Re: 2 notebooks 1 server. sbs domain or workgroup. fax forwarding. outlook sync.

Hello Aaron,

Thank you very much for your update.

When you join a client compute to SBS domain, we can migrate the local user
profile to domain user profile. You will lose nothing and you do not need
to reconfigure the profile, including the email accounts.

When you join the computer to the Domain using the
Http://servername/connectcomputer Wizard, after you select the computer
name you add the users which will be using the computer. At that time you
can select to migrate the profile of the local user you wish to migrate to
domain user profile.

Steps for your reference:
1. On the client computer, change the computer membership from the domain
to workgroup. Create a local profile, and then copy the old domain profile
to a local profile before you join the client to SBS 2K3 domain,

2. Use the Setup Computer Wizard in SBS 2003 to join the (now) XP Pro
machines to the SBS domain: Server Management, Standard Management, Client
Computers, Set Up Client Computers.

3. On the client, access http//<Server name>/connectcomputer to bring up
the Setup Computer Wizard, it will then allow you to map domain user
accounts to local profiles on the machine thus preserving your profiles:
"Assign Users to this Computes and Migrate their Profiles".

4. You will Add a domain account to "Users assigned to this computer", and
then choose the existing local user profile in the "Current User Settings".
By Default, the value for "Current User Settings" is "None".

After you join the client to SBS domain, the SBS will automatic install SBS
fax client on the workstations, and then, you can set fax from client
Outlook.

Hope these steps will give you some help.

Thanks and have a nice day!

Best regards,

Terence Liu(MSFT)

Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support

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| From: aaron <rossano.aaron@xxxxxxxxx>
| Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| Subject: Re: 2 notebooks 1 server. sbs domain or workgroup. fax
forwarding. outlook sync.
| Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:55:51 -0000
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| Hi Terence Liu,
|
| Thank you so much for replying. I now realize it doesn't make sense to
| ask so many questions in one post. I wasn't sure
| what would be better, to do multiple posts or just one big one. :)
| best intentions not to spam.
|
| * I guess I would be wondering if all these features could still be
| applied to a user that is not on the domain?
| Or will I be making my self more work in the long run and losing
| features. I do not really need all the advanced security premissions
| as it's only two users.
| * Is there any way to move the user to the domain without
| reconfiguring everything? Is there any point to keep the old user?
| Moving these two users mean setting up all the software configuration
| again which would take more time.
| I guess it's not that much work if everything goes smooth, but simple
| things like the explorer passwords that I've already imported to the
| new laptop and now I will have to do again, I understand that IE 7
| doesn't have such a simple feature to export them. and so on...
| * If I do move them to the domain, they still download their emails
| seperatly or do i setup their email accounts on the domain to download
| it for them and then forward it to each computer?
|
| I think the most important part is the outlook and that's where my
| main concern is about. spiecally after I see that it is possible to
| send and recieve faxes through outlook with software like goldfax that
| i'm looking into now that it supposed to work on sbs2003 well.
|
| did all that make sense? :) i hope so.
| again a bunch of questions, i'm taking english classes at uni so
| hopefully one day my writting will be more tidy then my thoughts :)
|
| kind regards , aaron.
|
| On Jun 14, 3:08 pm, v-ter...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Terence Liu [MSFT])
| wrote:
| > Hello Aaron,
| >
| > Thank you for posting here.
| >
| > Please understand that our newsgroup is an issue based service, meaning
we
| > usually respond to one question/issue per post. This will lessen the
| > confusion for both of us, as well as ensure that our results are
accurate
| > and not a result of a test for a different question. Therefore, I will
work
| > with you on the third question (the big one) in this post (the user
account
| > issue). Regarding the additional question, I suggest you create new
posts
| > for getting more quick assistance.
| >
| > Note: For the fifth question, I suggest you improve the hardware of the
| > laptop, and post the question on Vista newsgroup.
| >
| > According to your description, I understand that you want to know
whether
| > you need to join the client computer into SBS domain. If I have
| > misunderstood the problem, please don't hesitate to let me know.
| >
| > We strongly suggest you join the client computers into SBS domain.
| > After you join the client into SBS domain:
| > You can assign Outlook 2003, Fax client and other useful software to the
| > clients.
| > You can access Exchange on SBS via Outlook without input authentication.
| > You can access the companyweb
| > You can easy access other resource in domain.
| > You can control and monitor client from SBS
| > And so on
| >
| > Meanwhile, when the laptop out of office, and can not connect SBS, the
user
| > still can user domain account to logon the laptop (by default, there is
| > local cache for domain account)
| >
| > How to join clients into SBS domain:
| > On the client computer, access the web
sitehttp://SBSname/connectcomputer/, go through the wizard.
| >
| > If you want to join Vista client to SBS domain, please install the
| > following hotfix on SBS:
| >
| > Windows Small Business Server 2003: Windows Vista and Outlook 2007
| > compatibility updatehttp://support.microsoft.com/?id=926505
| >
| > If there's anything else I can do for you, please do not hesitate to
let me
| > know.
| >
| > Hope these steps will give you some help.
| >
| > Thanks and have a nice day!
| >
| > Best regards,
| >
| > Terence Liu(MSFT)
| >
| > Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
| >
| > Get Secure! -www.microsoft.com/security
| >
| > =====================================================
| > This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
| > regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the
corresponding
| > newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely
manner.
| > You can locate the newsgroup
here:http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx
| >
| > When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you check
the
| > "Notify me of replies" box to receive e-mail notifications when there
are
| > any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your
newsreader,
| > please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
| > issue.
| >
| > Microsoft engineers can only focus on one issue per thread. Although we
| > provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
| > different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In
doing
| > so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
| >
| > For urgent issues, you may want to contact Microsoft CSS directly.
Please
| > checkhttp://support.microsoft.comfor regional support phone numbers.
| >
| > Any input or comments in this thread are highly appreciated.
| > =====================================================
| >
| > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
| >
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| > | From: aaron <rossano.aa...@xxxxxxxxx>
| > | Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs
| > | Subject: 2 notebooks 1 server. sbs domain or workgroup. fax
forwarding.
| > outlook sync.
| > | Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:17:07 -0700
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| > |
| > | hi all,
| > |
| > | i've been looking around the newsgroups and still couldn't put all the
| > | pieces together. it looks like i could spend hours reading on the net
| > | and i was hoping maybe i can get some help to figure out what the best
| > | plan of action would be.
| > |
| > | i've set up a home network for a client.
| > | she has 2 laptops. one of which she has for one of her employees that
| > | might at future take it home when my client goes traveling, this
| > | computer runs xp pro. the other is the owner's, a vista 64. both these
| > | computers are running on workgroup.
| > |
| > | now i've reinstalled her desktop as i suggested it should act as a
| > | server and i've put sbs 2003. i've suggested to stop using winfax as
| > | it's too much of a hustle to install it and now she uses the server
| > | fax. i figured it would offer her more features in regards to
| > | forwarding.
| > |
| > | now i was hoping to create a sync between the outlooks to the server
| > | so that will be a good way to back up. that way i don't have to worry
| > | if the outlook is open when i run a scheduled backup and also gives me
| > | another source of backup when she travels with her laptop, just incase
| > | something happens.
| > |
| > | there's a few issues i'm not sure about:
| > | 1.do you have any thoughts about the change i've made with taking away
| > | winfax and putting the server fax?
| > | 2. how do i setup fax forwarding as an email so that when she goes
| > | traveling she still recieves her faxes. i don't want her to keep using
| > | efax, i'd like to use the sbs configuration to forward it to her
| > | email.
| > | 3. now this is a big one, should i move her users to the domain? it's
| > | taken me a long time to set up her user on a workgroup, plus when she
| > | goes traveling she won't need the domain. there isn't many security
| > | issues as it's only two users. but i don't want it to get in the way
| > | of outlook sync.
| > | 4. would you recommend using the windows backup if it doesn't go over
| > | 10gb? would you recommend using incremeantal or just copy everything
| > | over and over again. i ussualy like copying better as it makes me feel
| > | safer that it's all fresh.
| > | 5. she complains that her vista is loading a bit too much. her
| > | computer is top technology with lots of ram. i am just wondering if
| > | there's any configuration or software i should consider to boost it a
| > | bit. it's a relatively fresh install of vista ultimate. would you
| > | recommend using system mechanic or only use it if needed? ( my
| > | personal pc has tons of software on it and i'm not sure if it's
| > | because of system mechanic 7 but not long ago i backed up my registery
| > | and it was more then 700 mb. have you ever seen a registery that big?
| > | it used to be just a few mbs i thought.)
| > |
| > | sorry for the long letter, thank you very much for reading and i hope
| > | i can hear some thoughts and suggestions.
| > | aaron.
| > |
| > |
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