pointed the WSP database to the second server (MS SQL 2008r2 Standard on another VPS)
on the SBS 2011 server, installed the all 3 seperate componenets (enterprise, portal, server modules) all using active directory accounts (for domain we had to use full name: yourINTERNALdomain.local) on SBS 2011 server we added 3 dedicated (internal) IP to NIC (2 are used for nameserver - 1 is used for dedicated portal module = 3 IP in total) had to goto IIS roles and add feature for FTP Server as it is not add by default created the WSPftpUser using the SBS console (do not do it in the ADS Users and Computers - it will not work) once stuff populated had to turn off DHCP had to do the usual SBS 2011 installation wizard with the SBS console (just enough to detect router, create 1 static IP, add domain name for external remote - ie: owa, sharepoint, sbs manager, etc) installed a seperate MS SQL 2008r2 Standard on another VPS
OS (selected Windows 2008 - hosting space works) MS DNS (setting the VPS as the client's nameserver) IIS 7.5 (website creation, file management, asp.net 2.0, 3.5.1) End-user now does not have to touch IIS to create website, sub-domains or FTP accounts. So our client has the best of both worlds.
The SBS portal (client access to SBS, OWA, remote desktop, sharepoint foundation). On top of that we deployed Website Panel to help the end-user client do basic management of his website without breaking
DNS is part of the application layer of the TCP/IP reference model, as shown in the following illustration.I just want to share with you that we have a client who using our VPS service to install Windows 2011 SBS (Small Business Server). The Windows Server 2016 DNS Server and DNS Client services use the DNS protocol that is included in the TCP/IP protocol suite. When the DNS server responds to the query and provides the domain controller's IP address to the client, the client contacts the domain controller and the authentication process can begin. For example, when a network user with an Active Directory user account logs in to an Active Directory domain, the DNS Client service queries the DNS server to locate a domain controller for the Active Directory domain. When you configure a TCP/IP network connection with the IP address of a DNS server, the DNS Client queries the DNS server to discover domain controllers, and to resolve computer names to IP addresses.
The DNS Client service is included in all client and server versions of the Windows operating system, and is running by default upon operating system installation.
In addition, domain controllers use DNS to locate each other. When any of the principal Active Directory operations is performed, such as authentication, updating, or searching, computers use DNS to locate Active Directory domain controllers. If you are installing a new Active Directory forest and domain, DNS is automatically installed with Active Directory as the Global Catalogue server for the forest and domain.Īctive Directory Domain Services (AD DS) uses DNS as its domain controller location mechanism. In Windows Server 2016, DNS is a server role that you can install by using Server Manager or Windows PowerShell commands. In addition to this topic, the following DNS content is available.