One of the things you should do before migration is to ensure that you set your DSRM password to something that you know. The quickest way to do this is to use NTDSUtil to synchronise it with the current SBS 2008 or SBS 2011 Network Administrators password. To do this is easy – use the following procedure. Open up a CMD prompt window Run NTDSUTIL.EXE Type SET … [Read more...]
SBS 2011 Essentials and Office 365 Integration
Microsoft this week launched the beta of the long awaited Office Integration Module for SBS 2011 Essentials. This add-in or module provides links directly between SBS 2011 Essentials and Office 365. You will be able to directly control many aspects of an Office 365 users account from the dashboard. You can find out more about the beta here … [Read more...]
SMBNation – SBS 2011 Essentials and Office 365
Make sure you come along to Robert Crane and my session at SMBNation. Our session will focus on SBS 2011 Essentials and Office 365. In the session you will learn not just about Office365s links with SBS 2011 Essentials, but a lot of details under the covers information on SBS 2011 Essentials that you might not yet know. Our session is on at 1pm on Sunday October … [Read more...]
SBS 2011 Essentials add on pack for Windows 7
Last month, Microsoft released a special add-on pack for SBS 2011 Essentials to simplify the process of managing Windows 7 client computers in the domain. This add-on pack will let you deploy preconfigured security settings across your computers including things like Windows Update, Windows Defender and the Windows Firewall. It also gives functionality such as … [Read more...]
SBS 2011 Essentials Updates are out
Microsoft have released a number of updates specifically for SBS 2011 Essentials today. These updates fix specific issues that have been seen out there in the field by end users and resellers. The first one here is Update Rollup 1 for SBS 2011 Essentials and includes fixes for 8 issues including migration issues, RWA domain name issues, Alerting issues, and some … [Read more...]