SBS 2003 and Branch Office
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From: Daniel Jewel on 20 May 2010 09:08 Hello to all, Since we have started with SBS a few years ago, we never really had the need, nor the opportunity to set up a remote office with the functionality as follows. So, I would be very grateful if I can get detail the steps needed to accomplish the following: Head Office has: SBS 2003 Premium R2, ISA Installed, 2 NICs and about 25 client PCs, Fixed IP Remote Office has: Server 2003 64bit R2 1 NIC and 32 client PCs, Dynamic IP (Using Dynamic DNS Services) We need: Make server at remote office a DC and remote office users able to see and use shares at head office as well as outlook, companyweb How do we go about this? Thanks! Dan
From: lyj_e1 on 20 May 2010 10:37 Hi, We had a similar requirement and did the following: Setup the member server on the SBS network using DCPROMO. Created a site to site VPN connection between the two routers. Had to add a static route on the router to allow the ISA to pass through the VPN. This was the tricky part. Then transferred the member server to the branch office and setup as normal making sure it is on a different subnet (which you would need to do with the site to site VPN connection anyway) Hope this helps. Lyj "Daniel Jewel" wrote: > Hello to all, > > Since we have started with SBS a few years ago, we never really had the > need, nor the opportunity > to set up a remote office with the functionality as follows. So, I would be > very grateful if I can get detail the steps needed to accomplish the > following: > > Head Office has: > SBS 2003 Premium R2, ISA Installed, 2 NICs and about 25 client PCs, Fixed IP > > Remote Office has: > Server 2003 64bit R2 1 NIC and 32 client PCs, Dynamic IP (Using Dynamic DNS > Services) > > We need: > Make server at remote office a DC and remote office users able to see and > use shares at head office as well as outlook, companyweb > > How do we go about this? > > Thanks! > Dan > > > . >
From: Daniel Jewel on 20 May 2010 13:14 Definitely s start Lyj, I read a partial article on smallbizserver.net where they talk a bout creating another site on AD and from there on... Hope someone will have some working knowledge more in that direction THANK YOU FOR SHARING! Dan "lyj_e1" <lyje1(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7F4F3003-51DB-4187-8624-6E9D22A3583D(a)microsoft.com... > Hi, > > We had a similar requirement and did the following: Setup the member > server > on the SBS network using DCPROMO. > > Created a site to site VPN connection between the two routers. Had to add > a > static route on the router to allow the ISA to pass through the VPN. This > was > the tricky part. > > Then transferred the member server to the branch office and setup as > normal > making sure it is on a different subnet (which you would need to do with > the > site to site VPN connection anyway) > > Hope this helps. > > Lyj > > "Daniel Jewel" wrote: > >> Hello to all, >> >> Since we have started with SBS a few years ago, we never really had the >> need, nor the opportunity >> to set up a remote office with the functionality as follows. So, I would >> be >> very grateful if I can get detail the steps needed to accomplish the >> following: >> >> Head Office has: >> SBS 2003 Premium R2, ISA Installed, 2 NICs and about 25 client PCs, Fixed >> IP >> >> Remote Office has: >> Server 2003 64bit R2 1 NIC and 32 client PCs, Dynamic IP (Using Dynamic >> DNS >> Services) >> >> We need: >> Make server at remote office a DC and remote office users able to see and >> use shares at head office as well as outlook, companyweb >> >> How do we go about this? >> >> Thanks! >> Dan >> >> >> . >>
From: kj [SBS MVP] on 20 May 2010 13:32 Daniel Jewel wrote: > Definitely s start Lyj, > > I read a partial article on smallbizserver.net where they talk a bout > creating another site on AD and from there on... > Hope someone will have some working knowledge more in that direction > THANK YOU FOR SHARING! > Dan An AD site is a collection of subnets, in your case probably just one. Main office will already have the default site, so define a new site for 'branch office' with the IP subnet for those computers. This AD site/subnet is used by DClocator (and others like DFS) to locate the closet reources (like domain controllers). After promoting the new DC make sure it is in the branch office AD