Server Specifications
This section displays high-level information about the server hardware, including the processor type and frequency, and the total amount of RAM. It also displays the operating system name and OS service pack number that is installed on the server. Both the OS name and service pack number will be collected from WMI not from the monitoring database when the report is generated. If the server has multiple CPUs, the report will list a single string with the CPU information separated by commas. If...
For the Default Web Site
1. Disable socket pooling by setting MD_DISABLE_SOCKET_POOLING at the W3SVC level. 2. Modify the IIS metabase to only listen on the IP address of the internal network adapter, and include support for the localhost alias by adding the 127.0.0.1 IP. 3. Configure IIS to allow a maximum of 500 concurrent connections. For the SharePoint Web Site 1. Disable socket pooling by setting MD_DISABLE_SOCKET_POOLING at the W3SVC level. 2. Modify the IIS metabase to only listen on the IP address of the...
Folder Redirection in General
You can use Folder Redirection to redirect certain special folders to network locations. Special folders are those folders, such as Applications Data, Desktop, My Documents, My Pictures, and Start Menu, which are located under Documents and Settings. Folder Redirection is located under User Configuration in the console tree of Group Policy Object Editor. There are several basic options for Folder Redirection. For each basic option, there is an advanced version of that option. The advanced...
View or Change Client Computer Settings
After you deploy software to the client through Set Up Computer Wizard, you can click View Computer Settings from the Server Management console Client Computer node, or run the command sbsprogramdir ClientSetup ViewCli.exe to see a list of changes made by Set Up Computer Wizard. The feature allows you to enable or disable the client settings, and remove the programs that are configured in the Set Up Computer Wizard. However, existing programs on client computers cannot be removed. For example,...
Configuration Virtual Server Settings Specifying Virtual Server Settings
Virtual Server settings can be specified to override the global settings made earlier. In some cases, these settings can only be specified at a Virtual Server level. To access the settings for a Virtual Server, follow the steps below 1. Click Start, select All Programs, select Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration. 2. Under the Virtual Server Configuration section, click Configure virtual server settings. 3. On the Virtual Server List page, select a Virtual...
Client Application Setup
Client Operating System Service Packs Client Operating System Service Packs are always installed if Client Deployment is selected during SBS setup. The service packs include Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, and Windows XP Service Pack 1. Users Read amp Execute, List Folder Contents Setup does not install IE 6.0 on the server. It only copies IE installation files to the server, so that a client computer can access these files and install IE. Users Read amp Execute, List Folder Contents An...
Designing a Shadow Copy Strategy
Enabling shadow copies can reduce the administrative burden of restoring previously backed up files for users who accidentally delete or overwrite important files. The shadow copy feature works for both open and closed files, so shadow copies can be taken even when files are in use. The SBS Backup Configuration Wizard provides the option to enable the Shadow Copy. Although the wizard itself does not provide any granular control over the Shadow Copy settings, it does not prevent you from fine...
Parse the NTBackup Log
Backup Runner will read the latest NTBackup log from System Drive Documents and Settings SBS Backup User Local Settings Application Data Microsoft Windows NT Backup data. The backup files are marked as backupxx.log where 'xx' is a number from 01, 02 10. 0nce the backup log reaches 10, it starts back at 01. When one of these errors is found from the file, Backup Runner will use the results to build the backup report. Reverting to non-shadow copy backup mode Error returned while creating the...
Add User Wizard
The Add User wizard is the second most complex wizard on SBS 2003, the first being the Internet Connection Wizard. Add User Wizard provides the following Creates user account. Allow multiple users to be created. Enables Exchange e-mail services for the user. Exchange mailboxes are created if e-mail alias is specified. Sends an introductory e-mail to the user. The e-mail content is located in Assigns the user to Exchange distribution lists. Grants access to network resources such as shared...
New Features in the SBS CEICW
The SBS 2003 CEICW is much more complex and allows for greater flexibility in configuration than in the previous versions of SBS. The new features of the CEICW include Broadband PPPoE connections can now be configured using the CEICW. An SSL certificate can automatically be created and used for secure Web sites through the wizard. Existing SMTP connectors will be modified rather than deleted and recreated, preserving any user-modified configuration. In the Router configuration, the wizard can...
