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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

Configuring your Internet domain name for remote access and email


In this section, we will configure the Internet domain name that you will use to access your server. If you carried out a migration, then you will have already been through this task as part of the migration. I've decided to cover the task in more detail in this section in case you are performing your first installation of a server and the options may well be new to you. In this chapter, I will discuss the options to buy an Internet domain name online.

Start from the Home tab in the Windows SBS Console and select Set up you Internet address.

Read the initial Internet Address Management screen that states that you need the items listed below. If you do not have an Internet domain, we will run through purchasing a domain via the SBS tools or you can purchase one outside of the tool. Once you are sure, you can continue by clicking on Next.

  • The name of your Internet domain

  • The name of your domain provider

  • The logon information for...