This article is also available as a TechRepublic download. The ability to remotely administer Windows Small Business Server can prove priceless. Adding new users, resetting account lockouts and passwords, reviewing event logs and troubleshooting numerous other common issues needn't require an in-person visit to the office on weekends or remote facilities, even, on weekdays.
They're so important to productivity and the OS' maintenance, in fact, that the SBS To Do List activated at installation dedicates its third configuration step specifically to configuring remote access and VPN connections. Figure A. Real world experience quickly teaches administrators to leverage the numerous Windows Small Business Server R2 wizards; trying shortcuts or manually configuring SBS R2 settings is a recipe for disaster.
Don't do it. Use the wizards. To access the Remote Access Wizard:. The Remote Access Wizard, in addition to configuring remote connections for the SBS box, also provides an opportunity to set secure password policies. Here's how it works:. The wizard will appear to have finished its work.
Best regards Desiree. DesireeChance ,. Fshrago, Is this server a Domain Controller? Therefore it will not resolve anything internaly like local exchange mail.
I can get you started in the correct direction and hopefully someone like Newt, reggie, Bursley or others will jump in and cross the t's and dot the i's. Is the internal Domain a. Ok, let me try and clarify my setup. I have Windows Small Business Server My ISP assigns a dynamic IP address to my router which has its own dhcp server which I am using to give an internal IP address to my server and clients.
My internal domain is set as a. This has allowed me to send mail to anyone except myself. I think there is a bit of work to do here, and I am not sure how easy it will be to step you through it.
I can point you in the right direction, but you may have to do some of the donkey work to get exactly the right settings. Change the server's internal IP address to a static address. That is one address that it is a good idea to have the same all the time.
Use DHCP on the server rather than the router. So install the DHCP service, set up an address range to match the one you are currently using. Add an exclusion range that excludes the addresses of your server and router plus a few spare for additional static address in case you add something like a print server at a later date. And then enter scope options for your gateway router set the to the internal addres of your router , and DNS see the next bit.
So a typical set up might have: Address pool: I expect you may already have it installed but are not using it. If this has occurred, in DNS you will find a look up zone label ". This actually looks very like a folder with no name, and it is only when you look closely that you spot the dot. If you delete the dot lookup zone and reboot, DNS will start working properly. Once DNS is working correctly, I think you will find that e-mail will start working. Thanks Reggie. Several of the migration procedures require that you open a Command Prompt window as an administrator.
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