Dialup Modem Selection
If the user chose the option to configure a dial-up connection, then the wizard will have a screen which has the user select the modem that should be enabled for remote access. This can be seen in the following picture. To enable dial-in access, you must select the modem device that your remote client computers will use for the dial-in connection. It is recommended that you use a different modem for remote access than the one for Shared Fax Service, as it can result in conflicts between the two...
About Quota Templates
Quota templates and the settings specified in them are stored in the configuration database for your server or server farm. Quota values apply to top-level Web sites and are applied when you create a top-level Web site. You can specify a default template to use for all top-level Web sites created on a virtual server, or you can specify the template to use when you create the top-level web site. The values listed in the quota template are copied into the database for the top-level Web site and...
Disable or Modify Additional Functions
If the user decides to disable or modify one of the monitoring features, the wizard will perform the additional operations listed in the table below. Receive a daily performance report in e-mail Delete the Small Business Server - Server Status Report - Server Performance Report task in Task Scheduler. Delete the configuration of the performance reports in the database. View the usage report in Server Management Delete the Collect Usage Data and Small Business Server - Server Status Report -...
How to configure HTML Transformations
1. Install Office 2003 on the machine you want to use as the HTML Transformation server using the HTMLOffice.mst transform. 2. Install the HTML Transformation Server by running the HTMLTrans.msi file 3. Configure Windows SharePoint Services a. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration. b. Under Server Configuration, click Configure HTML Viewer. c. Select the Turn on HTML Viewer check box. d. In the Path to HTML Viewer Server box, type the full...
Managing Content Databases
Windows SharePoint Services uses a database to store and manage site content. Just as each virtual server can host multiple top-level Web sites, each virtual server can rely on multiple content databases to store site content. If you are running Windows SharePoint Services on a single server, hosting just a few sites, you can probably use the same content database for all your sites. If you want to add capacity in a Web farm, you will most likely need several content databases to store site...
Disaster Recovery
Restore Companyweb after you delete some of the SharePoint data 1. Stop MSSQL SharePoint service. 2. Using Windows Backup Utility to restore the configuration and content databases back to the original location at C Program Files Microsoft SQL Server MSSQL SharePoint Data. The database files include STS_Config.mdb, STS_Config_log.mdf, STS_Servername_1.mdf, and STS_Servername_1_log.ldf. 3. Start MSSQL SharePoint service. Restore Companyweb after you remove Intranet and MSDE 1. Use SBS integrated...
Windows Small Business Server Limitations
The Windows Small Business Server 2003 operating system has the following restrictions Root of Active Directory forest. The Windows Small Business Server must be at the root of the domain forest. Your small business domain cannot be created as a child domain of an existing domain. The Windows Small Business Server domain is a single tree in a single forest. One Windows Small Business Server per domain. There can only be one Windows Small Business Server in the Windows Small Business Server...
Security and SelfService Site Creation
SSC allows users to create and administer their own top-level Web sites automatically. This capability can obviously affect the security for your web server running Windows SharePoint Services. By default, SSC is disabled you must turn on the feature to use it. You enable SSC for a single virtual server at a time. If you want to use it on all virtual servers, you must enable it for every virtual server individually. The pages used to control SSC follow the same security rules as the other web...
Usage Report
The usage report for Small Business Server provides statistics about how network clients can access and use the Internet, e-mail, fax, and remote connectivity. Select the View usage reports in Server Management check box to allow specified users to view the latest usage report in Server Management. After completing the wizard, authorized users can view the report by clicking View Usage Report on the Monitoring and Reporting taskpad. Select the Receive a usage report in email every other week...
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Add a template to define a set of permissions to apply to user accounts. Change properties for the selected template. -u templatename in LDAP format x Navigate to the Distribution Groups taskpad hh.exe sbsmain.chm TSKadm_templates.htm Active Directory Users and Computers Add a user account and give the user access to SBS. -c Add multiple user accounts, and grant users access to SBS. -b Add a security group and define group membership. Add a distribution group and define group membership. e x...
