SME Managed

Installing System Center Essentials in SBS 2003 R2 Standard Edition - Configure Product Features

Assuming you conducted the installation I described for SBS 2003 SP1 / R2 the launch of the Essentials console and subsequent run of the initial configuration process is cancelled so we can cleanup the certificates for the default web.

This is intended to be a quick walk through of the initial configuration steps.

image Launch the System Center Essentials Console
image Click the Configure product features hyperlink
image Click Next >
image Remember we are building on a SBS Standard Edition base with a single NIC we do not have a proxy server;

Select No;

Click Next >
image For me one of the essential features for management platforms is the ability to self deploy, Select Yes Configure GPO;

Click Next >
image I really don't understand why if Automatic Installation of Agents is selected why anyone would not allow the firewall exceptions,

Select Yes;

Click Next >
image We prefer to use Logmein for remote desktop management (not currently the SCE 2007 Server),

Select No;

Click Next >
image Select Yes to collect Error Data (we collect this data on the Data Volume of our SBS Build E:\ErrorData);

Click Next >
image Select Automatically forward all collected errors to Microsoft;

Select Detailed (we want the feedback to be meaningful);

Click Next >
image Select Yes to receive the Daily Health Report;

Type the recipient address, (we have a dedicated reports address);

Type in the details of the Exchange Server, this must be the FQDN;

Click Next
image Select Yes to ensure you never miss a new server from management;

Click Configure
image When complete Click Close
Posted: Dec 31 2007, 08:33 AM by David Mackie | with 1 comment(s)
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The Real World Is Messy said:

There have been a flurry of posts recently on the subject of running Essentials 2007 on a Microsoft Small

# January 4, 2008 7:12 AM
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