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Small Business Server 2008Essential Business Server 2008

Viral TarparaAndrew FryerEvangelistsMicrosoft UK

Taking Care of Business Everyday

Right Solution For The Right Customer

Midsize Business

1.2 M33M

Small Business

17K

Corporate

Enterprise

2K40M+

Home

19k Entities, 33% of Servers

Windows Home Server

Small Busines

sServer< 75 PCs

Essential

Business Server

< 300 PCs

Multi-PC, Broadban

d Connecte

d Homes

<25 PCs1-49

employees

25-500 PCs

50-1,000 employee

s

500-1,000 PCs

1,000 -5,000

employees

>1,000 PCs

>5,000 employee

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80M+ Entities, 67% of Servers

Windows Server, Exchange Server,

SQL Server

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The Choice…and Migration

Number of PCs

25 50 100 250

Windows Essential Business Server 2008

Windows Small Business Server 2008

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What’s in the box

PremiumAs Standard but with an extra server• Windows server 2008• SQL Server Standard edition

StandardOne server• Windows server 2008• Exchange 2007• Add in other bits e.g.Office Live

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Why Upgrade - Email

Emails are getting biggerUsers need bigger mailboxesBigger mailboxes need more RAMYou need 64-bit for address more RAM

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Why Upgrade – Administration

Unified Administration model“Consumerized” InterfaceNo full-time IT support requiredSecurity with the 2008 platforms

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Windows Essential Server Solutions Family

Standard Premium

Standard Premium

SBS 2008

EBS 2008

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What about our existing SBS2003 customers covered under Software

Assurance?

SBS2003 Standard Edition*Outlook 2007

For Mac Users: Entourage 2008

Visit www.sbsrebate.com for current incentives

SBS2003 Premium Edition*Office Sharepoint Designer 2007ISA2006 + Windows Server 2003Threat Management Gateway 2010 (when released)*In addition to SBS2008 Standard/SBS2008 Premium as

applicable

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Key Takeaways for SBS 2008Migrations only - due to 64-bit architecture – fully documented and supported process will be provided

Existing firewall must be in-place. Single NIC solution for the SBS2008 server itself

2nd Server (Premium Edition) can be installed with the 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 2008 Server (included)

SQL2008 Standard and SQL2005 Workgroup Edition will be included in Premium Edition (to ensure compatibility with LOB apps)

Existing SBS2003R2 Premium customers covered under Software Assurance will receive a copy of Windows 2003 Server and ISA2006

Visit www.sbsrebate.com for current incentives

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SBS 2003 R2 User Experience

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SBS 2008 User Experience

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Simplified Setup and Admin

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Enhanced Network Wide Protection

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Business Productivity

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Simplified Administration

Demo

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So, now you know what it is…

let’s go on to the real important stuff…

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Restrictions…

Single NIC in SBS serverSBS Server must hold FSMO rolesNo child domains or cross-forest trusts75 user/device limitNo application mode Terminal Services

2nd server can be a Terminal Server

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Migration

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MigrationRequirements

In-Place upgrade does NOT existMigration MUST be done as unattendedPrepare the existing environment

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MigrationPreparation

Check “Health” of the old server (SBSBPA)Run the “Prep Tool”

Prep the Active Directory in the old serverRaise the Domain/Forest functional levelRaise Exchange to “Native Mode”Extends the time allowed to have two SBS servers at the same time in the same domain to 21 days

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MigrationInstallation

Install the SBS2008 with the unattended fileCollect all the info you needRun SBSAfg from the DVDSave file as ”sbsanswerfile.xml”Put on any removable media on server (usb/cd)

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Migration

Demo

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Storage & Hardware

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Storage

Installs eveything to C:\Simple wizard to move certain data after install

ExchangeSharePoint User filesWSUS

C:\ should be at least 60gbPossible to shrink within the OS

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Where is DPM?

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Disk Managment and Backup

Demo

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HardwareThe Basics

64bit onlyMore than 1 coreSingle NICSBS2K8 is still disk intensive

Multiple workloads compete for disk I/O4GB RAM minimum

Minimum is not equal to “very fast” - ok

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The ”Wildcard” Server

SBS Premium Edition has two serversSecond server is WS 2008 32bit or 64bitSQL 2008 in the box (premium CAL)Second server can be:

Additional DCHyper-V?Server at a branch officeSharepoint/File/Print to off-load 1st serverTerminal Server for remote usersRunning a LOB or whatever

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Network

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Network

SBS needs to be the DHCP serverFirewalls

Required hardware firewall for networkLocal Windows Firewall on the SBS ServerLocal Windows Firewall on all clients

Configured and monitored from the server

SBS offers network services to Internet

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User Network Access

LAN

Internet

Remote User

SBS Server 2nd Server• LOB / SQL• Premium Edition

Internet-Facing Services:

Hardware Firewall

Local User

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Remote Management

Demo

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Coffee

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What is Essential Business Server?

