Developing Microsoft

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Developing Microsoft Windows Small Business
Server 2003 R2 (SBS 2003 R2)
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Michael Jenkin MVP, MCP, SB Specialist IT
Manager and Senior Engineer Copyworld Microsoft
Most Valuable Professional Small Business
Server Asia Pacific Council Member for Culminis
(I.T. professional Support Group)
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Who is Michael Jenkin ?

• an I.T. specialist who works nationally around
  Australia and occasionally
• overseas in New Zealand and Singapore.
• currently the Senior Engineer and I.T. Manager
  for Copyworld, a South
• Australian based technology Company.
• a part time presenter and trainer for Microsoft
  (MFP) and a Microsoft MVP.
• the representative, in Asia Pacific, for an I.T
  Community group called Culminis.
• a part time presenter and member for the
  Adelaide Microsoft Small Business
• Server User group.
• an assistant with Microsoft technical issues and
  a technical editor of Microsoft
• product based I.T. books, Microsoft internal
  Documentation and testing
• scenarios.
• the owner of the website at http//www.mickyj.com
  which is for keeping the
• community, user groups, newsgroups and
  colleagues up to date with what is
• happening in the I.T. world.
• quoted on various Microsoft marketing brochures,
  SBS blogs, on the Microsoft
• website and appear in many 3rd party I.T.
  Small Business Community books.

www.mickyj.com
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What do I do ?

• My main role is to support, fault find, install
  servers, workstations and networks (Mainly based
  on Microsoft SBS 2003). At Copyworld I also train
  staff in information technology, install
  networked photocopiers, computer based PABX
  systems, VOIP systems and more.
• In my secondary role I am a Microsoft MVP
  (Microsoft SBS) online in the community and doing
  presentations.
• In addition, I am an MVP Council member for
  Culminis, a community based group who support
  Technology based user groups. I am their
  representative in Asia Pacific. (Similar to INETA
  for developers). I write SBS material for their
  Document sharing section.
• So I know, live and breath SBS server

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How do I fit into the Developing Community ?

• As you are about to See, Microsoft Small Business
  Server (SBS) has many
• facilities and resources based in Development. It
  is also very Client (End
• user/workstation) orientated. Due to this, I have
  been involved with
• Programming Exchange server side event Sinks
• Outlook OFT programming with .Net back ends
• Creating VBS, Windows script host tools
• IIS, ASP, XML editing and customising
• In addition, at University I was previously
  involved with
• Pascal then Delphi
• VB 4 to 6
• C
• So I have some understanding where SBS fits with
  Development

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How does SBS fit ?

• Do you have either
• The Microsoft Action Pack ?
• The MSDN Pack ?
• SBS Premium R2 is in the pack. You have it!
• Lets talk about a chance meeting with C MVP
  Christian G.

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How does SBS fit ?
Why was Christian so excited to try out the
product ? Why did he pound the Newsgroups
looking for SBS answers ? I hope I can help you
see the power and oportunity!
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How does SBS fit ?

• Active sync and Exchange support for Windows
  CE.Net, Pocket PC and Smart phone. (Forms over
  GPRS)
• Exchange Sinks, CDO and Outlook Add-ons
• Active Directory tools and VBS scripting
• IIS used with XML, ASPx / ASP.Net, Perl, CGI
  Scripts and more
• Microsoft Office with VBA and backend server
  systems
• Outlook Forms, Outlook Web access forms, Outlook
  Offline code and RPC access over HTTPS
• SharePoint with Web parts and BizTalk integration
• SQL devotement, Great Plains, CRM, Small Business
  Accounting
• VS.Net, Java, C, VB and more.

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How does SBS fit ?

• SBS can form the basis of
• CRM programming and development
• Project Professional server
• Excel and Visio servers
• Virtual servers
• Online transaction servers
• Other web portal development
• For a client it is a cheap and easy to install.
  For you it is an
• all round back end development server (And runs
  well in
• Virtual PC for lab testing or environment
  emulation)

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How does SBS fit ?
SBS forms the perfect Programming base for you
to test server and client side applications. It
has it all in one tidy easy to install
application. In some of my testing, I ran two
virtual PCs on my workstation. One was the SBS
server, the other a Windows XP Domain client. A
prefect harmony for testing. SBS is widely
supported and the support mechanisms are
developer friendly. (Just Ask!)
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Why would I be interested ?
Did you know most of the market out there is
Small Business ? Depending on the
nation/country, it is usually 90 to 95 of
registered businesses. Small Business need
tools, add-ons, customisations and developers who
know SBS and can make tools and even wizards.
They dont have time to fool around. SBS is not
the same as normal server. Developers need to
know the limitations or sometimes, the advantages
and the collection of tools over and
above Windows 2003 server.
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Developers make money and Jobs galore!

