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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

Downloading Available Updates on the SUS Server


After the installation and the configuration of the SUS Server, updates for the clients are now downloaded. To download a complete update set of one language, you will require approximately 600 MB free disk space. The following steps are to be carried out in order to start the download:

  1. Open the administration page of the SUS Server from a browser, located at http://SBSServername/SUSAdmin.

  2. Click on Synchronize Server from the console structure.

  3. Click on Synchronization Schedule.

  4. From Synchronize using this schedule, select a time schedule. By default, new updates are searched for at 3:00 a.m. In doing so, three repetitions will be executed if the download is not properly carried out. Click on OK.

  5. Click on Synchronize now to start downloading the updates. The updates will first be deployed to the individual clients following your agreement to the same. The process is explained in the Updating Clients through the SUS Server section.

  6. In the VBScript...