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Hi Guys, Building my first server 2012 on a Dell PowerEdge T620 with a EUFI bios. I'm a bit confused about the disk partitons.... I let the OS DVD create the partitions and at the install stage I can see a 300MB recovery, a 100MB system partition and a 128MB MSR (reserved) partition. After...

Hello all! I've been asked to help a company with a DR situation on a SBS2003. The company was stopping the information store service every night, copying out the MDBdata folder and then starting the service. Server died and the NT bacups for the OS were no good. Moved them to SBS2011 on new...

I'm looking to implement my first Blackberry enterprise express server and the documentation say that it's fine to install on a SBS2011. Anyone done this and is it recommended to do this in "the real world"? There is a possability that I can install BES on a second server but this would...

we have installed windows server 2008 R1 with terminal services web access. When using the "Terminal Services Remote Desktop Web Connection" page we have noticed that the "Options" button does not work correctly. The options appear but then disappear instantly, but if you run IE8 in...

I'm using Sharepoint 3.0 as is bundled with SBS 2008. I've set up a doc library called customers, within this folder I have created folders for each of my customers. I have created a security group for each folder with the relevant user acounts in each group, with the appropriate access...

Hi guys, I'm writing this in the hope to open discussions on hard disk configurations and to see what other IT pros who look after a lot of SBS setups do. I've only done 3 SBS2008s and I always err on the side of caution when picking the hardware so most of my experience is on about 20...

Hello, I've been asked to look into CRM packages for my company and the Microsoft CRM is a definate option. Our needs are fairly basic and only around five or six users will be using it. We have a fairly standard Microsoft network with a couple of DCs, an exchange server and an SQL 2005 STD...

We're refreshing our backup/DR system and looking for some advice on a good, solid and reliable backup system, all advice welcome. We have: 2 x 2003 DCs 1 x 2003 Exchange 1 x SQL2005 server 1 x 2008 TS Currently use Backup exec 11 and 2 x LTO2 tape drives to backup all the servers, full...

I've never purchased an ML350 before so i'm just wondering if one can be installed in an open plan office without making everyone go deaf! How loud are they at normal room temperature? close to silent or just bearable? I've used lots of ML310s and they are really quiet and that's what i'm...

I have some Dells with Perc 4 cards and when the raid fails the server starts beeping like mad so that i'm alerted to the fact. I have a lot of newer servers with Perc 5 and 6 cards but these cards do not create an audible alarm, i have confimed this with Dell. Apart from manually checking the...

We have a 2003 server which houses our users home folders. Half of the workforce work from home/remotely. Their home folder is synchronised using the XP offline files feature. This works well usually but about once a week we have to reset up offline files on one of the clients due to the offline...

I'm needing to install a new SBS2003 in a client's office. The server will be located in an office with people working in it. Due to this i would like a server which is pretty quiet. I've used PowerEdge 840, T300, 1900 and 2900 and these, IMO, are a little too noisey for an office space. Anyone...

I'm needing to install a new SBS2003 in a client's office. The server will be located in an office with people working in it. Due to this i would like a server which is pretty quiet. I've used a PE840, PE T300, 1900 and 2900 and these, IMO, are a little too noisey for an office space. Anyone got...

Hi guys, I've just taken over my first E2007 site and i'm still learning about this version (i'm confident with E2003 though). The one question i have is, does OWA work across the web by default? OWA works fine internally but i can't get it to work externally. I think it's a firewall...

Hi Guys, i have a dns issue with my 2003 domain. I'm not sure what's wrong as everything looks ok but it doesn't if you know what i mean. DNS is cached in AD so if i uninstall DNS from my DNS servers and reinstall DNS will it pick up the same settings? ideally i'd like to start from fresh but...

Hi Guys, I deal with the SME market and generally don't use any Cisco kit due to cost. I have one client who is growing and wants a more enterprise setup and cost is less of an issue. They are getting an new 10Mb ethernet internet connection (1:1 contention and 10Mb up and down). We require a...

I'm looking to buy a PE T300 but i need to know about the noise levels of this machine. I asked Dell how comparable it was to the PE840 and they said "roughly the same". Doesn't fill me with confidence. I will be running this server in an office space, not in a server room. Is the noise...

Hi Guys, I woulds like to create a new mail store so i can seperate out job functions and also apply different mailbox limits to each store. I've been reading a microsoft how to and i know how to do this. My query is, do i want to create a second mail store in the First Storage Group or do i...

Hi guys, I'm installing a backup to disk server for a client. The server, probably a PE2950, will have a Dell MD3000 or MD1000 DAS. These can hold 15 disks. I was planning on having 14 disks in an array or 2 and 1 for a warm swap. I'm torn between the capacity of SATA and speed of SAS. If i...

I've had some issues this week with my network. I had: SBS2003 with AD and DNS (SBS2003) Server03 with AD and DNS (2003 R2) We ran the transition pack to migrate away from SBS and it didn't go well at all. I had to restore the SBS2003 from backup and since then i have been getting AD issues...