Looking for help on SBS 2008 (and Windows Server 2008/Exchange 2007 in general! :))

[FatalSaviour]

Hi all,

I don't have a specific question on this right now, but as I'm looking to get more involved with the above, I would appreciate any recommendations on learning resources (books, sites and any other guides) that you might consider useful to someone who is, essentially, a complete novice at the server side of things .

Thanks very much for your time,
Best Regards

[Jonessie]

I would recommend this book for starters... http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en...4&locale=en-us although the best thing to do is look at Amazon Books or pop along to your nearest bookshop.

[Dogers]

Well you don't mention if you've actually got the software, so nab it here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/e.../cc184870.aspx

A very good site for all things SBS (even if it is very American focussed) is http://www.smallbizserver.net. The two main (only?) SBS MVPs run it, so you find what you need there

[Moby-Dick]

another vote for technet - there is a massive ammount of resource available , though it might take a bit of hunting at times

what in particular are you looking for ?

its been a while since I've played with SBS , there are a few subtle differences between regular windows/exchange installs which can make life a lot easier - there are plenty of hexites who do know more about SBS than I do though - so if you get stuck , just ask and I'm sure someone will be able to point you in the right direction ! If you ever look to the larger scale of things then I'd be happy to help ( am currently helping spec an exchage migration for 10,000 users )

[madman045]

As already mentioned, what area's of SBS do you want to know about, there are plenty of good resources, Technet and several books on Amazon. SBS 2008 is a different beast to SBS 2003, however I welcome the changes and my clients love the new functionality

If you have a problem, post it and im sure someone around here can help you

Andy

[xPETEZx]

I found that just installing up Sever 2008 on a test machine, or in a VM, and then messing around with it for a couple of days taught me quiet a lot.

Just tried to do various things, and read guides for the things I couldn't figure out. I found most of the menu systems very logical. Haven't really messed with Exchange tho. So that mite be harder to just pickup by trial/error.

[gss03]

For things SBS

try www.sbsdiva.com - Susan Bradley is an SBS MVP
Or in the UK Dave Overton - www.uksbsguy.com - Microsoft Employee that can advise a lt on SBS - Dave's got a book on SBS - links on his website.

Or there is Harry Brelsford - www.smbnation.com - he's got an SBS book I think

Or if you are after some techy help with SBS there are a good few SBS related Yahoo groups that can help too!

[Moby-Dick]

good selection of links there

getting to grips with powershell would definitly be a skill you want under your belt for 2k8 / exchange stuff too

[madman045]

I can also recommend http://www.smallbizserver.net & this blog has various bits http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/