This is a collection of the top Microsoft Support solutions to the most common issues experienced using Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard (updated quarterly). Note that some content that applies to earlier versions of Windows Server is listed, because it can be helpful with Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard issues also.
- Solutions related to - Active Directory and Directory Services
- Solutions related to - Client Computers issues
- Solutions related to - Internet Information Services (IIS)
- Solutions related to - Licensing
- Solutions related to - Mail flow issues
- Solutions related to - Network and Web Connectivity
- Solutions related to - Reliability and Performance
- Solutions related to - Small Business Server (SBS) Components
- Solutions related to - Microsoft SQL Server
- Solutions related to - Installation and Migration
Active Directory and Directory Services
- Domain controller (DC) does not function correctly
- An update for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Migration Preparation Tool is available
- How to Clean Up Active Directory after an Unsuccessful Migration
- How to Perform an Authoritative System State Restore in SBS 2008/2011 Standard
- Debunking Myths About Additional Domain Controllers In SBS Domains
- An error occurred while promoting the server to a domain controller
- Cannot create the Active Directory structure required to create users, groups, and computer accounts for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard
- Catalog of Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Error Messages
- Using the BurFlags registry key to reinitialize File Replication Service replica sets
- Using Ntdsutil.exe to transfer or seize FSMO roles to a domain controller
- Completing the SBS 2011 Standard setup after a failure during the promotion to a domain controller
- Distributed File Systems (DFS) or File Replication Service issues
- DFS Replication: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- "Active Directory Replication is taking longer than expected" message stops SBS installation
- Using the BurFlags registry key to reinitialize File Replication Service replica sets
- How to Manually Create the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard and WSUS Group Policies Objects
- Restoring the SBS GPOs from a Different Server
- Group Policy does not apply
- Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) errors
- The Lsass.exe process crashes on Windows Server 2008 R2-based domain controllers
- Lsass.exe crashes and error code 255 is generated in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7
- Memory leak occurs in the Lsass.exe process on a domain controller that is running Windows Server 2008 R2
- How to Troubleshoot High LSASS.EXE CPU Utilization on an Active Directory Domain Controllers
- Folder redirection and Offline Files
- Folder Redirection in Small Business Server 2008
- How to re-initialize the offline files cache and database in Windows XP
- How to Properly Disable Offline Files in Windows Vista
- Enable folder redirection on the Destination Server for Windows SBS 2011 Standard migration
- Redirect user account folders to the server
- Repair folder redirection and shared folders
- Delete the old folder redirection Group Policy object for Windows SBS 2011 Standard migration
- Change access to Folder Redirection for a user account
- Move settings and data to the Destination Server for Windows SBS 2011 Standard migration
- Folder Redirection fails to apply when redirected to mapped drive letter, instead of UNC path
- Folder redirection in Small Business Server 2008
- Work Smarter with Offline Files and Shadow Copy
- On a Windows Vista-based or Windows 7-based client computer, you can still access offline files even though the file server is removed from the network
- You may encounter file corruption issues when you use the Offline Files feature to synchronize data in Windows 7
- Roaming profiles
- How to Configure a Roaming User Profile
- Automatic creation of user folders for home, roaming profile and redirected folders.
- Configuring Roaming User Profiles
- Best Practices for User Profiles
- Roaming profile users experience slow logons on Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 client computers
- Managing Users, Groups, and User Profiles
- Roaming Profile Compatibility - The Windows 7 to Windows 8 Challenge
- Group Policy
- Other Client Computers issues
- Why is My Computer Status Not Showing Online in the SBS Console?
- Why Does My SBS 2008 Premium Second Server Display as a Client Computer?
- Why Are Some of My Client Computers/Servers Not Displaying in the SBS Console?
- Unable to connect to Windows 7 SP1 client on a SBS 2011 Standard or SBS 2011 Essentials domain after it has been updated with RDP 8 update
- RWW Error on Vista and Windows 7 Clients
- Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Client Computer Help
- Set Up a VPN on Client Computers
- SBS 2011: Troubleshooting Client Deployment
- Accessing server resources
- Joining the domain
- Automatically connect client computers to the network
- Remove a client computer from the network
- Windows XP/Vista Workstations Fail To Connect to SBS 2008 When Using Http://connect
- SBS 2011: Troubleshooting Client Deployment
- Users cannot access http://connect to join client computers to the domain
- Connecting Windows 8 to Small Business Server 2011 Standard after the Installation of the Latest Update Rollup 3
- Slow domain logon
- Small Business Server 2011 Slow to Boot and Several Services Fail to Start
- You experience a long domain logon time in Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2 after you deploy Group Policy preferences to the computer
- Unexpectedly slow startup or logon process in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7
- You experience a delay when you use your Windows XP computer to log on to a domain or to connect to a network resource
- Long startup or logon time when no domain controllers are available on a Windows 7-based or Windows Server 2008 R2-based domain member computer
- Event ID 5719 is logged when you start a Domain Member
- You experience a long logon time when you try to log on to a Windows 7-based or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based client computer that uses roaming profiles
- You encounter a long logon time after you enable the "Do not automatically make redirected folders available
Internet Information Services (IIS)
- Installing and using certificates
- Windows SBS 2011 Standard Certificate may fail to install on a Vista or Windows 7 Client
- You receive a "The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site" warning when you try to connect Outlook 2007 to Small Business Server 2008
- Not able to install Trusted certificate on SBS2008
- How to Manually Install Certificates in SBS 2008
- Request and install a trusted certificate
- Troubleshooting Certificate Mismatch Warnings in Outlook 2007 Clients on Small Business Server
- How Do I Distribute the SBS Self-Signed SSL Certificate to My Users?
