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Windows Small Business Server SBS 2003: A Clear and Concise Administrator's Reference and How-To

By : Stephanie Knecht-Thurmann
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Windows Small Business Server SBS 2003: A Clear and Concise Administrator's Reference and How-To

By: Stephanie Knecht-Thurmann

Overview of this book

<p>Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 is the fourth release of the all-in-one server solution from Microsoft. By combining all of the commonly used servers into a single package, Microsoft makes it easier and cheaper for small business and branch offices to run a fully featured network. The basic version of SBS contains a file server for shared and central document and data storage; Exchange email server; Sharepoint services for team collaboration; Internet Security Server for safe connections to the Internet. The Premium edition has the SQL Server 2000 database server installed. <br /> <br /> Despite its name and pricing, SBS is actually a very powerful tool capable of supporting workgroups up to 75 users in a range of complex tasks. At the entry level it can be set up and configured to run a small office with a limited range of server requirements. At the advanced level it can delivery a complete range of services to up to 75 users.<br /> <br /> This book is aimed at in-house administrators and IT specialists responsible for all aspects of network administration and support, working in offices and organisations for which the all-in-one SBS solution makes sense. It covers each of the services provided in the SBS package. For each server, the most common tasks are walked through step-by-step. Each step is carefully explained and clearly illustrated. The approach is logical and easy to follow.</p>
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Copyright
Credits
About the Author
Introduction
Index

Further Updating


The SUS Server can automatically download all the updates that have been made available by Microsoft for the selected operating systems and language versions. At fixed intervals, you must go to the SUS administration page and see whether new updates are available, whose installation you have to approve. The best way of doing this is to register at http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/alerts.mspx in order to automatically receive e-mails when Microsoft has made new updates available.

In order to ascertain which updates are available, open the SUS administration page. Through Approve Updates, you can determine which updates have been downloaded in the computer. The new updates are tagged with New in the list.