Windows Essential Business Server Team Blog
EBS Management Server setup fails to complete
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff from Commercial Technical Support and Chris...
Date: 01/28/2011
Reminder that December is the last month to order the Windows Essential Business Server Migration Kit
Earlier this year we announced that we would discontinue future development of Windows Essential...
Date: 12/01/2010
Are your client machines getting errors such as “Network Path Not Found” or “The Specified Network Name Is No Longer Available” when connecting to a Windows 2008 Server share?
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Robert Paige from the Windows Server Partner Ecosystem Team]...
Date: 09/24/2010
Backup/Restore Methods for Essential Business Server 2008 in a Virtual Machine Environment
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] There is a common misunderstanding as to...
Date: 07/09/2010
How to Maintain and Reduce the Amount of Data Stored in the Systems Center Essentials Databases
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Ed Walters] System Center Essentials 2007 (SCE) is a unified...
Date: 05/03/2010
Our Technical Findings While Developing EBS v2
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Alireza Farhangi] During the development of EBS v2, we tackled...
Date: 04/07/2010
New IT Trends Bring Change to Mid-Market Product Line
Four years ago, we committed to building an infrastructure solution for the mid-market. Windows...
Date: 03/05/2010
We need your help to plan and communicate useful information
The EBS team is conducting a survey to learn how to better provide information to our partners and...
Date: 03/02/2010
How to recover EBS 2008 Messaging server objects after an accidental Active Directory server object deletion
Problem Scenario: From Customer Support feedback, we have learned that some customers facing a...
Date: 01/27/2010
Replacing Network Adapter on Security Server may cause inbound/outbound email queuing up on Edge Transport Server
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Ping Xu] Symptoms: Replacing a network adapter on the...
Date: 12/18/2009
Follow the Essential Business Server blog on Twitter
Special thanks to Susan Bradley for creating a new feed on Twitter for the blog. You can now...
Date: 12/18/2009
2 New Important Updates for Windows Server 2008 R2 Domains
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] Updated 3/4/2010 to recommend a reboot....
Date: 12/09/2009
How to install FSE SP2 on EBS
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange...
Date: 11/20/2009
Best Group Policy Manager in the 2009 Redmond Reader’s Choice Awards for Windows Essential Business Server!
In the Redmond Reader’s Choice Awards newly expanded 2009 survey, Windows Essential Business Server...
Date: 11/12/2009
Installing Security Server behind existing firewall in Windows Essential Business Server
While Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (Windows EBS) Security Server can be installed as the...
Date: 11/11/2009
Using the Check Out Feature with WSS Behind TMG
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] When trying to use the Check Out (or Check In)...
Date: 11/10/2009
Gatherer Event 2436 Logged Every 5 Minutes on EBS Management Server
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] On EBS Management Servers with the Windows...
Date: 11/09/2009
Site to site VPN and Windows Essential Business Server
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Alok Goyal] My name is Alok Goyal and I am a part of the...
Date: 11/05/2009
OWA Address Book "Could not connect to a directory server” errors on EBS
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] When trying to browse through the OWA Address...
Date: 11/05/2009
How to Enable Exchange 2007 Autodiscover in EBS 2008
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Shawn Sullivan] [Updated Content on 7/8/2010] The Autodiscover...
Date: 11/04/2009
EBS, SCE, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] System Center Essentials 2007 SP1 (SCE 2007)...
Date: 10/30/2009
Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Preparation Wizard/IT Environment Health Scanner fail with DNS WMI Provider error
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Vikramjit Singh, Stephen Li, and Mark Stanfill] Updated...
Date: 10/29/2009
How to run the IT Environment Health Scanner in an EBS Environment
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] By default, TMG disallows WMI traffic as part...
Date: 10/28/2009
Understanding Essential Business Server Client Licensing
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] We get a fair number of queries about CAL...
Date: 10/12/2009
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (KB951847) Fails to install on Windows Essential Business Servers
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill and Chris Puckett] Updated 12/11/2009 – Added...
