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Making Small Business Server 2011 fit for 2014
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Although Microsoft is already offering a successor to the successor, in the form of Windows Server 2012 R2, many companies continue to work with Small Business Server (SBS) 2011. In particular, the standard version, with its fully functioning Exchange server, is very popular. The Essentials edition is practically no different from Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, which also means that many users will see no change.
Small businesses that rely on SBS often do not have an administrator to take care of the server full-time, which means occasionally someone must step into the breech and update virus protection and install security updates. These tasks do not take much IT know-how; nevertheless, before you change the settings or install patches, you should create a full backup, just in case something goes wrong.
Preparations
To bring SBS 2011 Standard up to the current level, you need to install three service packs that update the main system components in the right order: Windows Server 2008 R2 for the operating system, SharePoint Foundation 2010 for the company web, and Exchange Server 2010 as a mail server. Start by downloading the following packages:
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 [1]
- Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 [2]
- Update Rollup 4 for Exchange Server 2010 Service Pack 3 [3]
- SharePoint Foundation 2010 SP2 [4],
- Redo Backup for the system backup [5].
Data Backup
Before making any changes to the server, save it to an external hard disk. Redo Backup is an open source program
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