Inside SBS

Inside SBS Podcast Episode #20 - R2 and WSUS

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 22:20:00 GMT

In this week's episode, we finally return to talk about R2 in general terms, and then dive in to WSUS.

00:00 Where have you guys been?
01:15 Getting ready for R2 and WSUS
03:00 First impressions - upgraded console
04:20 Slow loading?
06:30 R2 Components
07:20 Extended CAL rights for SQL and Exchange. Multiple Exchange Servers in an SBS org?
14:10 WSUS SP1 and SBS integration
15:54 SBS 2003 R2 is not Windows Server 2003 R2
17:20 The great DFSR debate
19:10 FSRM
21:10 R2 Setup - PremTech before CD6 or not?
25:10 Upgrading WSUS
28:30 WSUS Group Policies
29:34 The first 48 hours - the initial synch, only critical security updates applied
37:20 Approval for detection and scheduled tasks
38:00 Understanding metadata
41:15 Client updates and automatic reboots
42:30 Uses the Update Services UI to make changes, not GPOs directly
44:00 Understanding what's happening on the client in the background
46:00 Clients reporting errors to the Update Services console - waiting 24 hrs
47:15 Pinpointing client vs server errors - error 0x80072ee2 (transient connectivity)
49:00 Use Remove Computer wizard to decommission clients

Inside SBS Podcast Episode #19 - Getting Started with SBS

Sat, 27 May 2006 03:33:00 GMT

This episode, we decided to break with our standard format and bring a guest online for the podcast. Pamela Cassoy, an SBS consultant, joins us for a discussion about her experiences starting out with SBS deployments. Pamela was gracious enough to describe a number of hurdles she overcame in getting her first SBS installs in place. We cover a lot of ground in this episode - troubleshooting, best practices, our experience with broken servers, and much more. Please join us for another foray in to the multi-faceted world of Small Business Server support.

Show Notes

0:00 Introduction
00:20 Meet Pamela
03:07 Installation difficulties - partitioning issues
07:30 OEM Preinstall
08:30 Standard partitioning vs OEM install
10:00 Backup strategies, performance, recovery strategies and partitioning
15:30 Moving the swap file
16:54 Tape backups and RSM
22:56 NTBackup vs 3rd Party Solutions
24:55 Testing network throughput
26:04 Event Viewer errors - group policy and crypt32 errors
29:20 Event log tips and tricks
31:00 Windows Update troubleshooting
33:20 NDR Troubleshooting
36:45 Recipient filtering and mailbombs
40:41 Windows Mobile 5 devices and junk mail filtering
41:48 The sticky note analogy of SBS CALs
45:35 Memory allocation errors after adding more RAM

Inside SBS Episode #18 - The POP3 Connector

Wed, 3 May 2006 20:03:00 GMT

Please join the Inside SBS podcast gang for a round-table discussion on everyone's favorite SBS component - the POP3 Connector. We do a deep technical dive in to how the POP3 Connector works under the covers and discuss best practices, common misconfigurations, troubleshooting, and much, much more. This episode features the first appearance of our newest team member, Ed Walters. Ed spices things up for us with his uniquely Texan perspective.

Show Notes

00:00 Introduction and a brief history lesson
02:00 Best Practice #1 - Not a long term solution
02:20 Back to the real world
06:20 POP3 Connector vs the POP3 Service
08:20 Reasons to keep POP3
11:40 Updates to be aware of - SBS SP1/ KB 835734
14:30 Architecture part 1 - diagnostic logging
17:30 Using OE/Telnet as a test client - KB 165186
20:45 ETRN/ATRN
22:30 Keep a copy of the mail on the server? Getoudahere
24:30 Download interval less than 15 minutes?
32:00 Event Sinks
37:00 http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=885685 - How to troubleshoot the POP3 Connector
39:05 CDO (No, not *that* pickup method)
40:30 P1 and P2 headers
43:45 Global Mailboxes
44:15 POP3 Does not Support BCC - http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=265739
47:00 Lost mail
48:15 Hosting your own global mailbox
51:30 Duplicate messages
53:45 Hosting the same domain at two locations - http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=300681
54:30 Architecture review - "architorture"
54:55 Testing CDO via the pickup folder
56:15 Corrupt message in \program files
57:00 Peter's homage to 885685
58:05 Peter has the final word - go to SMTP

Inside SBS Episode #17 - Getting Ready for R2

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 19:28:00 GMT

In this episode we cover best practices and support recommendations for preparing your SBS server for R2 deployment. Much of the advice applies to general change management and service pack/hotfix deployment.

