Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (SBS 2011 Essentials) is a little different from previous versions of SBS that we’ve all come to know and appreciate. SBS 2011 Essentials does not have an on premise mail server, or Sharepoint Companyweb. As a result it requires fewer ports open than SBS 2011 Standard or previous versions of SBS. If you have a uPnP router then … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2011
How can I display my users and their mailbox sizes on SBS 2008?
In SBS 2003 or Exchange 2003 you could do this easily via the Exchange management console. However on SBS 2008 or Exchange 2007, you can’t see that same information there. To be able to display your users mailbox sizes you need to use some powershell scripts to do that. Logon to the SBS 2008 server as your administrator account. Open the Exchange Management … [Read more...]
MVP Nation – I’m presenting!
Later this week I’m flying to Seattle for a couple of conferences. One of them is a public conference called MVP Nation. Organised by SMB maestro Harry Brelsford, this even will link together MVPs, The community and vendors across a variety of topics. You can find out more here I’m involved in 3 sessions there across a number of “How To” topics and I’m really … [Read more...]
What inbound ports do I need to open on my firewall for SBS 2011 Standard?
Small Business Server 2011 Standard (SBS 2011 Standard) needs to have a few ports open on your firewall router to allow specific traffic to flow into your SBS 2011 server for proper operation. You can use the uPnP protocol to automatically configure your firewall if you permit it. To do so ensure that uPnP is enabled on your firewall and run the Internet Address … [Read more...]
Do not disable IPv6 in SBS 2011
I posted a few weeks back about how there is no good reason to disable IPv6 on SBS 2008 and how I was pretty sure that you should not do the same on SBS 2011 either. Well Microsoft’s SBS support team have posted that indeed you should not do it. Their blog post here lists some of the problems that can be had if you disable IPv6 on SBS 2011. They also show how … [Read more...]