Date: 10/12/2009
Top 3 Ways to Get More Out of Exchange with Windows Essential Business Server 2008
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of David Fabritius] Midsize businesses interested in upgrading to...
Date: 10/06/2009
Upgrading Your Servers? Consider Essential Business Server 2008.
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Becky Lymberis] For many midsize businesses, a day in the IT...
Date: 09/28/2009
IT Health Scanner Fails on Data Collection
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Wayne McIntyre] During the data collection phase of the IT...
Date: 09/24/2009
New feature : Adjust the level of protection provided by Security Server in Windows Essential Business Server 2008
Security is of paramount importance in organization any size; it is no surprise that strong security...
Date: 09/10/2009
How to Install Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2 on Windows Essential Business Server 2008
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Stephen Li] Recently Microsoft Exchange 2007 released Service...
Date: 08/25/2009
Error “The CAL product key entered is not valid for this operating system” when you try to install licenses on the EBS Management Server
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Vikramjit Singh and Mark Stanfill] You may receive the...
Date: 08/04/2009
IT Network Health Scanner Demo powered by EBS
As you may have picked up earlier this month we announced a tool that can help you support your IT...
Date: 07/23/2009
Running Unified Messaging on Windows Essential Business Server 2008
Hi, my name is Scott Thompson – I'm a Program Manager on the Windows Essential Business Server team...
Date: 07/14/2009
Microsoft IT Health Scanner Released!
Microsoft Essential Business Server team is excited to announce the release of Microsoft IT...
Date: 06/29/2009
How We Solved Problems With Exchange Running on a Domain Controller in EBS
There have been quite a few discussions, blogs, and articles on some of the challenges with...
Date: 06/25/2009
The Big Easy
There is an incentives program in the US and Canada called “The Big Easy”. The great news is that...
Date: 06/24/2009
Guest Blog: The Role of IT in an Economic Downturn: Trends from a Partner Perspective
Hi, I’m John Endter, president of E Squared C LLC, a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and Small...
Date: 06/23/2009
What is the state of IT? Find out tomorrow with Microsoft’s CVP, Bob Kelly
Please join us tomorrow, June 23rd from 10:30am - 11:00am (PDT) for a teleconference with Bob Kelly,...
Date: 06/22/2009
Exchange Server 2007 Email Security and Malware Protection in EBS 2008
Hi, my name is Ozan Eren Bilgen and I am a software developer on the Windows Essential Business...
Date: 06/18/2009
Server & Tools Business Exec discusses state of IT, answers your questions on June 23
Are you interested in hearing about how other IT pros are reacting to economic conditions and where...
Date: 06/18/2009
Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS) – Stages of Deployment and Deployment Timeline
The EBS product is unique in that it is intended to provide a complete Windows based IT...
Date: 06/06/2009
EBS Admin Console Crashes with System.Xml.XmlException: '', hexadecimal value 0x01, is an invalid character.
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby and Mark Stanfill] Symptoms The EBS...
Date: 05/29/2009
Update Rollup 1 for EBS 2008 and Updated Preparation and Planning Wizards are Released
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Stephen Li] Windows Essential Business Server 2008 &...
Date: 05/27/2009
Thank you, MVPs for a great week for EBS at TechEd 2009
The EBS team wants to extend a HUGE thank you to our MVPs that provided their presence, support and...
Date: 05/20/2009
EBS Console and SCE Management Console Crash Due to Application Pool Settings
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] The EBS Administration Console may crash if the...
Date: 05/15/2009
EBS TechEd Online Tech Talk - New Windows Infrastructure Solution for Midsized Companies
A new TechEd tech talk interview, a 10 minute product overview on Windows Essential Business Server...
Date: 05/15/2009
Essential Business Server Hotfix KB 957755 Now Available
[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] EBS Hotfix KB 957755 is now available and being...
Date: 05/14/2009