SBS 2011, admin password was changed, logged out and back into server with new password. The users are not administrators on their computers so someone with the admin password enters it when needed for an installation or download. The workstations are still able to use the old admin password, for how long I don't know but I'm assuming probably until the computer is restarted. Is there a way to avoid this?

Ready to replace a SBS server looking at 2 options.

1. Windows 2019 Server Standard, RAID5, 1VM (PDC), 2VM (Exchange)
2. Windows 2019 Server Standard, ISCSI NAS device (Synologyw/RAID5). email in the cloud (365).

Security always a concern, speed/performance, redundancy, remote accessibility, approximately 25-30 users. Users are mainly using MS Office, Adobe, Remote access a big part as they continue to expand and work from home.

Feedback on which platform is better (in your professional opinions) is much appreciated. Looking more for the pros and cons of each.

I need some assistance removing Exchange 2010 after a Remote Move / Hybrid Migration from SBS2011 before decommissioning the server and just leaving O365 in the cloud.   I might be overthinking the situation.

Original Setup - SBS2011 / Exchange2010
New Setup - Server 2016 Standard / Office365 Business - 80 mailboxes

AD Sync is currently setup on the Server 2016 box and working just fine.   All I want to be able to do is Sync AD Users and Passwords between the 2016 Server and O365 Business.  I no longer need Hybrid Exchange setup.  User gets setup in Local AD, creates the object in AzureAD - I assign the O365 license, setup the email address and go.  Future password changes stay synced between the Mailbox and local AD.

This is the first time I'm doing a Hybrid migration - I'm used to just doing a cutover style migration - once everyone is good in O365 I follow this guide to uninstall exchange - it's worked time and time again. - https://www.itpromentor.com/sbs-remove-exchange/

He does have another article with what appears to be my situation https://www.itpromentor.com/remove-hybrid-keep-sync/   but it sounds like some supported frameworks might have changed since.   Currently the SBS2011 box I have doesn't serve any function currently.

Is it safe to just uninstall exchange 2010 like I normally do following the cutover migration?

For the past few weeks, my SBS2011 is syncing very slowly with iphones and I run the Fix my network to check for any errors and the below comes up for exchange. Also when I try to add a new user, I get an error when creating the email address which I believe is also connected to the above.
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hi,

I've a problem applying a new SHA2 Cert (from 123-Reg) to Exchange 2010

I created the request via the Certificate MMC as a custom request because this SBS 2011 server is SHA1 by default.   Right clicked the Certs and installed both the Intermediate and the actual cert for the host mail.zyx.com.

When I looked in the EMC I didn't have the option to complete the Cert request, so I looked in IIS, the option was there and it completed as expected.

When I opened EMC to assign the Cert to the services SMTP etc, the Certificate page didn't load and generated error object get exchange certificates not found.  upon running Get-ExchangeCertificate from powershell the same error is displayed.

I could assign the new cert to the default web site via ISS, which took care of OWA etc but still not the SMTP services etc

I found that if I remove the new cert from IIS - the EMC worked again and the old certs are shown as normal..

hope that's enough info, any help or ideas would be appreciated?  

Thanks TC

Hello All,

I have a new Server 2016 system that is a DC and will be taking over for an old SBS 2011 server once I have finished the migration.  For some reason I can't login as the Administrator account.  I can RDP into a server as the administrator but can't login locally.  I get the error "The sign in method you're trying to use isn't allowed.  I have checked gpedt and logon locally is set to allow all members of the administrator group and there are no deny logon users set.  So I don't know why I can't login as the Administrator.  I can login as other users that I have set up as administrators just no the Administrator account.  Am I missing something?

Regards,

Rob

I am looking at migrating a very small network (6 users) from SBS 2011 to Exchange 2016 or 2019
Do I really want to go through the whole "migration" or can I simply export all mailboxes to .PST files and then import them into the new version of Exchange ?

We have a client who use exchange 2010 on an SBS2011 box.  they cant receive any external emails, internally its fine, and they can send externally.  they use Trend Worry Free Business for spam filtering which sits on the SBS server.  i have disabled Trend this and still the same result.  when i perform a message trace, it shows no external emails even hitting the server.

i have attached a bounce back for you to see.

any help will be appreciated.
Undeliverable-RE-test.msg

We are trying to move Exchange 2010 to from the SBS 2011 server to a newly installed Exchange 2010 on a 2008 r2 server.  The 2008 r2 server has Exchange 2010 sp3 installed on the same domain and is not going to be a Domain controller.
How do we move the database and mailbox without eliminating the 2011 SBS domain controller without conflicts for now.  Eventually we will eliminate the 2011 SBS but need to insure Exchange is migrated to the new machine and is working correctly before decommissioning the SBS 2011.  We have internal conflicts on how this should be done

I have an aging SBS 2003 server which I use solely for Exchange.  I have a number of clients that connect various devices for email comms.  Some just use Outlook 2010 using Outlook over VPN and some use OWA and some use Exchange push mail for hand-held devices.  Just before Christmas I renewed my Go Daddy SSL cert which secures my mail domain and now all services apart from Outlook over VPN have fallen over with SSL issues.  I need someone with SBS 2003 experience to help me through the minefield.

Migrating SBS 2008 to 2016 Essentials using 'Migrate Windows Small Business Server 2008 to Windows Server Essentials"
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-essentials/migrate/migrate-windows-small-business-server-2008-to-windows-server-essentials

The server is a Dell with 2016 Essentials pre-installed with the Essentials role, it was not configured as a domain controller.

In the above document I'm stuck at Step 2: Install WSE in migration mode https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-essentials/migrate/install-windows-server-essentials-in-migration-mode
I don't have an option to install in Migration Mode, how do I get to that point?

I have installed a few SBS 2011 to WSE2012R2 but not SBS2008 to 2016, I would rather migrate than setup a new domain.

Thanks

I have some problems with a SBS 2011 server. It is running about several years now, but the customer changed his internet provider and also the router.
Then suddenly, exchange wasn't working anymore.

I can into the exchange management, no problems, but when I try to run the wizard connect to the internet, it fails. email not configured, run this wizard again to solve this.
I ran BPA and there was an empy windows with no information, but it didn't also give me an error.
Then I ran emtshooter, that program gave me no errors.

I also looked into the ctiw.log but there's so much information I don't know where to look, i did found out this error.
[7584] 181223.122940.5329: CoreNet: RebindConnectorsTask task failed
[10192] 181223.122940.5369: CoreNet: Exception caught in network detection/configuration with a specific router IP: Task: MessagingTasks.TaskRebindSMTPConnectors failed: Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.TaskManagement.Admin.TaskExecutionException.

You are my final stop before reinstalling the server, so hopefully you can help me out.
CTIW.log

We are upgrading our SBS 2011 to Server 2016, we are migrating both domain and exchange server. After going through some articles on web we have planned to do migration to 2 servers one for domain and dhcp and second for MS Exchange 2016. Our questions are

1. which server should we migrate over first.
2. when we migrate exchange do we require to do reconnections on the all desktops or the outlook would pick it up itself, we have outlook 2010 - 16