With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft have needed to provide updates for older versions of SBS to make it work properly. Adding Windows 10 to an SBS 2008, SBS 2011 network or Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials itself is pretty simple. Here’s links to the Third Tier blog where you can see specific instructions on how to get Windows 10 working with these now defunct versions … [Read more...]
Patching your Small Business Network – Part 2 – Deciding on your patching strategy
The key decisions you need to make in terms of patching your small business network are around how much you want to do, how much reporting/verification you want and how reliable the technology is. In the small business space you’ve got a few options available to you, and as such you need to decide which one you wish to follow before implementing it. Do nothing and let … [Read more...]
Patching your Small Business Network
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and other small business networks all require patching to ensure that you stay up to date with the various security patches and therefore remain as secure as possible given the various attack vectors that hackers will take. The default settings on PCs and servers mean that they might patch dependant on what the users do with these … [Read more...]
Renewing SSL certificates with Digicert
My SSL certificate expired tonight. I’ve used Digicert certificates for SBSfaq.com for a while now and I’ve got to say I like there customer service. Normally renewing an SSL certificate can be painful. You’ve got to generate a CSR, upload that to the website of the SSL provider, wait for the returning certificate, then install that on the server, before then … [Read more...]
How to do Exchange 2013 Migration Without Migrating Public Folders
We’ve been doing a number of migrations from SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 over to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials + Exchange 2013., or other variations. So far all the clients have needed to migrate their public folders which is a long and complicated process that really is a pain. Recently we’ve had the need to migrate a client that has no Public Folders in their Exchange … [Read more...]