The Microsoft’s Best Practice Analyzer for SBS is one of the first things you should install on any SBS server. For SBS 2011 Standard and SBS 2011 Essentials, this is an easy three step process (which is documented in detail here).
Step 1: First you need to download and install the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer 2.0. To install this directly on the SBS server, be sure to select the 64 bit version of MBCA 2.0 (File: MBCA_Setup64.msi). Installation takes just a few seconds, literally.
Step 2: Next, download and install the Microsoft Windows SBS 2011 BPA 1.0 to your server (file: BPASetup.msi).
When you install the BPA you have two optional items you may wish to enable (which is the default) or disable:
- Enable Remote BPA Scan – leave this selected if you plan to run BPA scans of your server from a workstation
- Integrate BPA with the server console 0 leave this selected if you wish to have the server schedule a daily BPA scan and report the alters on the SBS console.
Step 3: After you have done this, from the same page, download and install the BPA update (File: WSSG-KB2699813-X64-ENU.msp). Please note – when installing this update, you may be surprised o see that you are asked if you wish to Repair or Remove he BPA. Be sure to select “Repair”.
To start your first BPA scan, click Start –> Windows Server Solutions BPA –> Windows Server Solutions Best Practices Analyzer 1.0
