ChkDsk message prevents boot of sbs Server2011. upon booting  sbs 2011 chkdsk  keeps running in a loop how can I repair and then re image my system file without load os from scratch

We manage a law firm's computer network.  The server operating system is Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2.  We installed the new network in 2015, and overall it has worked very well.

One of the senior partners at the firm lives a long distance from the office.  As a result, he relies on the Remote Web Access (Anywhere Access) to work remotely.  His desktop computer has Windows 10 and he uses Google Chrome as his primary web browser.

Until recently, the RWA system has worked very well for him.  Recently, though, he has been unable to connect to Remote Web Access.  Instead his attempt to do through with Chrome results in a timeout error and failure.  Please note that he has used Chrome for this function since 2015 and it has worked consistently and reliably.  Also, he is able to connect to many other web address without problem.

We tested connecting to their Remote Web Access system from our office, using various browsers, computer and operating systems (Windows 10 and 7) and in every case we have connected easily to RWA.  The only time we experienced the timeout error with Chrome was when we incorrectly typed the RWA address.  Once that was fixed, everything worked perfectly.

Given this background and recent problem, does anyone have any ideas how we can fix this?  Thanks very much for your help.

Hi,
  I have SBS2011 Network and starting yesterday no one can do the search in Google Chrome. It returned "This site can't be reached".
  Last night I added 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 in Forwarders tab in DNS manager and the problem went away.
 However this morning, the same problem is back.
 I restarted DNS Server and DNS Client in Services.msc, but to no avail.
 Users can do search using msn.com or yahoo.com for now, but as long as it uses Google search engine, it fails no matter which browser they use (IE, Firefox)
 Can you help?

Got a 2008 SBS (yeah, I know...), that C Drive is just about full. according to Tree Size, it’s mostly sharepoint stuff (as shown in attached pic) & users aren’t even using any sharepoint services. didn’t know if I could just delete files, have to do it from a command line or anything like that, or will I need to disable any services?
(posting this from phone, will need to add pic when I get to laptop)

Is
SKype for Business is possible without Exchange server, if yes then please let me know the steps

HI there,
i just noticed on a SBS 2011 that the backups were failing with details "Volume shadow copy operation failed with error 0x80042306"

The eventlog shows volsnap Event ID 25
"The shadow copies of volume C: were deleted because the shadow copy storage could not grow in time.  Consider reducing the IO load on the system or choose a shadow copy storage volume that is not being shadow copied."

This started 2 months ago & the last completed backup is 12 June.

The Server is set up for a daily full backup at 20.00, the office closes at 18.00

All help is much appreciated.

We are running Small Business Server 2011 and use the public folders within Exchange 2010 heavily, saving all emails worth keeping into public folders.  The size of the public folder database is around 210GB currently.

We will be migrating away from SBS2011 soon, and are considering both on-premises Exchange and Office 365.  Users have noticed that when working remotely, public folders are noticeably less responsive than when in the office.  Remote users have a variety of Internet connections, including Fibre To The Premises, and all report the same behaviour.  The connection in the office is a 20/20 leased line.

Our questions are as follows:

1. Is Office 365 likely to reduce performance for all users (because is it remote for everyone)?
2. Are new versions of Exchange on-premises likely to improve performance, or leave it unchanged?

We are looking for real-world experience of one or other of the above solutions in order to make an informed decision on which option to choose.  Many thanks.

I've attempted to create a new user account and Exchange keeps messing up the username.

I'm using Exchange 2010. Every time I attempt to create a new mailbox -- whether through Exchange Management Console or creating a user account on the PDC then create the mailbox for an existing user -- I end up with a variation of that user account with some extra characters added to the end.

For example:

I've attempted to create "construction@mycompany.com" and then when I send an email I get an undeliverable message with the following error:

#550 5.2.0 resolver.pf.invalid; misconfigured public folder mailbox ##

And upon inspecting the account I find that the default SMTP reply addresses looks something like

construction2f7a3@mycompany.com
construction2f7a3@mycompany.local

And every time I try to remove the extra characters under Email Address I get an error:

"The command will clear the PrimarySMTPAddress property because the EmailAddressPolicyEnabled parameter is set to true. This action is not allowed."

(so it won't allow me to make the change.)

I tried making a distribution group and the same thing happened.

This is Exchange 2010 running on Windows Server 2008 R2 (yes, I'm already planning the upgrades and migrations, awaiting approval on new backup software first).

On a sidenote, the PDC on the network is a Windows Server 2016 and a few months ago we had to use it to seize the FSMO roles from an SBS 2003 server. I mention this because I'm …

I just migrated a SBS 2011 server to a 2019 Standard. All the email accounts were moved to Office 365. The old SBS Server is offline and has been for a month now. The problem is that when I try and set up Outlook for a new user it is still trying to use, and the auto discover still points to, the old SBS Exchange Server. This is a nightmare. How can I get Autodiscover to work properly?

   As a footnote the even changed email domains. When they had the Exchange server all their emails were @olddomain and when they went with the new server they went with a new email domain @newdomain.

Hi –

I have a client running SBS 2011 and has 16 workstations attached to the domain.  They are either Windows/7 or Windows/10 clients.  They use RWW for remote access to the domain workstations.  Any Windows/7 workstation is capable of RWW – no problem to any of the workstations (Windows/7 or Windows/10.)  The problem is when the user attempts to access the domain clients from Windows/10 – they get the message
“Your computer can’t connect to the remote computer because a security package error occurred in the transport layer.  Retry the connection or contact your network administrator for assistance.”
The strange thing is the first time a Windows/10 client tries to connect through RWW it works.  After that we get this message.  Can access any workstation using Windows/7 so I don’t think it is the server nor the domain computer.
Tried deleting the history, download, etc from Internet options, but nothing changes.  Today, using a Dell laptop (Windows/10) was able to get on – but the second time I got the error message.  
Any help would really be appreciated.
Thanks
Rich