The slide deck is available here http://blogs.technet.com/photos/sbsimages/category10966.aspx

Inside SBS Episode #16 - Clients

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:10:00 GMT

In this week's episode: 00:00 Intro 1:00 DNS issues 8:30 DHCP Client Service 15:00 The .com vs .local debate 18:20 Mac clients 19:50 More on split namespace 20:13 Redirects and split namespace 21:38 Single label domains 22:28 No fear! Damian talks licensing 22:50 Console reports maximum usage for CALs 24:02 The travelling sticky note - understanding per user/per device CALs 26:38 Backing up licenses 27:00 Disappearing CALs - http://support.Microsoft.com/?kbid=888818 29:40 Folder redirection 31:20 Disk quotas and shadow copy 35:18 Offline files 42:00 Setup Computer Wizard

Inside SBS Episode #15 - The SBS Transition Pack

Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:07:00 GMT

In this week's episode, we cover the SBS 2003 Transition Pack. Before listening to the webcast, I would recommend reading our initial take on this product: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/01/12/417350.aspx 00:00 Intro and overview 01:02 Errata from last week - Direct Push is in real time, not every 15 mitues 02:48 When can I get the MSFP? 03:47 What is Transition Pack? Outgrowing 05:25 R2 CAL change 07:23 The media kits - calling Microsoft World Wide Fulfillment 800-248-0655 (US or Canada). 08:40 Transition Pack Upgrade CALs 09:08 3rd Party Products - are you still licensed? 10:42 The SBS components after the Transition Pack 14:20 The not upgrading SBS option- clean install 16:14 Setup failures - Damian's riff on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsft\Small Business 19:00 What is an inplace upgrade? 24:00 Rolling back 26:01 Signs of failed installs and troubleshooting 33:10 The state of SBS components after the upgrade 35:40 Component CALs after the Transition pack 38:00 Parting thoughts

Inside SBS Episode #14 - The Mobility Meltdown

markstan@microsoft.com — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 07:47:00 GMT

Inside SBS Episode #14 - The Mobility Meltdown 1:00 Intro 2:00 MSFP - Microsoft Mobility Feature Pack - Read more about it at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/default.mspx - Install issue on SBS 10:20 Emulators - Link to Peter's blog http://blogs.technet.com/petergal - Mobile 5 White Paper in the works http://blogs.msdn.com/sbsdocsteam/archive/2006/01/31/521202.aspx 12:45 Troubleshooting tips - Installing the ActiveSync Web Administration on SBS: http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2006/02/07/418937.aspx 17:10 The ship in the bottle? 23:30 Configuring Mobile 5.0 devices - Installing the cert - AddRootCert.exe 27:10 Namespace issues with certs 28:20 Cradled vs uncradled issues with the Firewall Client (ActiveSync 4.1) - updated information will be at http://blogs.technet.com/sbs 35:30 The dreaded error 0x8503001A - turn off IIS compression via the metabase - http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/db3d8cf4-cedd-49a5-8d43-3631d58ddc141033.mspx 38:20 Always up to date functionality 39:25 Common issues and troubleshooting 42:00 Housekeeping Other links of interest: MSFP on Exchange 2003 White Paper: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/evaluation/features/mobility/e2k3sp2.mspx Windows Mobile Webcast: https://www119.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/view?id=47NFCH ActiveSync Web Administration Tool: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e6851d23-d145-4dbf-a2cc-e0b4c6301453&DisplayLang=en

Inside SBS Episode #13 - Spam Prevention on SBS

markstan@microsoft.com — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:29:00 GMT