• Major development companies have built their
  whole business on
• expanding Office Outlook 2003,
• Expanding Exchange with connectors and Event
  Sinks
• SQL connectors and integration into 3rd party
  tools
• BizTalk tools, CRM
• Website creation
• Making 3rd party applications talk with Microsoft
  back ends
• Desktop faxing front ends
• Remote Web Workplace and Outlook Web access add -
  ins
• SBS gives everything to you to start playing with
  these things.
• End users are buying these tools. Jobs are
  created. People extend Skill sets.

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The remaining Business ?
Yes, Small businesses are not the 100 of
business. There are bigger seat numbers in
Corporate, government etc sectors. But there is
a smaller quantity of bigger companies and they
take longer to discuss, test, compare and
implement. Dont look at SBS as a one stop shop
for making everyone happy. It is an untapped
source of goodness that is waiting for people to
start to learn about it and extend it. The best
way to do this is to install it. See if it fits
with you, your work and style.
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Is it hard to install ?
Absolutely not ! Microsoft developed it
with the end user in mind. The wizards are
astounding and a full server can be built with
minimal fuss. If you do have a problem, someone
will be there to help. You can concentrate
on your developing once it is in. It self
maintains, self updates, alerts you to issues and
then the solution, is usually a wizard. If you
use it, you can pass your knowledge onto your
clients.
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What does it do ?
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What does it do ?
At Copyworld, we make use of items
like Active Directory, VPN and dial-in server,
Desktop faxing, DNS, WINS, DHCP, The ISA
firewall, Server publishing, Volume shadow copy
system recovery, Distributed file system, SQL,
Exchange, Remote Web Workplace, Remote Email,
Outlook over RPC, Remote Desktop, System reports
and Alerts, Wsus, Intranet and much more . Our
clients are always looking to push their servers
further, you can write the tools they need.
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What cant it do ?
Small Business server 2003 and 2003 R2 does
not support Windows 9x, NT or Me. The old SBS
2000 Shared Modem services has been removed.
It supports a maximum of 75 users or seats, the
server does not support domain trusts (but can
have multiple domain controllers with the SBS
servers as the Root server). No other SBS server
or alternate domain controller can be on the
same network segment SBS uses Exchange STD
which is limited to 75 Gb email stores. SQL is
provided in the form of the Workgroup 2005
edition. All the SBS applications must be
installed onto the server (It is finely tuned for
this to all work). The server only
supports 2 x CPUs (4 x Virtual) and 4 Gb ram.
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What about Server 2003 ?

• Yes, you could use Server 2003. You will miss out
  on
• The Wizards (These save time, reduce your need
  to be technical and are
• very cool)
• Specialty software tools and applications for
  SBS, Examples
• SBS Pop3 e-mail connector
• Maintenance, monitoring and reporting tools
• Remote Web Workplace
• The easy installation and configuration
• All the tuned products on one server working
  together
• Can I upgrade if I exceed the Domain or user
  limits ?
• Yes. Whilst SBS 2003 R2 only supports up to 75
  users or devices, you can purchase the SBS 2003
  R2 Transition Pack to protect your investment and
  transition to full line of Windows Server
  products.
• You do loose the wizards and Remote Web Workplace.

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What about Server 2003 ?

• Dont forget, you can still run multiple servers
  with SBS. Copyworld run additional Windows 2003
  servers as Exchange servers, SQL servers and
  terminal servers. They all work with the SBS
  server. We even load balance with a backup Domain
  controller.
• The domain limits again were (in more detail)
• SBS 2003 R2 must be the root domain controller
  on the network. Additional
• servers can be added later.
• SBS 2003 R2 does not support sub domains. SBS
  2003 R2 does support
• remote offices that are part of the same
  SBS 2003 R2 domain.

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What do I need to do this ?
To play with SBS, even in a virtual server
context, I recommend minimum 1.5 Gb ram (I
prefer 3 Gb), 2 Ghz processor and 50 Gb hard
drive space.
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What about Standard and Premium ?

