RE: configuring client users

Thank you Charles for your reply. I printed this and I have to sit down and
try to get my head around this. I think I understand but this is all new to
me!

Thanks again for your help
Wendie

""Charles Yang [MSFT]"" wrote:

> HI Wendie,
>
> Welcome to SBS newsgroup.
>
>
> Issue description:
> =================
>
> I understand that you encountered problem when configuring the client on
> SBS domain.
>
> Analyzing and suggestions:
> =================
>
> Generally speaking, we use "connect computer wizard" to connect the client
> computer to SBS server while we need use "set up computer wizard" to set up
> client computer, it is also your best interest to run "assign computer
> wizard" to assign the application such as the outlook 2003 with SP1 and
> shared fax clients also the IE 6 SP1 to the client computer automatically.
> It will save a lot of time to configuring the client computer. It is your
> best interest to rerun the wizard again to add the client computer account
> on SBS 2003.
>
> Then you can run connect computer wizard on your client computer to make
> sure that the client computer is joined correctly to SBS domain, you can
> check the computer properties on the client computer to make sure that the
> client computer is belong to SBS domain.
>
> For user account issue, please understand that if you join the client
> computer to SBS domain, you need to use a domain account not the local
> account to let the client computer logon domain and logon Exchange mailbox
> via outlook. You do not need to add the every user via "connect computer
> wizard" by default, if you can use any Domain account to logon SBS domain
> from client computer.
>
> You can create the domain account via Add user wizard on SBS 2003 server
> management console. Please note this will create a domain account not the
> local account. If you want to use the local profiles on the local client
> computer, please refer to the KB article below to see how to restore the
> profiles:
>
> 314045 How to restore a user profile in Windows 2000
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314045
>
> For more information, I suggest you refer to SBS 2003 getting started
> guide, it will help you familiar with a domain environments:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/plan/gsg/chapter2.mspx
>
>
> Additional information:
>
> How to configure your email setting on SBS 2003 domain:
>
> If the Mailbox type is ''User Mailbox'', the emails retrieved from the
> individual POP3 account will be pushed to the corresponding Exchange
> mailbox you choose in ''Exchange mailbox''. If it is ''Global Mailbox'',
> the emails retrieved from the remote POP3 email server will be
> automatically be distributed to the corresponding Exchange user based on
> the email address. For example, ken@xxxxxxx will be distributed to
> Ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> In addition, if you used the ''Assign Users to this Computes and Migrate
> their Profiles'' option to map your domain account profile to the existing
> local computer account when using the Connectcomputer wizard, the resulting
> domain account will not have the Outlook Exchange profile configured
> automatically, you will need to automatically create the Outlook profile to
> connect to your SBS Exchange server:
>
> 1. On the client computers, click Start '' Control Panel, and then access
> the ''Mail'' applet. Note: If you have not installed or run Outlook on this
> computer, you will not see the ''Mail'' applet. You will need to first
> install Outlook and run it at least once.
>
> 2. Click ''E-mail Accounts'', choose ''Add a new e-mail account'' and click
> Next.
>
> 3. In the ''Server Type'' interface, choose ''Microsoft Exchange Server''
> and click Next.
>
> 4. In the ''Exchange Server Settings'' interface, input your SBS server''s
> name in ''Microsoft Exchange Server'', input the domain user name in ''User
> Name'', and then click Next.
>
> 5. Open the ''Mail'' applet and enter ''E-mail Accounts'' again.
>
> 6. This time, choose ''View or change existing e-mail accounts'' and click
> Next.
>
> 7. In the ''E-mail Accounts'' interface, make sure the ''Microsoft Exchange
> Server'' account is ''Set as Default'' and ''Mailbox - <Username>'' is set
> in ''Deliver new e-mail to the following location''.
>
> You can refer to the KB article below to configure your SBS network for
> internet and email setting:
>
>
> 825763 How to configure Internet access in Windows Small Business Server
> 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=825763
>
> More info:
> ============
>
> SBS 2003 plan and deployment resource
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/default.mspx
>
> Hope the above information helpful, please feel free to let me know, if you
> have any further concerns. I am glad to be of further assistance.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Charles Yang (MSFT)
>
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> | I have been experimenting with SBS2003 before we set it upon our office.
> At
> | present we have a small peer to peer network which we want to add a
> server.
> | Every workstation now has everyone in the office set up on it as a user
> so we
> | can hotseat. We get our mail thru Outlook with pst files stored on the
> file
> | server.
> |
> | After installing the server software, I set up users on the to do list
> that
> | matched my names on the experimental client pc. Ran
> | servername/connectcomputer on the client and it found my machine. I
> added
> | myself as a user. It wouldn't let me use my settings, said I needed to
> share
> | the folder under documents and settings. I did so but it still wouldn't
> | work. When it rebooted, I lost all my documents and email. I also
> couldn't
> | add any of the other users on the machine. I did a system restore so no
> harm
> | done but I think I am not understanding this. So I have the following
> | questions:
> |
> | Could I not use my setting for my user name because I have a password on
> my
> | account? I couldn't find anything under sharing other than ticking share
> | this folder. It didn't match what the wizard was telling me to do.
> |
> | Do I have to add every user on the client when I run the client
> | configuration wizard. Or can I just create a user on the server and log
> in
> | as that person as long as I have added the computer to the network.
> |
> | If that is true, do I need to set up an account for everyone on every
> | separate machine in our office, or if there is an account already set up
> on
> | the server, do I just log in as that person once I have added the
> computer to
> | the network. In otherwords, if John has an account now on every machine
> ,
> | once I create John as a user on the server, can I just log in as John on
> any
> | machine without configuring his account? Don't know if I am explaining
> that
> | very well.
> |
> | I have Outlook 2003 already installed on my machine that I was
> experimenting
> | with but when it created a new account, it said it couldn't find Outlook
> and
> | it needed to be installed. So will I have to reinstall Outlook 2003 on
> every
> | machine?
> |
> | In other words, I don't know the best way to migrate the network we have
> now
> | to a server based network. If anyone has any ideas or tips, please let
> me
> | know. I have looked at migration tools but they seem to be for NT4
> servers
> | to 2003, unless I am reading them wrong.
> |
> | Thanks in advance. I think I am in over my head but I am encouraged by
> the
> | good advice from the wise people on this forum!
> |
> | Wendie
> |
>
>
.

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