site. > > "lyj_e1" <lyje1(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:7F4F3003-51DB-4187-8624-6E9D22A3583D(a)microsoft.com... >> Hi, >> >> We had a similar requirement and did the following: Setup the member >> server >> on the SBS network using DCPROMO. >> >> Created a site to site VPN connection between the two routers. Had >> to add a >> static route on the router to allow the ISA to pass through the VPN. >> This was >> the tricky part. >> >> Then transferred the member server to the branch office and setup as >> normal >> making sure it is on a different subnet (which you would need to do >> with the >> site to site VPN connection anyway) >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Lyj >> >> "Daniel Jewel" wrote: >> >>> Hello to all, >>> >>> Since we have started with SBS a few years ago, we never really had >>> the need, nor the opportunity >>> to set up a remote office with the functionality as follows. So, I >>> would be >>> very grateful if I can get detail the steps needed to accomplish the >>> following: >>> >>> Head Office has: >>> SBS 2003 Premium R2, ISA Installed, 2 NICs and about 25 client PCs, >>> Fixed IP >>> >>> Remote Office has: >>> Server 2003 64bit R2 1 NIC and 32 client PCs, Dynamic IP (Using >>> Dynamic DNS >>> Services) >>> >>> We need: >>> Make server at remote office a DC and remote office users able to >>> see and use shares at head office as well as outlook, companyweb >>> >>> How do we go about this? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> . -- /kj
From: Daniel Jewel on 20 May 2010 13:58
Thank you so much KJ! Please bear with me on this issue as I have not had any previous opportunity to set one up like this... I searched MS and google but did not have any luck on a KB, nor how-to, nor a step-by-step article Would you be so patient to perhaps detail some of this info for me (I'm sorry if I'm asking for too much... but never really had the chance to work on something like this) Dan "kj [SBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS(a)SPAMFREE.gmail.com> wrote in message news:uUULhJE#KHA.1652(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Daniel Jewel wrote: >> Definitely s start Lyj, >> >> I read a partial article on smallbizserver.net where they talk a bout >> creating another site on AD and from there on... >> Hope someone will have some working knowledge more in that direction >> THANK YOU FOR SHARING! >> Dan > > An AD site is a collection of subnets, in your case probably just one. > Main office will already have the default site, so define a new site for > 'branch office' with the IP subnet for those computers. This AD > site/subnet is used by DClocator (and others like DFS) to locate the > closet reources (like domain controllers). > > After promoting the new DC make sure it is in the branch office AD site. > >> >> "lyj_e1" <lyje1(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:7F4F3003-51DB-4187-8624-6E9D22A3583D(a)microsoft.com... >>> Hi, >>> >>> We had a similar requirement and did the following: Setup the member >>> server >>> on the SBS network using DCPROMO. >>> >>> Created a site to site VPN connection between the two routers. Had >>> to add a >>> static route on the router to allow the ISA to pass through the VPN. >>> This was >>> the tricky part. >>> >>> Then transferred the member server to the branch office and setup as >>> normal >>> making sure it is on a different subnet (which you would need to do >>> with the >>> site to site VPN connection anyway) >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> Lyj >>> >>> "Daniel Jewel" wrote: >>> >>>> Hello to all, >>>> >>>> Since we have started with SBS a few years ago, we never really had >>>> the need, nor the opportunity >>>> to set up a remote office with the functionality as follows. So, I >>>> would be >>>> very grateful if I can get detail the steps needed to accomplish the >>>> following: >>>> >>>> Head Office has: >>>> SBS 2003 Premium R2, ISA Installed, 2 NICs and about 25 client PCs, >>>> Fixed IP >>>> >>>> Remote Office has: >>>> Server 2003 64bit R2 1 NIC and 32 client PCs, Dynamic IP (Using >>>> Dynamic DNS >>>> Services) >>>> >>>> We need: >>>> Make server at remote office a DC and remote office users able to >>>> see and use shares at head office as well as outlook, companyweb >>>> >>>> How do we go about this? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> Dan >>>> >>>> >>>> . > > -- > /kj > |