PCML welcome MBA Associates Limited

We would to welcome MBA Associates Limited as a new customer.  PCML have replaced their existing SBS2003 small business server with a new HP ML350 server running SBS 2011.  The initial setup and transfer of data and emails was completed in a single day.   A few interesting technical issues arose and have been resolved and may appear in this blog, but now all systems are up and running.

MBA Associates are a specialist recruitment agency based in Andersford, Gloucestershire for more information about them see www.mbaontheweb.co.uk

Don’t forget your Forwarders!

SBS2011 and SBS2008 have so many wizards you would think it was a Harry Potter program and we are told to use them and only them to set up SBS.  So why do they let us down.  A classic we have seen in both versions is DNS forwarders to resolve internet addresses.  In SBS2003 when you setup Internet access you were asked for your ISP or other DNS addresses.  Not so in SBS2008 or 2011, so what, well all will be fine to start with but after a short (days) time some websites will not display while others will, google down bing ok. 

The solution is to manually add your ISP or other DNS addresses as forwarders in the DNS, via Administrative Tools – DNS and add the forwarders to the site properties, easy but why oh why is not covered by the wizard?