In this week's episode: * Sender ID http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive/2005/10.aspxhttp://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive/2005/10.aspx * Microsoft Exchange Intelligent Message Filter Deployment Guide http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B1218D8C-E8B3-48FB-9208-6F75707870C2&displaylang=en * Exchange Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2) anti-spam features - order of execution http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive/2005/08/24/409730.aspx * Tarpitting - http://support.microsoft.com/?id=899492 * Recipient Filtering * Vlad Mazek calls and talks about domain filtering - http://www.vladville.com * SenderID - Microsoft.com/senderid * Perfmon to monitor SCL * Exposing PCL and SCL: * Modifying Outlook to display the SenderID info: http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive/2005/10.aspx * Modifying Outlook to display the SCL: http://blogs.technet.com/exchange/archive/2004/05/26/142607.aspx

Inside SBS Episode #12 - The ISA Server Meltdown

markstan@microsoft.com — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 05:35:00 GMT

In this episode: Connection Limits MTU Lockdown mode LAT missing broadcast domain â DHCP Database memory Monitoring Rule Ordering FTP Read-only Publishing Exchange wizard/Publishing RPC Strict RPC checking â hotfix for 64 bit clients ISA BPA Routing â change default gateway or add routes to workstations DMZs A special holiday treat! (These are not the complete show notes - more complete notes will be posted Monday) Enjoy!

Inside SBS Episode #10 - TS2 Simulcast, part 2

markstan@microsoft.com — Sat, 3 Dec 2005 07:53:00 GMT

In this episode we continue our best practices "brain dump": Disaster recovery in brief Log file troubleshooting Exchange Best Practices More lightning-round Q&A

Inside SBS Episode #9 - TS2 Simulcast, part 1

markstan@microsoft.com — Sat, 3 Dec 2005 07:46:00 GMT

Ah, it's good to be back! In this hour we simulcast part 1 of 2 episodes with the TS2 team. We cover a wide range of SBS topics this hour: General Tips Setup and Configuration Best Practices Networking Best Practices Active Directory Best Practices Disaster Recovery in brief Log Files and Troubleshooting Lightning round Q&A session Thanks to everyone involved in this episode. This was a lot of fun to record - our audience members asked good questions, and lots of them.

Inside SBS Episode #8 Is Here

markstan@microsoft.com — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 06:06:00 GMT

Inside SBS Episode #8 is Here! We had a lot of fun recording this week's episode. We talk a lot about best practices for upgrading existing domains to SBS and also delve in to the good, the bad, and the ugly of the Transition Pack. When people call us about these issues, these tend to be really long, involved conversations, so you're going to hear a lot of hard-won wisdom and strong opinions. Please join me along with James Fredrickson, Peter Gallagher, and Chris Puckett for a round-table discussion on all things SBS. ----------- In this episode: Sbsshow.com - can't say enough good things about them SQL 2005 Launch Backups revisited Preparing for Transition Pack Pricing web site - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/howtobuy/pricing.mspx A tale of two Transition Packs Is the SBS AD different? RWW after Transition Pack? TS in App Mode on a DC (are you insane?) Supersizing Upgrading an existing domain controller - http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=884453 When not to use the Migration White Paper and ADMT Microsoft Advisory Services - http://support.microsoft.com/gp/advisoryservice Swing Migrations - http://www.sbsmigration.com/ Your weekly cricket ----------- We'll be taking a two week hiatus for vacations and the Thanksgiving holiday, but we'll be back for episode 9 on December 2nd. See you then!

Inside SBS Episode #7

markstan@microsoft.com — Sun, 6 Nov 2005 16:58:00 GMT

In this week's episode: The Internet Mutual Appreciation Society - www.sbsshow.com The MyBusiness OU - safe to delete? Exchange with 2 Email Domains 327000 How to grant "Send as" and "Send on behalf" permissions in Exchange 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=327000 839986 FIX: The Mail Profile combo box is disabled when you use Enterprise http://support.microsoft.com/?id=839986 828770 Resolve Anonymous Senders Functionality in Microsoft Exchange 2003 http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828770 Exchange Slow Due to Desktop Search Clients http://support.microsoft.com/?id=905184 Outlook on the Server? - 828050 You Receive a Warning Message or You Cannot Start Outlook on a Computer http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828050 Exchange Performance Analyzer - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4BDC1D6B-DE34-4F1C-AEBA-FED1256CAF9A&displaylang=en Backups revisted - best practices Tips for Road Warriors - Changing passwords remotely, my documents redirection Gigabit Nics - best practices 2 Nics on the same network SQL Mail - http://support.microsoft.com/?828750 [Apologies for the late arrival this week. I spent the majority of yesterday in the E.R. getting rehydrated after a stomach flu.]

