RE: configuring client users

HI Wendie,

Thanks for letting us know that you decide to go through my suggestions,
please feel free to post back your results. I am glad to be of further
assistance.

Thanks for your effort on this issue.



Best regards,

Charles Yang (MSFT)

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| 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)
| >
| > Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
| >
| > Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
| >
| > ======================================================
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| >
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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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