Windows Small Business Server Documentation

This Blog is now Retired!

Now that Windows SBS has morphed into Windows Server Essentials and is now a full member of Windows...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 02/15/2013

Windows Server Solutions Best Practices Analyzer Update 2 is now available for download

The Windows Server Solutions Sustained Engineering and Product Support teams are pleased to announce...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 02/22/2012

Update Rollup 2 for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows Home Server 2011, and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials is now available!

Hey everyone! The Windows Server Solutions Sustained Engineering team has just released UR2 for the...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 02/16/2012

Office 365 Integration Module for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials Released Today!

After a popular and successful beta program, the Office 365 Integration Module (OIM) for Windows SBS...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 12/22/2011

The Microsoft® Office 365 Integration Module Beta for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials is now available!

The highly anticipated Microsoft Office 365 Integration Module for Windows Small Business Server...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 10/31/2011

An update to the Windows SBS 2011 Migration Preparation Tool is now available

The Windows SBS Sustaining Engineering team has just released an update to the Migration Preparation...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 10/21/2011

Update Rollups are now available for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows Home Server 2011, and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials

The Windows Server Solutions Sustained Engineering team has announced availability of a handfull of...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 08/24/2011

Two new articles published in the Wiki to help you troubleshoot Certificates and Client Deployment

The Windows SBS Sustained Engineering team contributed the following articles. We hope you find them...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 07/26/2011

Find SBS Migration Information -- FAST!

Over the past few years, we've received a lot of customer feedback about the availability,...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 06/23/2011

Announcing New Online Help Sites for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server 2011

Windows SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server 2011 will soon be available from your favorite...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 04/05/2011

Additional Migration Guides for Windows SBS 2011 Standard are Available!

As promised, we have just published additional migration guides to help you migrate to Windows SBS...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 02/02/2011

Preparing to Migrate to Windows SBS 2011 Standard? Take the Inside Lane!!

To help you get a jump on your future server migration, we have just published a downloadable and...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 01/12/2011

Using your feedback to improve Windows Server Code Name “Aurora” and Windows Server Code Name “Vail” Online Help documentation

We would like to hear from you. Please visit Windows Server Code Name “Aurora” Online...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 12/22/2010

Windows SBS 2011 Standard has been released to manufacturing!

We are very pleased to let you know that we have achieved a major milestone in getting the next...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 12/13/2010

Introducing the next version of Windows Small Business Server!

Hi Everyone, The Small Business Server team has been heads down for many months now conjuring up the...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 09/21/2010

Major Correction to "Guide to Migrating from WSS to WSF on SBS '08"

A huge "Thank you!" to Susan Bradley and others who pointed out a significant discrepancy with Step...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 09/09/2010

How to upgrade your Windows SharePoint Services websites on Windows SBS 2008 to Windows SharePoint Foundation 2010

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Windows SharePoint Services is now Microsoft SharePoint Foundation. Maybe you knew...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 09/02/2010

We’re all in … New Orleans at TechEd North America 2010!

Great live band music and a Windows 7 Phone t-shirt cannon at 8:30 in the morning? OK, you have to...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 06/07/2010

New look for TechNet sites

The next time you visit a Microsoft TechNet site like the Windows SBS TechCenter, enjoy the freshly...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 03/08/2010

What social networks do you follow or use?

Hi everyone! We’d like to learn a little more about the resources you find helpful. Please spend...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 02/15/2010

Great utility to create help files from content available in TechNet libraries

File this one under Cool Tools! Package This is a neat little program that enables you to select...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 01/15/2010

Calling all SBS Migration Gurus!

Have an opinion on the SBS migration process or content? We know many of you do - and we need your...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 12/30/2009

Wanna map drives while logged on through SBS 2008 Remote Web Workplace?

A common problem that RWW users encounter is that they cannot create drive mappings while they are...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 12/21/2009

Happy (Belated) Anniversary to our Blog!

Can you believe it? The milestone slipped by quietly, but November 15th marked the 5th anniversary...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 12/08/2009

The Windows SBS 2008 Migration Guides are updated!

Thanks to the feedback that we have received from partners and customers, we've made many updates to...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 11/12/2009

Migrating from Windows Small Business Server 2003 to Windows Essential Business Server

The migration process can be complicated and depending on your circumstances, it can be frustrating....

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 10/06/2009

How to restore the full system to a computer on a Windows Home Server network

If you use Windows Home Server, you may find this of interest. We have just published an article...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 10/06/2009

It's down to the "Bare Metal"

Ok. We're looking for a little help here. Let's imagine for a moment that the hard drives on your...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 08/19/2009

Great way to automatically back up your SBS client computers

Have you ever wished you had an easy way to automatically back up all the client computers on your...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 08/14/2009

Hey you big business IT PRO's out there. Think SMALL!

Windows Small Business Server - that is! Are you accustomed to deploying and managing servers in the...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 07/16/2009

Free Health Check: New Microsoft IT Environment Health Scanner

Does your network need a checkup? The team that develops Windows Essential Business Server (Windows...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 07/10/2009

Released: Windows EBS 2008 International Technical Libraries!

We're happy to announce the release of the following international technical libraries for Windows...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 06/19/2009

Content Upgrade: SBS 2008 Migration

Thinking about moving to the latest version of SBS? Our Microsoft PSS team just posted a great...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 06/19/2009

Are you in the know? Watch this screencast to discover how you can share your knowledge!

Sure. We're good at what we do. We love to help you learn about how our software works and how you...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 06/15/2009

EBS Has a Community Corner

The talented SBS MVPs are making contributions to the SBS documentation in the Windows SBS MVP and...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 05/08/2009

Tip: Using Site: Query Feature to Narrow Search Results

ScenarioYou want to find information about Remote Web Workplace in SBS 2008. You use Google or Live...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 05/08/2009

It's time! Update that SBS 2000 server to SBS 2008. Here's how!

Have you been itching to update your SBS 2000 server to the latest and greatest SBS 2008, but afraid...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 05/01/2009

New Documentation: Integrating Windows Small Business Server 2008 with Exchange Online

Are you curious about how you can take advantage of the online services that are provided by...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 04/23/2009

Coming soon . . . Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Administrator's Companion!

Microsoft Press just announced their first book on Windows EBS: Windows Essential Business Server...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 04/17/2009

Windows SBS 2008 and Microsoft ISA 2006!

This week we published another community-authored solution paper in our Windows SBS MVP and...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 04/16/2009

What is Windows Server 2008 Foundation?

This week, Microsoft launched a new version of Windows Server 2008 that is designed to provide basic...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 04/03/2009

New Documentation: Extend Windows Essential Business Server with the Premium Edition

Have you wondered how the Windows Essential Business Server Premium Edition might help you? If you...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 03/16/2009

Check out our first community-authored solution paper!

Cue the applause - the very first document was published in the Windows SBS MVP and Community Corner...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 03/16/2009

Documentation Updates: Product Help and Migration Guide chm files

Hi everyone! We have just published updates to the Windows SBS Product Help and Migration files that...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 03/03/2009

Released: Windows SBS 2008 International Technical Libraries!

We're happy to announce the release of the following Windows SBS 2008 international technical...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 03/03/2009

New Documentation: Monitoring and Reporting in Windows Small Business Server 2008

Abstract Windows SBS 2008 includes a monitoring and reporting feature that enables you to get...

Author: WSSG Doc Team Date: 02/12/2009

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