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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 can use it in your organization! But let's face it. We're great with the nuts and bolts, but you work with our systems every day! Most of you know more

Tip: Using Site: Query Feature to Narrow Search Results

Scenario You want to find information about Remote Web Workplace in SBS 2008. You use Google or Live Search and enter the search terms "remote web workplace" (in quotes). Lots of potentially useful links show up but you want the authoritative documentation

Remote Access on a Budget, Virtually

The SBS writing team supports a non-profit office near us that uses SBS. They are avid users of Remote Web Workplace (RWW); using it to connect to their office PCs and work from home. "What a great SBS feature!" Recently, some folks wanted to remote in

The Case of the Missing TOC!

Maybe not a best-seller, but I thought this was interesting enough to share. I had this horrible affliction. I was rummaging around in the Windows SBS Technical Library , and all of a sudden, the Table of Contents disappeared ! What happened? What did

Putting Vista clients to sleep on your SBS network

Ok. You've had a long day at the office and you just want the Vista clients on your network to go to sleep! But no. They just want to stay awake and play when you leave the office. You've tried fiddling with the power settings, but you're not getting

I want to use Root Hints instead of DNS forwarders

Last month when the SBS MVPs were on campus for the MVP Summit, Susan Bradley mentioned how the ability to configure DNS in CEICW (Configure E-mail and Internet Connection Wizard) to use root hints instead of DNS forwarders is kind of hidden in the wizard.

TIP: How to create screenshots

A screenshot is an electronic image that captures exactly what someone sees on their computer screen at any given moment. You often see them used in training materials or attached to e-mail messages when someone is trying to explain a computer problem

Back Up Group Policy Settings Quickly and Easily!

Have you ever made changes to your Group Policy settings and wanted to save them, but the timing didn't coincide with the schedule established for backing up server data? If so, here is a really useful tip! It's easy to back up only the group policy settings

What happens when I run the CEICW?

Looking for a quick way to find out what settings are configured when you run the Configure E-mail and Internet Connection Wizard (CEICW)? Each time the wizard is run; SBS automatically generates a file that summarizes the configuration details for your

Access and Share OS Help Files between Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Computers

Happy New Year from the SBS Documentation team! Some of us took a bit of time off in December, others of us worked through the holiday period in support of the content requirements for SBS SP1. The entire team is now back in the saddle working on adding
 
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