- How to Obtain the Certificate Distribution Package in SBS 2011 Standard through Remote Web Access
- How do I import an existing trusted certificate?
- Remove a trusted certificate
- Managing Certificates
- The wizard that is used to add certificates no longer adds the FQDN of the server as a subject alternative name in the certificate request
- You receive a "The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site" warning when you try to connect Outlook 2007 to Small Business Server
- Cannot browse a local Web site
- Error 503 Service Unavailable when you browse Windows SBS websites
- How to Run a 32bit Web Application on SBS 2008/2011 Standard
- SBS 2011: Login to RWA fails with error 'The domain is null or empty'
- Getting to see the real IIS status codes from Internet Explorer
- SBS 2008-SBS2011/OWA, Remote fails with Http Error 500.
- Server Activation
- Windows activation fails and may generate error code 0x8004FE33
- Windows is not genuine error in Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
- Error 0xC004E002 during activation for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows Server 2008 R2
- How to troubleshoot Volume Activation error codes in Windows 7, in Windows Server 2008, and in Windows Vista
- Error message when you try to activate Windows 7 or Windows Vista: "An error has occurred"
- Extending Your Activation Grace Period on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2
- Client access licenses
- Cannot send or receive email
- How Do I Change Message Size Limits in SBS 2008/2011 Standard?
- How to Configure Trusted SMTP Relay in Exchange on SBS
- What to Check When Exchange Cannot Send Email to Certain Domains
- How to Send E-mails with Exchange Using a Different "From" Address
- How to Configure SBS 2011 Standard to Accept E-mail for Multiple Authoritative Domains
- Outlook Connectivity issues, Authentication or Certificate dialogs
- Slow Connectivity for Outlook Anywhere and Sites that use the SBS Web Applications App Pool
- You receive a "The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site" warning when you try to connect Outlook 2007 to Small Business Server 2008
- Troubleshooting Certificate Mismatch Warnings in Outlook 2007 Clients on Small Business Server
- You receive a "The name of the security certificate is invalid or does not match the name of the site" warning when you try to connect Outlook 2007 to Small Business Server
- Certain Remote Client Access Can Break If You Change the Default Accepted Domain on SBS 2011 Standard
- Outlook Web Access (OWA)
- SBS 2008-SBS2011/OWA, Remote fails with Http Error 500.
- Error 500 Attempting to Access OWA on SBS 2011 Standard
- Your network is slow in Windows SBS 2011 Standard
- Unable to browse OWA,Error 1309 ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0
- Error 500 Attempting to Access OWA on SBS 2011
- Assign user permissions to access Office Outlook Web Access
- Database fails to mount
- Exchange mailbox store
- Other
- Public Folders
- Mobile device synchronization with Exchange ActiveSync
- POP3 connector
- Cannot browse companyweb
- An Administrators Quick Look at SharePoint for SBS 2011 Standard
- Repair user access to the internal website (SharePoint)
- Move the internal website for Windows SBS 2011 Standard migration
- Configure the Windows SBS 2011 Standard internal website (SharePoint)
- Move All SharePoint Foundation 2010 Databases for Windows SBS 2011 Standard to Another Server
- Recreate your SharePoint Foundation 2010 application and content database
- Error 503 Service Unavailable when you browse Windows SBS websites
- HTTP Error 503 Accessing Company Web on SBS 2011 Standard
- Another Reason Why Browsing CompanyWeb May Fail with HTTP Error 503 on SBS 2011 Standard
- Potential issues after installing SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP1
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client or server
- Server is slow or unresponsive
- Your network is slow in Windows SBS 2011 Standard
- Small Business Server 2011 starts slowly and many services do not start
- You experience a long logon time when you try to log on to a Windows 7-based or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based client computer that uses roaming profiles
- Slow data transfer speed in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
- Computer intermittently performs poorly or stops responding when the Storport driver is used in Windows Server 2008 R2
- Troubleshooting "An unexpected error occurred" message when using Remote Web Access to connect to computers
- Errors that appear on a blue screen
- Update fixes an issue that causes Windows to crash
- 0xC0000005" Stop error when the SVCHost.exe process that hosts Remote Desktop Services crashes in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
- 0x0000007F Stop error on a Windows 7 SP1-based or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based computer
