SBS Folder Redirection still applying

We are migrating from an SBS 2003 to a 2008R2 DC. Currently all user folders are redirected via the default SBS Policy “Small Business Server Folder Redirection” however, this policy currently has no links to any OU. How is this policy still applying? If I run a GPO Results it shows it as the “winning” … Read more

Remote Desktop can not access LAN PC

Have a Cisco VPN – I am able to login, and RDP to the SBS server. When I try to access the LAN PC’s they are not responding. ireshark the connections on all the PCS at the time of the request, and I see the traffic Come to the LAN PC but the LAN PC … Read more

After system state restore: SBS Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0 stopped working

So the system drive of our SBS 2011 server has crashed. We had a backup which we used to perform a systemstate recovery and non-authorative restore of Active Directory. Since the restore, we cannot run the SBS 2011 Best Practices Analyzer, which fails halfway trough the scan, with this message: Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0 … Read more

Windows Server 2011 – System opening ominous TCP connections

Where I work we have a Windows Server 2011 Small Business edition, and recently our Symantec software started reporting “blocked intrusion attempts” from port 80. Our routers do not forward any port to the Server’s 80 port, so I imagined the intrusion must be an outgoing connection from the server itself. So I analized the … Read more

Bitlocker my LAN

I have a Windows Server 2012 R2 LAN that is working great. I recently have been given the task to encrypt the data at rest. I would like to use bitlocker, but all the documentation is for hyperglobalmegaplex level business. My server doesn’t have TPM, so I think a safety key (USB stick) would work, … Read more

IDS / IPS needed?

Background: We currently have have our corporate environment at AWS with mail and file server being severed up at O365/Sharepoint. We have no-onprem servers. We currently have the ISP provided router/firewall, each from a separate ISP for failover connected to a SonicWall firewall. Currently all of our users have been working from home working behind … Read more

Suggestions for SOHO networking gear [closed]

Closed. This question is off-topic. It is not currently accepting answers. Want to improve this question? Update the question so it’s on-topic for Server Fault. Closed 10 years ago. Improve this question I’m a software developer as me day job but have landed a contract position to spec out and install the computer equipment for … Read more

Setting up a network for 16 users

I’ve been asked to research into providing networking links for around 16 machines, which will be providing access for a group of small companies which will become part of a co-working space. I have a reasonable experience setting up small networks – and feel I’d be able to help, but I’d like to find out … Read more