Making IT Work

Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) implements user disk and mailbox quotas by default.  The quotas are limited to 2GB.  The same applies in Small Business Server 2003 but the administering and changing these defaults was a well worn path.  Until the same applies to SBS 2008 there are three places you need to visit to make the changes.

1. To make changes to disk quotas goto "Start", "Server Manager".  Expand "Roles", "File Server Resource Manager", "Quota Management" "Quotas".  Either change your quota policy or delete your quota policy. Show me.
2. You will need to remove or change any quotas under User Roles.  You get to User Roles Via the Windows SBS Console from the "Start" button.  Select the "Users and Groups" tab then open each of the Role names you want to change.  Select the "E-Mail" link and either uncheck the "Enforce the mailbox quotas" or change the "Maximum mailbox size (in GB):".  Show Me.