Small Business Server 2008 – Installation, Migration, and Configuration : Installation, Migration, and Configuration.

Set up and run Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 making it deliver a big business impact with this book and eBook.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Overton, David.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Edition:1st ed.
Imprint: Olton : Packt Publishing, Limited, 2009.
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Local Note:Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Small Business Server 2008 Installation, Migration, and Configuration
  • Table of Contents
  • Small Business Server 2008 Installation, Migration, and Configuration
  • Credits
  • About the Author
  • About the Reviewers
  • Preface
  • What this book covers
  • What you need for this book
  • Who this book is for
  • Conventions
  • Reader feedback
  • Customer support
  • Errata
  • Piracy
  • Questions
  • 1. Introduction
  • Who should read this book...and do the work?
  • Why are you installing a server?
  • How to get the return on your server investment
  • Book goals
  • Navigation route through book
  • How to ask more questions
  • Summary
  • 2. Introduction to SBS 2008
  • SBS 2008
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Exchange Server 2007
  • Windows SharePoint Services
  • Windows Software Update Services
  • Windows SBS Console
  • Premium Server technologies
  • Solution Checklist
  • Support
  • Summary
  • 3. Preparing to Migrate from SBS 2003
  • When to migrate and when to perform a clean installation
  • Only migrating a part of a system
  • Why do you have to migrate to SBS 2008?
  • Fourteen steps of migration
  • Doing two things at once
  • Migrating from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 on the same server
  • Migration with Hyper-V running SBS 2003 and SBS 2008 on the same system
  • Process to migrate on one system
  • Migration by moving SBS 2003 to a temporary virtual environment
  • Process for installing SBS 2008 on the same box as 2003
  • Planning the migration and communicating the plan
  • Informing the users
  • Checking the health of the SBS 2003
  • Checking Active Directory
  • Backing up the existing server
  • Doing the backup
  • Changing network configuration to match SBS 2008 design requirements
  • Installing your firewall and router and ensuring DHCP is turned off on these devices
  • Physically re-configuring SBS 2003 to use a single NIC.
  • Re-configuring SBS 2003 network settings
  • Checking that the router has the correct firewall settings
  • Checking if network settings are correct
  • Updating software on SBS 2003
  • Installing Updates
  • Checking Versions
  • Checking SBS 2003 is at Service Pack 1 or greater
  • Checking Windows Server is at Service Pack 2 or greater
  • Checking Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 is installed
  • Checking that .NET Framework 2.0 is installed
  • Checking the version for Microsoft Core XML Services
  • Checking Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 Service Pack 3 is installed and used
  • Changing Active Directory functionality level
  • Raising the functional level for the domain and Forest
  • Confirming SBS 2003 is currently configured at best practice levels
  • Removing unnecessary email from Exchange
  • Checking that the permissions are set to allow a migration
  • Preparing SBS 2003 Time Synchronisation
  • Running the migration tool on SBS 2003
  • Preparing to migrate line-of-business applications
  • Completing the answer file for SBS 2008 setup
  • What is not covered
  • ISA configuration
  • Other Security &amp
  • Firewall software
  • Summary
  • 4. Installing SBS 2008 and Connecting to the Internet
  • SBS 2008 installation
  • Operating system installation
  • SBS 2008 installation continued
  • Time Verification
  • Network settings for migrating systems
  • Getting installation updates
  • Confirming Company information
  • Creating an administrator account for new installations
  • Naming your server and domain for new installations
  • Installing OneCare and Forefront Trials
  • Installation finished, possibly with errors
  • Resolving errors and installing SBS 2008 updates
  • Setting up IP addresses for clean installations
  • Summary
  • 5. Migrating Systems and Settings from SBS 2003
  • Assumptions
  • 21-day time limit
  • User Access Control.
