Microsoft Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Small Business Server 2011 User Manual

Quick Start Guide
Windows® Small Business Server 2011 Standard
Installing Your New Server
Depending on how your server came from the manufacturer, your set up steps are slightly different. Follow the instructions that apply to your server, and then follow the instructions to connect other computers to it.
• If Windows SBS 2011 Standard came preinstalled on your server, follow the instructions for Scenario 1.
• If Windows SBS 2011 Standard is not installed on your server, follow the instructions for Scenario 2.
To get started, you will need the following items
• Product Key
• Router with rewall capability
• Network cables
NOTE: For help planning your installation, see
http://go.microsoft.com/wlink/?LinkID=193016.
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Existing Server Migration
If you already have a Windows Server domain, you can migrate the information on your existing server to the new server. Your existing server is known as your source server, and your new
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server is known as your destination server. Windows Small Business Server (Windows SBS) 2011 Standard Installation includes an integrated migration experience that helps you migrate from your current version of Windows SBS. If you choose to install the server in migration mode, you will be asked for specic information about your existing installation. Before you can migrate to the destination server, you will need to have this information ready.
If you choose a migration installation, you must thoroughly plan the migration and then prepare your source server and destination server as described in the information at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=193017. After your preparations are complete, follow the steps in the wizard to migrate to Windows SBS 2011 Standard.
NOTE: After you prepare the source server for the migration, you have 21 days to complete the migration process and shut down the source server.
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Step 1
Connect Your Server to the Network
You will likely have one of the following network congurations:
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Basic network
Router/Firewall
Server with keyboard, mouse and display
Internet
Other computers on your network
Network with router and modem
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Server with keyboard, mouse and display
Router/Firewall
Broadband modem / router
Internet
Other computers on your network
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Network with switch, router and modem
Server with keyboard, mouse and display
Switch
Broadband modem / router
Internet
Other computers on your network
Common Networking Devices
Broadband modem
Enables your network to connect to the Internet through your Internet service provider (ISP).
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Firewall Helps secure your local network from unauthorized access
Router Sends, or routes, information between your network and
Switch Provides additional network connection points for
from the Internet.
another network, such as the Internet.
computers and other devices.
For more information about network requirements and supported congurations, see http://go.microsoft.com/ fwlink/?LinkID=193018.
NOTE: Some devices may be multipurpose, such as a router with rewall capabilities. Check your device manufacturer’s documentation for more information.
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To connect your server to the network:
1. Plug one end of a network cable into the network adapter on your server and the other end into the internal (local) interface on your router.
IMPORTANT: Ensure that the net work cable remains connected throughout the entire installation.
2. Verify that your network hardware (such as your router) is powered on and is properly connected to the Internet.
Step 2
Setting up Your New Server: Scenario 1
Windows SBS 2011 came preinstalled on your server
1. Connect the keyboard, monitor, and mouse to the server.
2. Use an Ethernet cable to connect your server to your network, and then plug it in and turn it on.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to nish setting up your server. The computer may restart several times.
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Setting up Your New Server: Scenario 2
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Windows SBS 2011 is not installed on your server
1 Connect the keyboard, monitor, and mouse to the server.
2. Use an Ethernet cable to connect your server to your network, and then plug it in and turn it on.
3. Insert the installation DVD in the DVD drive, and then restart the server.
4. Choose to boot from the DVD drive.
5. Follow the on screen instructions to nish setting up your server.
NOTE: If you are not prompted to boot from the DVD drive, you may need to congure your computer’s BIOS settings so that the DVD drive is recognized as a startup disk. Different computer manufacturers have different methods for choosing the DVD drive as the startup disk. See your computer’s documentation for more information.
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Step 3
Complete the Getting Started Tasks to Congure Your Server and Your Network
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To help you nish conguring your network, the Windows SBS 2011 Standard Console Home page lists the Getting Started Tasks. Finish these tasks as soon as possible after you install Windows SBS 2011 Standard:
1. Connect to the Internet: Congure your server and your network to connect them to the Internet. Click the Connect to the Internet task to get started.
2. Enable Web technologies: You must run the Internet Address Management Wizard if you want to use Remote Web Access or send and receive e-mail over the Internet. The wizard also helps you set up a new or existing domain name to work with your server. Click the Set up your Internet address task to get started.
3. Protect your data: Congure and manage server backup. Click the Congure server backup task to get started.
4. Add users, computers and devices: Enable users, computers and devices to access resources on your network, and learn how to add a shared printer to your network. Click the Add a new user account task to get started.
5. Join computers to the Windows SBS 2011 Standard
domain: Use a Web browser or portable media to run
the Connect Computer program on each computer that is part of the network. Click the Connect computers to your network task to get started.
NOTE: To connect to the Windows SBS 2011 network, a client computer must be running Windows XP Professional with Service Pack (SP) 3, Windows Vista SP2, or Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate.
® Business, Enterprise or Ultimate with
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Quick Links and Help
Where to get help
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On your server
If you have questions while you are installing your new server, completing tasks in the Console, or using the productivity tools for the network, click the Help links that appear on many pages.
On the Internet
Windows SBS Technical Library:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=193020
In the Community
Forums and blogs:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=193022
Community resources:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=193023
Requirements for client access licenses
Each user or device that accesses your network must have Windows SBS 2011 client access license (CAL) Suite. Your server software includes ve CALs. For more information about purchasing additional CALs for Windows SBS 2011 Standard, see the original equipment manufacturer or retailer.
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