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This document is intended to be a community edited build document.&nbsp; Do not consider this to be Microsoft authoritative.&nbsp; Rather it is opinion based and community driven with your feedback.&nbsp; Please use this to augment reading the TechNet Library's&nbsp;<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc527593.aspx" target="_blank">deployment information</a>&nbsp;and <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=125717" target="_blank">getting started guide</a>&nbsp;and following the SBS Blog as well as <a href="http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/06/sbs-2003-to-sbs-2008-migration-guide.html" target="_blank">Philip Elder's Migration guide</a>. To get an idea of how long&nbsp;a clean installation&nbsp;takes, see <a href="http://blog.sbs-rocks.com/2010/07/how-long-does-it-take-to-install-sbs-2008/" title="Follow along an actual install" target="_blank">HandyAndy's Blog</a>.&nbsp; For a version in French, see <a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/sbs-2008-mise-en-oeuvre.aspx">Une version fran&ccedil;aise de ce document est disponible ici.</a> 
 
The document is hyperlinked to pages that go into further detail for each section.&nbsp; To read the underlying section, merely click on each roman numeral section below. 
 

<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/small-business-server-2008-build-document-i-overview-of-sbs-2008.aspx">I.&nbsp; OVERVIEW&nbsp;OF SBS 2008</a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/small-business-server-2008-build-document-i-overview-of-sbs-2008.aspx">&nbsp;A.&nbsp; MEDIA</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/small-business-server-2008-build-document-i-overview-of-sbs-2008.aspx">B. &nbsp;PRODUCT KEYS </a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp; HARDWARE
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D.&nbsp; PLANNING OF THE SETUP
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E.&nbsp; INTERNET GATEWAY (FIREWALL)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F.&nbsp; VIRTUALIZATION 
 
 

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<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/small-business-server-2008-build-document-ii-install-process.aspx">II.&nbsp; INSTALL PROCESS</a>&nbsp; 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a name="PREPREP">&nbsp;A.&nbsp; PREPREP</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/small-business-server-2008-build-document-ii-install-process.aspx">&nbsp;B.&nbsp; INSTALL OF THE OS</a> 
 
 
 

<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/small-business-server-2008-build-document-iii-key-tasks-after-the-server-is-installed.aspx">III.&nbsp; KEY TASKS AFTER THE SERVER IS INSTALLED 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A. MAKE A BACKUP 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B. INSTALL CERTAIN UPDATES FIRST 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp; SPEED UP REBOOTS 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D.&nbsp; INSTALL A HOTFIX TO FIX THE DEFAULT GATEWAY 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E.&nbsp; FIXING DNS </a>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;F.&nbsp; IE TRUSTED SITES
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;G.&nbsp; MOVE DATA AND DISABLE IIS LOGGING
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;H.&nbsp; DHCP SCOPE BEST PRACTICES
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<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">IV.&nbsp; TWEAKING THE SERVER FOR OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE AND CUSTOMIZATION 
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<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp; SBS CONSOLE TWEAKS</a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">&nbsp;B.&nbsp; TWEAKS FOR WSUS</a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">C.&nbsp; TWEAKS FOR SHAREPOINT</a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">D.&nbsp; TWEAKS FOR REMOTE WEB WORKPLACE AND OWA</a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">&nbsp;&nbsp;E.&nbsp; TWEAKS FOR SEARCH</a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">&nbsp;F.&nbsp; TWEAKS FOR MONITORING</a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">G.&nbsp; TWEAKS FOR NOTIFICATIONS/ALERTS. </a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">H.&nbsp; TWEAKS FOR FAX</a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">&nbsp;I. TWEAKS FOR EXCHANGE 2007/OUTLOOK </a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">J.&nbsp; TWEAKING for DEVICES AND PRINTERS</a>
<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1845.aspx">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;K.&nbsp; TWEAKS FOR REMOVING RSS FEED SYNC</a>
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<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/small-business-server-2008-build-document-v-backup-restore-and-disaster-recovery.aspx">V.&nbsp; BACKUP / RESTORE / DISASTER RECOVERY&nbsp; 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp; SBS NATIVE BACKUP AND RESTORE 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp; USING SHADOWPROTECT IT EDITION FOR DISASTER RECOVERY OF SBS 2008 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp; IMPACT OF WGA ON A SERVER&nbsp; 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D.&nbsp; EXTERNAL BACKUP DRIVES COMPATIBILITY LIST 
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<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/small-business-server-2008-build-document-vi-group-policy-service-packs-additional-server-information.aspx">VI.&nbsp; GROUP POLICY, SERVICE PACKS, ADDITIONAL SERVER INFORMATION 
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A.&nbsp; UPDATES AND SERVICE PACKS 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B.&nbsp; USING GROUP POLICY 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C.&nbsp; ADDING ADDITIONAL SERVERS TO A SBS 2008 NETWORK 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D.&nbsp; ANTIVIRUS HOW TO 
 
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<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/small-business-server-2008-build-document-vii-additional-resources.aspx">VII.&nbsp; ADDITIONAL RESOURCES</a> 
 
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