One-liner to go from Windows Server Standard to Enterprise
I know it has been documented elsewhere, but this is so simple it bears repeating. If you have Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition and you need it upgraded to Enterprise Edition you can update it simply by using the following command from the server’s command prompt: Dism /online /Set-Edition:ServerEnterprise /ProductKey:xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx Obviously, you need a valid [...]
Continue Reading →Is your SBS 2008 C: drive running out of room?
About a year ago, we got a call from a client. Their email had stopped working. They are on SBS 2008, so we started troubleshooting. We restarted the stopped Information Store. It started up, then promptly shut down again. Upon further inspection we discovered that the main system drive was almost full. When a server’s [...]
Continue Reading →Is there a tablet in YOUR business’ future?
This week Apple introduced their new and improved iPad2 to much fanfare. In January the tech buzz was all about the new tablets being introduced at CES from just about everyone else, especially the Android-based devices. These tablets are really cool and useful as the 15 million iPad users have already found out. (There is NO [...]
Continue Reading →Small Business Server 2011 is here!
As many of our loyal clients know, MERIT Solutions has been providing installation and support of Windows Small Business Server (SBS) since before it was even known by that name. When it was initially released in 1997, it was known as BackOffice Small Business Server 4.0 and it would support only 25 users. Seeing the value [...]
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