- 0x00000050 Stop error and an automatic restart on a Windows Server 2008 R2-based or Windows Server 2012-based computer
- 0x000000D1 DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" Stop error on a Windows 7 SP1 or Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1-based computer
- 0x0000010c Stop error on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
- 0x0000008E Stop error on a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
- Server stops responding (hangs)
- Your network is slow in Windows SBS 2011 Standard
- Small Business Server 2011 starts slowly and many services do not start
- You experience a long logon time when you try to log on to a Windows 7-based or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based client computer that uses roaming profiles
- Slow data transfer speed in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2
- Computer intermittently performs poorly or stops responding when the Storport driver is used in Windows Server 2008 R2
- Troubleshooting "An unexpected error occurred" message when using Remote Web Access to connect to computers
Small Business Server (SBS) Components
- Backup
- Companyweb (Intranet)
- Update Services
- WSUS 3.0 Self-update is not working on Windows Small Business Server and Event ID 13042 is generated
- Unable to connect to WSUS Administration Website
- Known Issues after Installing WSUS Update KB2720211
- Further Hardening of WSUS Now Available
- How to Move WSUS Content and Database Files to a Different Volume
- How to Manually Create the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard and WSUS Group Policies Objects
- Repair Windows Server Update Services
- Remote Web Workplace or Remote Web Access
- You get HTTP Error 401.2 - Unauthorized when you browse RWA on Windows Small Business Server
- SBS 2011: Login to RWA fails with error 'The domain is null or empty'
- SBS 2011: Home Page of RWA display an error "There is a problem with this Web page"
- SBS2011: Unable to login to RWA - An error (87) occurred while enumerating the groups. The group's SID could not be resolved
- Clipboard redirection does not work from within Remote Web Access in SBS 2011
- Users fail to log into RWW with Password error
- Server Management Console
- SBS Monitoring and Reporting
- Move Data Wizards
- Issues with SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business
- Requirements for Installing SQL 2008 Standard Edition for Small Business
- SQL Server 2008 R2 setup failing on Windows 2008 R2 SBS
- How to diagnose "Operating system supported for edition" pre-requisite errors while installing SQL 2008 Standard Edition for Small Business
- Where is my SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business Product Key?
- Upgrading the Companyweb database to SQL Server
- How to Migrate Companyweb to a SQL 2008 R2 Standard Instance on SBS 2011 - Part 1
- How to Migrate Companyweb to a SQL 2008 R2 Standard Instance on SBS 2011 - Part 2: Premium Second Server
- How to Migrate Companyweb to a SQL 2008 R2 Standard Instance on SBS 2011 - Part 3: Migrating the Content Database
- Configuring or troubleshooting SQL Server after it is installed
- General Network error, "Communication link failure," or "A transport-level error" message when an application connects to SQL Server
- Installation issues
- You May Get an Error "Verify that the Source Server Name is Correct" While Trying to Install SBS into an Existing Domain
- A migration installation of SBS 2011 Standard May Stop With The Message The Source Server Does Not Meet Minimum Requirements For Migration
- Completing the SBS 2011 Standard setup after a failure during the promotion to a domain controller
- The SBS 2008 or 2011 Standard Migration Wizard may fail to launch due to an incomplete setup
- Exchange Server 2010 is in evaluation mode after installation or repair in SBS 2011 Standard
- How to Clean Up Active Directory after an Unsuccessful Migration
- Migrating SBS to a new server or to new servers
- SBS 2011 Standard Migrations – Keys to Success
- SBS 2011 Standard Migrations – Keys to Success – Part 2: The Setup Phase
- SBS 2011 Standard Migration – Keys to Success – Part 3: Post Setup and Common Failures
- Install Windows SBS 2011 Standard in migration mode
- Introducing the SBS 2011 Migration Preparation Tool
- Providing an Answer File in SBS 2011
- How to Determine the Number of Days Left for SBS 2011 Standard Migration
- Other
- Problems with a task in the Guided configuration and migration tasks
- Update 2 for the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Migration Preparation Tool
- SBS 2011 Standard Edition Source Tool Scan Fails
- Unable to run the migration preparation tool on SBS server
- Move the internal website for Windows SBS 2011 Standard migration
- Move settings and data to the Destination Server for Windows SBS 2011 Standard migration
- Move users' shared data for Windows SBS 2011 Standard migration
- Virtualization