Remote Connection Activity by User
List of all users that connect at least once in the time period specified. Total number of connections during the specified time period. Average duration of connections made during the specified time period. Average number of connections per day. Day is defined as the time period specified 24 hours, business hours or non-business hours
Modem or Terminal Adapter
In the dial-up scenario, the wizard will give the user the option to select an existing dial-up connection or create a new one. If the user decides to create a new dial-up connection, the component will launch the Network Connection Wizard to create a new dial-up connection. Inside this wizard, the user will define the phone number to be dialed and the name of the connection. After this concludes, the connection will be created and selected within the wizard page. The default name for the...
Single Network Adapter Scenario
Some small business customers prefer to use a hardware router device for their Internet connection and possibly for their firewall. For these customers, SBS does not need to be set up as a gateway device, and can exist as another computer on the local area network. In this case, SBS will only require a single network card. This section will describe the core differences of an SBS server that only requires the use of a single network adapter. Customers that do have a hardware router will need to...
Server Usage Report
In previous versions of Small Business Server, performance data were gathered and displayed in the console for the server administrator to view. Small Business Server 2003 has reintroduced this concept, made the data more meaningful to business owners, and expanded it to include information that will be useful to VAPs as well. The reports include statistics on Internet, e-mail, fax, and remote connectivity. This information can help VAPs identify potential problem areas, such as Internet...
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Granting exclusive rights to special folders The Settings tab in each folder's properties dialog box contains a check box labeled Grant the user exclusive rights to My Documents. If you select this check box, the user and the local system have full control over the folder, and no one else, not even the administrator, has any rights to it. If you clear this check box, no changes are made to the permissions on the folder. Whatever permissions are in effect by default remain in effect. Policy...
IGD Configuration 1
In the event that the wizard is configuring an IGD that supports firewall functionality, then the wizard will configure the IGD firewall as follows For packet filtering, instead of configuring the RRAS or ISA service for firewall, the wizard will configure the IGD for packet filtering, and open the ports as specified in the table in the RRAS section. For incoming traffic, packets will be forwarded to the SBS server e.g., for incoming Web requests, if port 80 is opened on the IGD, then those...
How it works Mob
Running smigrate.exe results in a CAB file with an .fwp extension. Inside the cab file is a Manifest.xml file as well as all the documents from the site. The Manifest.xml file contains all the information that is being migrated including lists, meta information, user information, and web parts. The documents are renamed using a format that allows smigrate.exe to uniquely identify the file. The mapping of the new filename to the actual file is stored in the Manifest.xml file. Once the FWP file...
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Connect to Computer via Terminal Services Manage the selected computer remotely, using Terminal Services. windir system32 mstsc vmachinename Manage Computer using Computer Management Manage the selected computer services, system events, and storage devices. windir system32 compmgmt.msc computer mach nename View the event logs for the selected computer. windir system32 eventvwr.msc computer mach nename View and manage services for the selected computer. windir system32 services.msc computer mach...
Create Scheduled Tasks
This task starts the backup for the SBS according to the schedule configured by using the Backup Configuration Wizard. Defined by the Backup Configuration Wizard. Default is every weekday at 11 00 P.M. Stop the task if it runs for 12 hour s 0 minute s Stop the task if it runs for 12 hour s 0 minute s ShadowCopyVolume GUID of the Volume Only if Shadow Copy is enabled by the Wizard This scheduled task captures deleted or modified files on the server and retains them such that they can be restored...
About Web Discussions
Users can participate in discussions about documents created in Windows SharePoint Services-compatible word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation programs, such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint, as well as any HTML or Rich Text Format RTF file. The threaded discussions are maintained in the content database for the site. A user must be in a Site Group that has the View Items right in order to view Web discussions, the Add Items permission to contribute to Web...