Inside SBS Episode #6

markstan@microsoft.com — Sat, 29 Oct 2005 04:23:00 GMT

In this week's episode: *Damian joins the podcast (that's Spanish for "yes") *CRM 3.0 Beta is out *MOM on SBS? *Audiovox SMT5600 with Activesync, mobility, certs, and everything *Weekly cricketcast *Susan Bradley asks about repartitioning domain controllers *ISA 14709's due to disk performance issues *SharePoint alerts not working *When you're done here, check out the podcast at http://www.vladville.com *Exchange SP2 new Public Folder Permissions Wizard

Inside SBS Episode #5

markstan@microsoft.com — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:59:00 GMT

* Exchange SP2, new registry keys for 75 GB Limit * MS05-051 issues with security changes - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=909444 * Transition Pack licensing, CALs, media, best practices * Office SP2 Revision Coming * Shadow Copy Backup failing due to SQL Writer * First Caller! Vlad talks about his experience with shadow copy. * Exchange SP2 and mobile clients * Exchange SP2 and the IMF * Pickle? No, PCL. The Exchange 2003 SP2 anti-phishing filter http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=902953 * Les calls in to talk about the IMF

Inside SBS Episode #4 Is Here

markstan@microsoft.com — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 20:09:00 GMT

In this episode: * Fake XP SP3 * Multiport Fax Cards and Fax Best Practices * RWW with TLS * SBS and Domain Rename * SBA on SBS? - http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/products/office/accounting/detail.mspx * VOIP and SBS * MS05-51 and the IWAM acccount (%windir%\registration is the folder we're thinking about) - http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=909444 * Crickets * James talks about Exchange Store corruption * GroupWise Migrations - you really, really want the 5.5.2 client * ISA 10060 Timeouts * ISA Address Ranges

Inside SBS - Episode #3

markstan@microsoft.com — Sat, 8 Oct 2005 03:59:00 GMT

I'm using a different encoding for this show. The quality should be a little better, and those of you who had problems listening to the first couple of episodes on various players should have a better experience. In this week's episode: * We are the most popular SBS podcast on the planet ;) * SBS in a VM? * Bare metal restores * The benefits of a second DC for disaster recovery * Public Folders are haunting Peter - unable to access items in Outlook * Entourage SP2 * Office SP2 gotchas, tips and tricks * Microsoft Data Protection Manager (DPM) in an SBS environment * We open the phone lines...and nothing happens

Libsyn player not working

markstan@microsoft.com — Sat, 1 Oct 2005 05:48:00 GMT

The encoding we're using is a little non-standard. I haven't had anyone tell me that it doesn't work on their MP3 player, but the Libsyn player control on this page does not work correctly. To listen to the file, please right-click on the mp3 link and download the file.

Inside SBS Episode 2

markstan@microsoft.com — Sat, 1 Oct 2005 05:33:00 GMT

Inside SBS Episode #2 is now available. In this episode: * Downloading the podcast * OEM installs and SP1 * Missing DLLS and MSI Installer 3.1 * Connection limits in ISA 2004 blocking traffic * Firewall client on an ISA server * We open the phone lines...and nothing happens * Message tracking in Exchange * Only admins can log in to an SBS server with a security lockdown enabled * IMAP over SSL

Inside SBS Episode 1

markstan@microsoft.com — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:37:00 GMT

In this episode: * Strict RPC Compliance * Firewall Client Settings blocking Outlook *Stop 0x20 on older versions of Symantec Antivirus with PCAnywhere *Exchange 2003 SP2 *Deny rules on top of allow rules in ISA