On a simple office desktop - not worried about high quality graphics / redraw refresh, etc...

The new dell optiplex 3050 has DisplayPort & HDMI connectors.

The monitor has VGA (the 15 pin 3 row blue connector) and DVI (the white connector).

Thoughts on which connector to use at each end?  I would think either at each end is fine for typing word docs, speadsheets,  the occassional funny video on youtube.

I guess it comes down to the ease / cost of the cable to convert from 1 end (DisplayPort or HDMI) to (VGA or DVI).

Thoughts?

I don't know much of macs. I have 1 user on an SBS 2011 standard domain running a mac. he uses macmail. Things have been going fine for years now. In the last week or 2 he noticed that when he sends an email from the macmail (in rich text format) then someone on a windows PC (anyone else in the office) running outlook, replies, the font gets really small.

Any ideas?  I don't know all the details yet of if other windows users are cc'd, do they see the small font or is it just the mac.

what other questions come to mind?

I have a SBS2011 server and a laptop user (Windows 10 Pro). I would like to set the user's documents etc. to be stored on the server so they get picked up on the backup. I would also like the files to be available to the user when away from the office.
I have used the SBS Console to set the user's folders to be redirected but how do I set them to be available offline too?

To whom it may concern

I have a Client with a Windows 2011 SBS.  When trying to open Exchange 2010 EMC and expanding MS Exchange On-premises, I receive the following error:

Initialization failed
(Will attach the screenshot with the details)

I have already tried to stop and start the IIS at the defaut first site and also run the command iisreset, but to no avail.

Please assist in getting the EMC console up and running.

Please let me know if you require further details:
Server Specs:  Xeon E5620 @ 2.4GHz, 16GB ram, 1TB HDD

Kind Regards

Lourensvd
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I have an older( by 6 months)  SBS 2003 that is a clone of a same newer SBS 2003 (which has a corrupted AD).

Can a backup the system state on the older non corrupted one and restore it to the corrupted one?

All the data on the two is pretty static ,I just need to get the AD functioning again.

If so ,anybody got a command line way of doing it?

A client is concerned about sending confidential info to the wrong people (friendly competitors, etc.)

They asked about being able to get a warning pop up in outlook when an email they are working on has an external email address in the to, cc or bcc lines. They are thinking that will urge the user to doublecheck the names selected.

This is what they sent me:

I would want a temporary notice on Outlook to pop up on the top of the mail screen that notifies our employee sender during the DRAFT stage of an email that they have included an external sender in the address lines. I would like the external sender function to only show up during the draft stage of sending an email, not in the final version sent to the recipient.
 

a) is this notice possible? Either in outlook or some other method to catch emails elsewhere on the network - The SBS 2011 server they have? in the UTM?  On phones maybe not using outlook? If we insist on outlook on phones would that help? On OWA?

b) does anyone have a client with this?

I personally think that it's pointless. People will still click through the warning - they will get this on almost every email they send and will quickly tune it out. I'd envision they'd want to be able to clear the message once they check that email and it would re-occur if they added someone else to the list?

And they do have friendly competitors that they email. So then it becomes a question that each employee has to answer: I am writing to a …

Please help!

I have been tasked with renewing and then installing a SSL certificate on a SBS 2011 server. I have already renewed the cert and imported into the MMC console and I have ran the Certutil CMD command as per my normal steps. The next step that I usually follow is to launch the SBS Console and then via the certificate wizard 'add a new certificate' choosing the option 'use a certificate already on this computer' however the server in question has an issue whereby the SBS console crashes immediately (not when switching to the network tab but literally immediately). I have confirmed WMI is up and also ran the repair console option using the original CD media and then rebooted but still the error remains. I cannot see anything obvious in Event Viewer.

I have to install this certificate asap (within the next 24 hours) so just wondering is there a way of replicating the 'install a certificate already on this computer' method without using the SBS Console (powershell etc). Going forward clearly the SBS issue needs to be fixed but this is a secondary issue and the most important bit is getting this newly renewed cert installed and in use so the clients email is secured.

Please help! Also bear in mind I am not particularly familiar with SBS (or IT in general) so simple instructions ideally!

Note when it crashes the error reported is CLR20o3 if that helps.


Thanks in advance

I need to retire SBS 2008, and move the data from it to new server.

Current situation:
I have SBS2008 and several other servers (2008R2, 2012) running off two HYPERV hosts.
Users use Local Workstations, Terminal Server and remote users with Notebooks.

At the moment I want to move Folder redirection (and some SHARED DATA FOLDERS) to new server.

Since this is HYPERV environment I can easily move VHDs to new server without the need to copy massive amount of data.

My plan is as follows:

1. Create two VHDs one for "FolderRedirection" and one for "SharedData". Attach them to existing SBS2008 and using some utility like ROBOCOPY or similar copy files from C drive of the SBS2008 to the two attached VHDs.

2. When above is completed - I will move/attach the VHDs to newly created server (adjust sharing and security - disable sharing on SBS2008 etc) and modify the GPO to redirect the users folders to new location.

My Question:

How do I deal with following GPO settings:

- Move the contents of the "folder" to the new location
- Redirect the folder back to the local userprofile when policy removed.

I have users which use Offline folders for the "redirected folders" and I have users that do not use offline folders (terminal server users)

Hi Guys,

We are receiving emails inbound from one user, is it possible to change the display name once it is received by our Exchange 2010 Server.

For example --> guy@person.com emails us --> can we have it show up as joeblow@company.com ?

Thanks!

Friday, 15/9, the network worked.
After the weekend it is not possible to connect with the server!

There appears to be a problem with the network connection. On the network icon in the process line there is a red cross. But the server can communicate with the Internet.

I have updated driver for network adapter, etc.

Any suggestions?

It's an SBS 2008 with Win7 workstations.

Hey Guys -

We have a user who just needs to view a calendar in Exchange 2010. How can i prevent them from and sending and receiving ALL email? Internal AND external.