Remote Web Workplace Logon Page Formbased Authentication
When users navigate their browsers to the Remote Web Workplace web site, they are first presented with a forms-based authentication logon page. Users are required to enter a valid domain user name and password. The page does not request the domain name during the authentication process, the existing SBS domain name will be forwarded with the user's log on credentials. The logon page also contains a connection speed drop-down menu that allows the user to configure the connection speed for the...
Firewall Configuration Component
The firewall configuration component will configure ISA if installed to provide network security and packet filtering. Otherwise, it will configure the Basic Firewall service provided through RRAS. To determine which the component will configure, the component will check to see if the ISA Server Control Service is installed and running. If the service is installed and the Startup type is not set to Disabled, then the component will configure ISA. If the service is installed but disabled, the...
Primary Components
The files that compose the primary components of each of the consoles are listed below. o mmc_adm.htm, itprosbsconsole.msc, docktaskpad.htm Server Management for Power Users Console Both sets of files can be edited. The .msc files can be edited by opening them in author mode, and the .htm files can be edited with something as simple as Microsoft Notepad or as complex as Microsoft Visual InterDev . If they are edited and the edit breaks functionality, simply replace the files and all...
Routing Rules
There may be specific types of messages delivered to a global mailbox that should be routed to a particular user. The identifying characteristics of these types of messages is usually a unique name or label for the To or Cc line of the e-mail. A mailing list is an e-mail distribution list that may have hidden the recipients of the message, which is typically accomplished through the use of blind carbon copy. When the mail is delivered to the POP3 mailbox, the recipient information is stripped...
Timer Service Load Balancing Job Skipping
If the timer service cannot keep up with the incoming rate of timer jobs, you must move some sites to a different SQL Server to spread out the load more evenly. To do this, the timer service needs to detect when it's falling behind and take steps to prevent falling further behind as time passes. If the timer service cannot keep up with its timer jobs, it will log an event to tell the operator about the problem and start skipping timer jobs to keep from falling further and further behind when...
Connection Manager Deployment
Along with configuring the RRAS service for remote access, the wizard will also create a Connection Manager Configuration file to be deployed to clients. The configuration file is actually a deployable .exe package that when run, installs the Connection Manager with the appropriate settings on the client. To accomplish this, the wizard will need to modify several configuration files, and then run the iexpress.exe package builder to create the .exe to be deployed to clients. For each potential...
Broadband Connection
It is expected that broadband connections will make up the majority of network connection types for SBS customers in the US. For broadband connections, it is required that the SBS server have two network adapters installed and enabled. At least one of these network adapters must have a static IP address. The other s may have a static or dynamic IP address. In the event of multiple more than two network adapters, the component will not perform any configuration changes on the additional network...
Query Nodes
The Query Nodes are simple horizontal task pads created with MMC in author mode there's nothing particularly special about them from an MMC perspective. They are not snap-ins. Each query node has an associated task pad. On each task pad are a number of hyperlinks. Some hyperlinks are associated with particular wizards others are simply links to other console locations or links to online resources. Each query node also has commands on its context menu that are specific to the node. These menu...
Router
In the router connection, there is an external router device sitting between the SBS server and the ISP. Therefore, it is necessary to route network traffic through the router instead of directly to the ISP. There are two potential configuration scenarios. In one, the SBS server is connected on one side with a public network adapter to the router, and on the other side to the private network with a private network adapter, and the SBS server is still acting as the gateway. In the other, the SBS...
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This has to be set because of changes introduced to the upgrade from IIS 5 to IIS 6 where the recommendation is to disable the HTTP service. This service must be running for SharePoint. Setting this regkey resolves the issue in an unattended manner and avoids exposing this UI. The proper licensing checks will be performed and changes made if necessary. Unattended Upgrade The Windows Server 2003 component is responsible for initiating the unattended upgrade of Windows 2000 Server to Windows...
Set Up Client Applications Wizard Extensibility Wizard
When an SBS client is setup and configured, part of that configuration process includes installing useful applications on the client computers such as Internet Explorer, Outlook and Service Packs. The Set Up Client Applications Wizard also known as the Extensibility Wizard allows an administrator to introduce applications in addition to the default applications provided by Windows Small Business Server to the SBS environment and deploy them through the tools provided in SBS. The wizard...
