small business

We have a small network having downsized some years ago. Currently we have two 2003 servers and 6 workstations. Originally we were running Exchange on one of the servers, but now Exchange is remotely hosted. I have a new server that will be running Essentials. I want to replace both of the old...

I think this experience may be useful to Win7/8 users who build and maintain home and small business systems. I regularly clone and swap drives keeping at least one spare at the ready per system at all times. I was shocked to discover that under certain conditions Win7 installation creates a...

I work in a relatively small business. We have 11 computers in the office that are all on a network with our server. Is there a way to make it so no matter which computer we are sitting at we can log in to the network under our own username/password?

Today we provide advance notification for the release of four bulletins, two rated Critical and two rated Important in severity. These updates address issues in Microsoft Windows, Office and Internet Explorer. The update provided through MS14-017 fully addresses the Microsoft Word issue first...

Good morning, I have a network under a domain where server is powered by windows small business 2003. I have 20 pcs in this net. Some pcs are running windows 7. One of them is trying to make a search in shared folder by Windows Explorer. This search is made by archive's name and by any...

I have recently installed Small Business Server 2011 and would like to both host my web site and have Exchange handle my mail. I don't have an ISP provided IP and was wondering if I could access these features via either a DynDns or No-IP dynamic IP address. Thank you

As a part of the Industry Consortium for Advancement of Security on the Internet (ICASI), Microsoft is pleased to present an initial set of monthly security updates – originally released on May 8 – in the consortium’s newly established Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework...

Hello! We have a Small Business Network with an SBS2008 Domain. On a Server we have one Network Share which schould be accessible to all Users. Up to now there were no Problems at all with the Share. Now we got a new PC (Windows 7 Business x32) which joined the Domain successfully. I can...

Hi there! I am new to this forum and I apologise in advance if this is a question covered a zillion times already! Am having problems finding previous posts (probably as I am not familiar with correct terminology). However, we are on a network here and several of our older PCs are experiencing...

Hey, I work for a small, non-profit organization, and we use small business server 2008. We have our computers set up to do a network login (meaning I can sit down at any computer that we own and login using my user info and access all my server drives, even if I've never used that computer...

Describes the client-side package of Update Rollup 1 for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, for Windows Home Server 2011, and for Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. More...

So what is Link Removed and how can it help your small business? This Link Removed answers those questions with a special two-part episode, wherein our heroines Laura and Tina start a business from scratch with Office 365. Like many of you, they're strapped for resources and face some nasty...

Yes Office365 is released tomorrow. This cloud based productivity suite has been in beta for a while now and gives you access to email, calendar, and contacts from virtually anywhere, at any time, on desktops, laptops, and mobile devices. Beta accounts will remain live for 30 days and then...

Jeremy Quittner - Small businesses have used Microsoft Corp.'s XP as their go-to platform since it was released in 2001, and the software giant's workhorse operating system generally has served them well. There are about 300 million copies of XP in use worldwide, split between businesses and...

Trick question: when is Office not Office? When it’s Office 365, of course. On Monday, Microsoft revealed its latest beta version of Office 365. For some small businesses — even some individuals — it may be worth the price. The first thing you have to understand about Office 365 (Link...

We love anything that makes networking easier (doesn’t everyone?), and these five tips deliver the goods for small businesses running Windows 7. Link Removed

Sales of Microsoft's Windows 7 surge to new heights. Is your small business on board or on the fence? Link Removed

This lonely stretch of road in central Nevada draws conspiracy buffs from the world over who ponder such unknowables as whether aliens have landed on Earth and what the feds really do at nearby Area 51. But lately there's been another mystery among locals: Why did the Nevada Department of...

Join Wade and Steve each week as they cover the Windows Azure Platform. You can follow and interact with the show at Link Removed. In this episode, Steve and Wade: Discuss how to maximize your use of Windows Azure by Link Removed Take a look at sharing folders between instances running in...

If you run your shop on Windows XP or Vista and you're not interested in Linux, then a Windows 7 is inevitable. What are you waiting for? Here are 7 reasons not to put it off. Link Removed