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Small Business Server 2008 - Installation, Migration, and Configuration

By : David Overton
Book Image

Small Business Server 2008 - Installation, Migration, and Configuration

By: David Overton

Overview of this book

Small Businesses need to capitalize on the investments they make in IT to drive the business forward. SBS 2008 is uniquely positioned to deliver, but a poor implementation becomes a hindrance rather than a benefit to your business. Well implemented solutions enable your business to appear larger, yet more dynamic than many enterprises. It's easy to get Small Business Server 2008 up and running when you've got this book to hand. It helps you in a clear and friendly manner to understand how to implement SBS 2008 inside your business in a way that matches your business needs. The author's experience enables him to share a tried and tested path to deliver the business benefits without becoming bogged down in unnecessary details that are not relevant to small businesses. SBS 2008 is a fantastic investment for Small Businesses to make towards a well managed and highly functional IT solution in their business. This book is the culmination of many years advising small business owners and consultants on the recommend, tried and tested path to implement small business technology from Microsoft. Through this book you will gain an understanding of the features you can choose to use and then how to securely implement the server to deliver them. It will guide you through the installation and configuration process with the help of step-by-step instructions and plentiful screenshots. It will also explain how you can benefit from the collaboration tools based on SharePoint and how you can protect all your business data with a back-up process that covers anything from deleted files to a fire in the office. Imagine how great you'll feel when your Small Business Server 2008 is ready and working, and you can get back to surfing the Internet!
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Small Business Server 2008 Installation, Migration, and Configuration
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
Index

Changing network configuration to match SBS 2008 design requirements


There are two simple ways in which the connection between SBS 2003 and the client PCs can be configured to connect to the Internet. One has two network cables connecting to the back of the SBS 2003 and is called a twin NIC (Network Interface Card) or duel homed solution. This has the SBS 2003 system as the controlling gateway and firewall to the Internet.

SBS 2008 only supports a configuration using a single NIC in the SBS 2003 and SBS 2008, and the firewall and router must be one or more external devices.

If you have a single NIC solution, you don't need to carry out the work of this section; however, if you do have two NICs that are in use, then you need to follow this process to change to a single NIC solution.

  1. Install your firewall and router and ensure DHCP is turned off on these devices. You will need to refer to the device-specific manual to disable DHCP as it is normally on by default.

  2. Physically re-configure SBS...