows SharePoint...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Tue, Mar 13 2007
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Office System, Support and Tools, Windows SharePoint Services, Community, Windows Server 2003, SBSC, Office 2007, SBS 2003 R2, Tips, Small business, SharePoint
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