http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons Things I wish I had known... Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:54:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en With the release of the iPhone 2.0 software and the 3G iPhone on July 11, 2008, the iPhone can now have a native connection to Exchange 2003 and 2007 servers. This post documents the steps needed to configure the iPhone for an Exchange account, assuming that Exchange ActiveSync is already ... http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2008/07/12/connecting-iphone-20-to-an-exchange-server/ Looks like there might be an issue with installing KB948110 via Automatic Updates or Microsoft Updates if you have Sharepoint on the server. I'm tracking this down at a client site, but have heard of several other instances this morning. The behavior is this: After installing KB948110, Sharepoint/Companyweb is not available. ... http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2008/07/09/kb948110-and-sharepoint/ Microsoft made the Public Preview of SBS 2008 available for the general population yesterday. This was announced on the Official SBS Blog. To get access to the software, you will need to visit the Technet Evaluation Center. Before installing, make sure that the system you are going to evaluate on ... http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2008/05/29/sbs-2008-public-preview-available/ Ran across an unusual one this week that's worth sharing. A site had two users who could not log in to Outlook Web Access hosted on SBS 2003. All other users could log in to OWA without issue, but these two could not. The employees do shift work and sign ... http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2008/03/27/owa-logon-failure-be-careful-what-you-restrict/ Microsoft released KB948496 which is an update that disables ALL of the Scalable Networking components that were added into Windows Server 2003 SP2 last year. The previous update only disabled two of the four components, and in practice, systems have continued to have problems when any of the Scalable Networking ... http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2008/03/12/install-this-now/ Microsoft has started the marketing push for SBS 2008 as part of the Windows Essential Server Solutions family of products, that currently includes Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008. Unfortunately, the marketing is prominently featuring an element that has been causing some confusion in the SBS space. ... http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2008/03/11/dont-worry-its-still-75/ I ran into an interesting one today that I had not seen before. A client installed ISA 2004 on his SBS 2003 server, and we followed the best practices for doing so. After an hour or so, he called me back because he could no longer check e-mail with Outlook. I ... http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2008/01/19/outlook-behind-isa-2004-on-sbs-2003/ There are a couple of connectivity issues related to using a Macintosh in a Windows network that are worth noting. These can impact connectivity of both Mac OS 10.4 and 10.5 in an SBS (or other Active Directory network). First, if the Active Directory login name matches either the Full Name ... http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2008/01/19/outstanding-macintosh-connectivity-issues/ Back in March, Microsoft sorta surprised everyone with the "silent" release of Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2003. Without rehashing all the drama, there were problems with the SP on SBS 2003 boxes. Many people in the community posted to their blogs and the newsgroups to hold off on ... http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2007/12/03/installing-windows-server-2003-sp2-on-sbs-2003/ Now that Mac OS 10.5 has hit the streets, there are folks who are wanting to know how to connect a Mac running the new operating system to an SBS network. This document covers steps for connecting a Macintosh running Mac OS 10.5 to an SBS 2003 network. This document ... http://simultaneouspancakes.com/Lessons/2007/10/28/connecting-a-macintosh-running-mac-os-105-to-an-sbs-2003-server/