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This is Essential Business Server…

Management Server

• Windows Server 2008 Standard

• Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007

MessagingServer• Windows Server

2008 Standard • Microsoft

Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition

• Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server1

Security Server• Windows Server

2008 Standard• Exchange Server

2007 Standard Edition

• Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition2

Database Server

• Windows Server 2008 Standard

• SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition

Standard Edition Premium Edition

StandardEdition, Plus..

1 One year Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server subscription included in the product. 2 One year Web Antimalware Subscription for Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition included in product.

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Planning for EBS Installation

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The Wizards

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Tools of the Trade

Demo

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Network

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User Network Access

LAN

Perimeter

Internet Remote User

Hardware Firewall

Security Server

Local User

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Remote Hardware Management

Demo

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Choosing Hardware

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EBS on Blades

Management Server

Security Server

Messaging Server

PremiumEdition ServeriSCSI SAN

Shared Storage

Future Expansion

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Digging DeeperData Item Basic

InstallationData Volume Installation

ConsiderThis:

Management Server

OS C:\ on RAID 1 C:\ on RAID 1 C:\ on RAID 1

AD E:\ on RAID 5 or Partition

E:\ Partition or separate RAIDSCE DB

WSUS Updates

File Shares &Home Folders

• Separate RAID• Host on NAS• 4th Server

Messaging Server

OS C:\ on RAID 1 C:\ on RAID 1 C:\ on RAID 1

AD E:\ on RAID 5or Partition

E:\ Partition or separate RAID

Exch Data RAID 5

Exch Log RAID 1

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Installation Approaches

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Streamlined Deployment

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Network install = Fast How?The good:The not quite so good:

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Create the WinPE Image

Download WAIKDownload NIC and Storage driversUnpack and create folders and run this...

call copype.cmd amd64 C:\winpeimagex /mountrw C:\winpe\winpe.wim 1 C:\winpe\mountpeimg /inf=C:\drivers\nic\amd64\*.inf C:\winpe\mount\windowspeimg /prep C:\winpe\mount\Windows /fimagex /unmount /commit C:\winpe\mountcopy C:\winpe\winpe.wim C:\winpe\ISO\sources\boot.wimoscdimg -n -bC:\winpe\etfsboot.com C:\winpe\ISO C:\winpe\winpe.iso

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Booting on a USB stick

DiskpartSel disk 2CleanCre part priActiveAssignFormat fs=ntfs quick

Copy the content from the .ISO image to the USB stick

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Migrating From an Existing Environment

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Migration

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Working as the Admin of Essential Business Server

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Environment Health

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Computer and Device Management

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Security & Access

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Picture of add on manager and selecting add ons to load

SharePoint 1/20/08 System App Enable Microsoft 1.0.0Dynamics CRM 1/20/08 System App Enable Microsoft 1.0.0

Extensible Console

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The Admin Console…

Demo

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Questions that we have been asking ourselves…

VirtualizationBackup/RestoreThe “Recovery Feature”Working RemotelySoftware + Services

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Virtualization & Performance

Virtualization is supportedWhy Virtualize?But EBS Utilization is already optimized

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Backup and Restore –Native

Built in version from W2K8Built in Exchange 2007Backup Protection Manager?

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The Recovery Feature

Configuration of each server is kept in ADIf one server breaks, you can re-install that server in “recovery mode”That means:

Only default settingsSame configuration as the first install

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Recovery Data in Active Directory

Demo

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Working Remotely

Remote Web WorkplaceOutlook Web AccessVPNTerminal Services Gateway

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Remote Web Workplace

Demo

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Summary

Migrating SBS 2003 to SBS 2008

Migrating SBS 2003 to EBS 2008http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=191B141E-3A1F-4C1B-BD2D-15623751E518&displaylang=en#filelist

EBS on TechNethttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc540094.aspx

SBS on TechNethttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc514417.aspx