• Microsoft like to make things hard. I only ever
  use Premium and this is what is in the Action and
  MSDN packs. They released two versions to capture
  more market share.
• Microsoft recommends the SBS 2003 R2 Standard
  Edition if you only need
• File sharing and management
• Data backup and restore capabilities
• Resource sharing (printer, applications)
• Remote access (mobility) to information and
  resources
• E-mail hosting (for example, myname_at_mydomain.com)
  
• Network-wide update management
• Microsoft recommends the SBS 2003 R2 Premium
  Edition if you need
• Any or all of the features of the Standard
  Edition
• Internal Internet monitoring and management
  tools (ISA)
• A powerful database to run line-of-business
  applications (SQL)
• Website-publishing software (ISA)
• Really, anything worth your time for developing
  comes in the Premium edition

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How is it licensed ?

• A CAL is required for every user or client
  accessing SBS 2003 R2.
• Both editions of SBS 2003 R2 include five
  client-access licensesadditional CALs can be
  purchased in 5 and 20 packs.
• SBS 2003 R2 offers two types of CALs (user and
  device)
• User CALs allow a named user to access the
  server from multiple devices and are ideal
  for organizations with mobile employees or those
  using multiple devices to access the network.
• Device CALs allow multiple users to access the
  server from a single device and are ideal for
  organizations with multiple users for one device.
• SBS 2003 R2 customers (Standard or Premium) gain
  expanded SBS 2003 CAL
• rights, entitling them to access additional
  Exchange 2003 and SQL 2005 Workgroup
• edition servers in the SBS 2003 R2 network.

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What is new for R2 ?

• SBS was released as SBS 2003, Then SBS 2003 Sp1
  and now SBS R2.
• Pre SBS 2003 R2
• Allows for additional Windows 2003 Servers
  without need for Windows 2003 CAL purchase
• Still need to purchase W2003 Server Licenses
• Post SBS 2003 R2
• As above PLUS
• Allows for additional Exchange 2003 and SQL 2005
  WE servers
• No need to purchase Exchange 2003 or SQL 2005 WE
  CALs
• (WE Workgroup Edition)

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What did they do to R2 ?

• This is not Windows 2003 R2. SBS R2 is not based
  on Windows server R2.
• They have a similar name, that is the only
  similarity.
• SBS R2 is Based on SBS 2003 SP1
• The core operating system, Windows 2003 Server
  SP1
• Updated File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) for
  managing remote servers centrally
• MMC v3.0 update
• Exchange 2003 SP2
• Up to 75GB Mailbox store
• WSS 2003 SP2 (SharePoint Team Services)
• WSUS 2.0 SBS Wizards!
• The premium edition additionally has
• ISA 2004
• SQL 2005 Workgroup Edition

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Wsus
The biggest and most appreciated upgrade was the
Windows Services update services. This new
inclusion has a wizard or installation, updating
and deploying. No more need to update your
workstations. The product is very similar in
design to all the other SBS wizards so lets walk
through this one.
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SBS 2003 R2 Wsus
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SBS 2003 R2 Update Services
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Wsus
Yes, all the wizards are like this or even simpler
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Exchange in R2

• Exchange Server 2003 includes SP2
• Recipient filtering turned on by default
  (Antispam)
• IMF included with SP2
• IMF Autoupdate Enabled by default
• Up to 75Gb Private Public Stores
• IMF Intelligent mail filter antispam tool
  (loosely built around the rules used at Hotmail
  for reducing spam)

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SBS world was shaken by R2Here were some common
worries

• SBS 2003 R2 does not include all the components
  of Windows Server 2003 R2. The core Windows
  Server 2003 technologies are available in SBS
  2003 R2, but many of the enhancements in Windows
  Server 2003 R2 are designed for medium- to
  large-sized businesses.
• What is important to remember, is that key
  technologies from the Windows Server family have
  been added to SBS 2003 R2, including Windows
  Software Update Services 2.0 (WSUS) and
  SharePoint Services 2.0 SP2.

