I was working on a client site recently and could not figure out why their OWA was not working on one of their Exchange 2010 servers. Furthermore I found that the Exchange Management Shell (powershell for Exchange) would not work as it could not connect to the Exchange server itself. During my investigation, I found a cool utility that allowed me to look at the … [Read more...]
How can I install Exchange 2010 SP2 onto SBS 2011 Standard
Microsoft a few months back now, released Exchange 2010 SP2 and it can of course be applied to SBS 2011 Standard servers. You first need to obtain the download here and save it to your server. Make sure you have logged onto your server using your Network Administrator or Domain Admin account first. I always do a quick backup of the server before I continue – that way I … [Read more...]
WSUS not working on SBS2011
I was investigating a fault today for a client – their new SBS 2011 server had stopped working with WSUS. As my investigation went on I found that this issue would also affect the SBS Client Connect as well as other web based applications on this server. The SBS console was reporting “An error occured while retrieving updates information.” as the screen below shows. I … [Read more...]
How can I run the Best Practice Analyzer on SBS 2011 and Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials?
The Best Practice Analyzer is designed to review your server for any known issues that the Microsoft Support Team are aware of and to show you how to resolve those issues. This FAQ shows you how to install and run the BPA for the first time. The information in this FAQ pertains to Small Business Server 2011 Standard, Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Windows Storage … [Read more...]
SBS Best Practice Analyser updated this week
Well the tool was called the SBS Best Practices Analyser (Analyzer for the US guys) but it’s been called the Windows Server Solutions BPA since it was re-released for the SBS 2011 platform. Microsoft have released an update for this just this week. They announced it here. The BPA works on SBS 2011 Standard Edition, SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows Storage Server 2008 … [Read more...]