  • Preparing to run the Migration Wizard
  • Changing folder redirection
  • Creating a new administrator account
  • Working through the Migration Wizard
  • The Migration Wizard
  • Changing where to store data on the SBS 2008 server
  • Initially configuring the SBS 2008 network
  • Configuring Internet Access
  • Choosing SBS 2008 to manage your DNS
  • Choosing to manage your DNS settings yourself
  • Finishing the Configure the Internet section
  • Migrating the SBS 2003 network settings across
  • Cleaning up the group policy settings
  • Removing old logon scripts
  • Removing old group policy objects
  • Removing WMI filters
  • Summary
  • 6. Migrating Email from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007
  • Migrating email from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007
  • Starting Migration on SBS 2008
  • Backing up and validating Exchange database on SBS 2003 server
  • Removing Internet connectors from SBS 2003
  • Migrating POP3 connectors from SBS 2003
  • Moving the Offline Address Book from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008
  • Moving mailboxes from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008
  • Moving Exchange Server public folders from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008
  • Finishing the Exchange Migration task
  • Finishing the Exchange 2007 migration and checking systems
  • Updating additional settings
  • Network checks
  • Configuring Outlook for the SBS 2008
  • Working around a known bug with Outlook Anywhere
  • Summary
  • 7. Migrating the CompanyWeb SharePoint Site
  • Extracting data from SBS 2003 server
  • Running WSS v3 Pre-scan tool
  • Adding extra users to CompanyWeb
  • Adding users by script
  • Adding users via the web administration pages
  • Re-run the Pre-scan tool
  • Stopping the web site
  • Backing up the database
  • Backing up via script
  • Backing up using the user interface
  • Detaching the database before moving
  • Detaching the database by script
  • Detaching the database using the user interface.
  • Copying the database files
  • Adding OldCompanyWeb to SBS 2008
  • Configuring the DNS for the migrated site
  • Updating DNS via the command line
  • Updating DNS information through the user interfaces
  • Importing the data
  • Re-attaching the database by command line
  • Re-attaching the database through the user interface
  • Creating the new site to host the SBS 2003 data
  • Creating a new IIS site to host the site
  • Creating the web site using scripting
  • Creating the web site using the user interface
  • Creating and configuring a WSS v3 site for OldCompanyWeb
  • Changing the Administrator settings for the site
  • Restarting IIS
  • Tidying up
  • Ensuring all graphics files are copied across
  • Changing web site names
  • Completing the task
  • Summary
  • 8. Migrating Users and Data from SBS 2003
  • Migrating file shares
  • Instructions for migration
  • Preparing on the SBS 2003 system
  • Completing migration on the SBS 2008 system
  • Migrating the fax data
  • Installing the modem
  • Installing and starting the Fax Service
  • Migrating the fax data
  • Configuring the Fax Service
  • Migrating users and groups
  • Modifying SBS 2003 groups so they work with SBS 2008
  • Creating new account roles
  • Migrating users by role
  • Enabling remote access to the computer
  • Removing unwanted users
  • Migrating Line of Business (LOB) applications
  • Platform compatibility
  • Common file and data locations
  • Naming dependencies
  • Finishing the migration
  • Making your SBS 2008 appear to also be the SBS 2003 server on the network
  • Making changes to the DNS and NetBIOS settings
  • Updating the registry
  • Summary
  • 9. Configuring your Services
  • Assumptions
  • Accepting the customer feedback option
  • Configuring your Internet domain name for remote access and email
  • Do you wish to buy a new Internet domain name?.
  • Should SBS 2008 manage your DNS settings?
  • Buying a domain name or configuring Internet domain name information
  • Fixing issues with the Internet Address Management
  • Enabling email routing via your smart hosts
  • Configuring Office Live for Small Business for SBS 2008
  • Signing up for a new Office Live for Small Business account
  • Providing your Live ID for Office Live to SBS 2008
  • Configuring a VPN for external access
  • Summary
  • 10. Securing the Server
  • Assumptions
  • Network security configuration
  • Configuring the firewall ports
  • Loading a third-party security certificate
  • Importing a certificate
  • Importing the certificate
  • Assigning the certificate
  • Purchasing a certificate using the wizard
  • Configuring backups and running a test backup
  • Configuring backups in SBS 2008
  • Performing a test backup
  • Configuring OneCare for servers or other anti-malware solution
  • Summary
  • 11. Managing Users and their Computers
  • Managing users
  • Managing roles
  • Adding new roles
  • Adding users
  • Adding multiple users at once
  • Adding individual users
  • Managing users' storage
  • Email storage settings
  • Shared and redirected folder storage settings
  • Managing computers
  • Adding computers to the network
  • Ensuring computers are up to date with updates
  • Summary
  • 12. Working with SBS Services as a User
  • E-mail, Calendar, and Contacts
  • Outlook 2003 and 2007 connection configuration
  • Calendar management
  • Viewing Calendars
  • Using Calendars to schedule a meeting
  • Telling others when you are unavailable
  • Finding information using search
  • User email recovery
  • Managing files
  • Internal Web Site Access
  • Uploading documents
  • Uploading using email
  • Opening documents and Checking Out and In
  • Recovering a deleted document in CompanyWeb
  • Searching for information
  • User file recovery
  • Remote access.
  • Remote Web Workplace, remote email, and intranet access.