Information Center
Links to Documentation, General Information, Security Information, Self-Support Information, and Communities and News Groups Add files to your company's internal Web site. sbsprogramdir Client Experience ifw ifw.exe Add a link to your company's internal Web site. Change the name and description of the home page. Change the appearance of the home page. Configure your company's internal Web site to send e-mail notifications to alert users when content is added or changed. hh.exe Add or modify...
Modify home page layout for all users
If you want to modify the display for all users, you must first change to the Shared View. 1. From the Modify My Page dropdown, select Shared View. The link at the top will now say Modify Shared Page. 2. At this point, you can select Add Web Parts from the Modify Shared Page dropdown and add web parts for everyone to see, or you can use the dropdown menus on each web part and modify the specific settings for the web part. Change the default view for a web part When you are in the Shared View,...
OWA Statistics
OWA data is collected from IIS log files. The logs are stored in the windir system32 LogFiles W3SVC directory. Only the lines in the log files that satisfy the following criteria will be stored in the database CS-URI-Stem is in the exchange path CS-Method not equal to POLL SC-Status is in the 200-299 range 200 lt sc-status lt 299 User name in CS-UserName column lines with '-' as user name should be discarded Below is the format of an IIS log The date that the activity occurred. The time that...
Shadow Copies of Shared Folders
Studies have shown that human error, primarily accidental file deletion or modification, causes over one-third of all data loss. For the average business, whether a small, medium, or enterprise organization, the impact of lost data is at the least an inconvenience and at the worst a critical blow that can jeopardize daily operations. Small Business Server 2003 includes Shadow Copies of Shared Folders, a feature from Windows 2003 Server, to help prevent inadvertent loss of data. Shadow Copies of...
SBS Monitoring and Reporting Overview
Monitoring is just one piece of the entire puzzle of SBS administration. In order for monitoring to be effective, it must be easily customizable and complex at the same time. The monitoring tools included in SBS collect complex data and generate reports and alerts that contain the most critical information. VAPs can provide monitoring as a value-added service to their customers. Consolidated data from more than one customer can be collected to allow a VAP to prioritize and handle the most...
Introduction Umc
Starting in Small Business Server 2003, the Fax Server is no longer an SBS-specific component instead, it is a standard feature on all Windows Server 2003 platforms. To enhance the usability, exposure, and integration with Windows SharePoint Services, SBS provides additional functions during the SBS integrated setup. The objective of this module is to examine the fax features provided exclusively by SBS 2003. In particular, this module focuses on Fax Configuration Wizard and Fax Routing...
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E-mail addresses to receive the performance and usage reports Update the list of e-mail addresses in the Small Business Server - Server Status Report - Server Performance Report and Small Business Server -Server Status Report - Server Usage Report. If Receive a daily performance report in e-mail is checked, send performance welcome e-mails to list of e-mail addresses. If Receive a usage report in e-mail every other week is checked, send usage welcome e-mails to list of e-mail addresses. Members...
Troubleshooting FAQ
Error Snap-in failed to initialize. Name lt unknown gt . CLSID GUID 1. Locate the GUID from HKLM Software Microsoft MMC SnapIns to determine the name of the snap-in. 2. Verify the snap-in DLLs have the correct permissions. Most snap-in DLLs can be found in system32 or in the sbsprogramdir folder. 3. Replace the DLLs from CD3 SBS folder if needed. 4. Re-register the snap-in DLL i.e., regsvr32 popconfigsnap.dll for POP3 Connector , close and reopen the console. Error Unable to run the XYZ Wizard....
Completing the Create Remote Connection Disk Wizard
The finish page contains information about the tasks that will be completed by the wizard. If you click Cancel at this point, the disk will not be created. When you click Finish, the wizard will copy setup_sp.exe from sbsprogramdir ClientSetup Floppy to the floppy disk, and then rename it to setup.exe. Next, the wizard will copy sbspackage.exe from systemroot ClientApps Connection Manager to the floppy disk. If setup_sp.exe is missing, or if the disk doesn't have enough space or is not...