User password security is always important, but the single most important user account on your network is the Administrators account. For the best security, the password for this account MUST be a combination of upper and lower case letters, numbers and punctuation and ideally 8 characters or more. This will provide a password that is very hard to guess using dictionary … [Read more...]
How do I change the location or size of the ISA Server cache? – Wayne Small
When you perform the initial installation of SBS2000, you get to choose the location and size of the ISA Server cache. There is no wizard in SBS to change these post-installation. The following procedure will allow you to manually change the location and size of these files which can improve performance of your ISA server if you access a large number of pages from the ISA … [Read more...]
How can I set password policies on my SBS 2000 server? – Wayne Small
The default password policy will result in users password expiring every 42 days by default. No other options are set by default. Other options to be considered are minimum password lengths, the number of old passwords the system remembers, the maximum password age and account lockout details. To access this you need to run the Domain Security Policy console which is in the … [Read more...]
How can I see multiple peoples calendars? – Wayne Small
In a small office environment there is often the need to see multiple calendars at once. Microsoft have produced a small add-on for Outlook that will allow you to see and combine multiple calendars into one. It's called the Team Calendar for Outlook. You can download it direct from Microsoft at the following … [Read more...]
How do I change the internal IP address on SBS2000? – Wayne Small
The default installation of SBS2000 uses an internal IP address of 192.168.16.2. If you want to change it later then you need to make a number of alterations within SBS, 1. Change the IP address on the Internal Network card to the new IP address. Whilst here remove any IP addresses for the DNS server and press OK. You will get a warning and it will point it the DNS … [Read more...]