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SBS world was shaken by R2Here were some common
worries
The difference between SQL Server 2005 Workgroup
Edition and SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
caused quite a stir. http//www.microsoft.com/win
dowsserver2003/sbs/evaluation/faq/sql2005.mspx
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SBS world was shaken by R2Here were some common
worries

• Most applications designed for SQL Server 2000
  Standard Edition will be compatible with SQL
  Server 2005 Workgroup Edition. However, it is
  important to review the backward compatibility
  documentation for SQL Server 2005
• You can purchase a license for SBS 2003 R2
  Premium Edition and request downgrade rights to
  SBS 2003 SP1 Premium Edition, which includes SQL
  2000 Standard Edition. You can then run SBS 2003
  SP1 and SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition. If you
  later decide to move to SBS 2003 R2, you must
  upgrade all the product technologies to the SBS
  2003 R2 versions, and you cannot mix and match
  versions.
• There is a perception that SQL Server 2005
  Workgroup Edition is somehow less than SQL
  Server 2000 Standard Edition. When you compare
  the two versions, SQL Server 2005 Workgroup
  Edition is a fantastic feature improvement for
  small businesses over the previous version. It
  contains better reporting, better management,
  better security all the features that help
  small-to-medium businesses get the days work
  done.

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What is coming ?
SBS 2003 R2 is 32-bit only. A 64-bit version is
planned for the Longhorn timeframe at that
point, SBS will transition to the new code base
and will no longer be available in 32-bit
versions. NB You can still run SBS 2003 R2 on
a 64-bit system in 32-bit compatibility mode.
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What is coming ?

• Microsoft SBS Longhorn (code-named "Cougar" )
• In 2007, Microsoft is planning to roll out a
  major version of SBS. This will make Longhorn
  Server the centrepiece of the bundle. The Cougar
  release will be more tightly integrated with the
  desktop (specifically Office 12 and Vista
  client). Microsoft is telling partners and Beta
  testers that the final Cougar bundle will include
  strong line-of-business support, as well as
  improved management and troubleshooting
  functionality.
• Microsoft will likely introduce more managed
  services to Cougar. Among the types of add-ons
  Microsoft could roll out as part of Cougar are
  new remote monitoring and remote management
  facilities.
• With this, SBS, Exchange and SQL will all move to
  64 bit
• Presently no other information is available due
  to restrictions on press releases
• and Non disclosure agreements.
• Rest assured it will be a huge project and other
  types of servers are also being developed. (Ever
  thought about a server for the home market ?)

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What is coming ?

• Centro for the Mid Market
• "Centro" will be built on Windows Server
  "Longhorn" technologies
• It will be Multi server and allow you to run
  server applications separately.
• "Centro" is built on the Windows Server
  "Longhorn" technologies and includes a
  next-generation e-mail system, next-generation
  management experience, and next-generation
  security technologies brought together into a
  single solution.
• Microsoft "Centro" is being developed to address
  the needs of a specific midsize business role
  (the overworked IT generalist). Midsize companies
  have anywhere from 25 to 500 PCs and only a few
  IT people to keep all aspects of the business
  running (from phones and fax machines to PCs and
  servers). Its challenging for a small IT team to
  perform tasks across all the technologies with
  which they work, forcing them to be reactive
  rather than proactive. They don't get to spend a
  lot of time focusing on how to move the company
  IT goals forward.
• "Centro" will integrate multiple technologies
  into a single solution that will be easier to
  deploy and manage. Processes that used to take
  hours, if not days, to accomplish will be take
  less time and be less complex. This simplicity
  will allow IT professionals to be more proactive,
  giving them more time to focus on their companys
  IT goals and maximizing business value.

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What is coming ?

• When will "Centro" be available?
• "Centro" is in the early stages of development,
  but Microsoft plans to make this solution
  available to customers soon after Windows Server
  "Longhorn" is available.
• (As with all other products, at regular
  checkpoints, Microsoft will provide information
  broadly to customers, partners, and the industry)

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Questions ?
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Additional Resources
General Product Information www.microsoft.com/win
dowsserver2003/sbs/default.mspx Community
Resources http//www.microsoft.com/windowsserver20
03/sbs/community/default.mspx SBS
Blog http//blogs.technet.com/sbs/
Downloads and Product Updates http//www.microso
ft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/downloads/default.msp
x FAQ www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/te
chinfo/overview/generalfaq.mspx
Support http//www.microsoft.com/windowsserver20
03/sbs/support/default.mspx Technical
Information www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sb
s/techinfo/productdoc/alpha.mspx
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Additional Resources
Check out the Microsoft news groups, Technology
User groups Look to competitors / partners, Look
to Microsoft Training Centres Research with
http//Groups.google.com Research with
http//www.Google.com Industry events
http//www.mickyj.com/dates.htm Industry links
http//www.mickyj.com/resources.htm Tools and
utilities http//www.mickyj.com/Tools.htm Other
resources and links http//www.mickyj.com (And
many other MVP websites) If you are stuck, email
michael.jenkin_at_mvps.org
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