SBS2008 and EBS2008 support Via Microsoft NNTP Public News Groups (Web based and NNTP reader)

 

Web Based Access:

 

Web Access to Newsgroup SBS2008

https://connect.microsoft.com/sbs08/community/discussion/richui/default.aspx

 

Web Access to Newsgroup EBS2008

https://connect.microsoft.com/ebs08/community/discussion/richui/default.aspx

 

 

 

NNTP Access to SBS2008 and EBS2008 Newsgroups:

 

To gain access groups via NNTP (Which is preferred by a lot of people)

 

First you need to set up an access password as detailed Here:

https://connect.microsoft.com/cougar/messageboards/community.aspx

 

If this is the first time you set this up it may take up to 6 hours for

Microsoft to set your password.

 

After 6hrs you can configure your NNTP Reader

(Doing this before 4 or 6 hrs will result in no connection.)

 

To access the Microsoft Connect newsgroups, if you wish to use a newsreader

program, such as Outlook Express and Windows Mail that supports multiple

news

servers. (The instructions are below)

 

To add a news server to Outlook Express:

 

Start Outlook Express.

On the Tools menu, click Accounts.

Click Add, and then click News.

In the Internet Connection Wizard, follow the instructions until you reach

the Internet News Server Name page.

Enter "connectnews.microsoft.com" for the News (NNTP) server, select "My

news server requires me to log on," and then click Next.

Enter your newsgroup ID and password, and then click Next.

Click Finish, and then click Close.

 

 

To add a news server to Windows Mail:

 

Start Windows Mail.

On the Tools menu, click Accounts.

Click Add and then click Newsgroup Account.

In the Internet Connection Wizard, follow the instructions until you reach

the Internet News Server Name page.

Enter "connectnews.microsoft.com" for the News (NNTP) server, select "My

news server requires me to log on," and then click Next.

Enter your newsgroup ID and password, and then click Next.

Click Finish, and then click Close.

 

Once you are configured this direct links will hook you up.

(or you can manually search and add the newsgroups.)

 

For NNTP News Access of SBS2008 Newsgroup:

news://connectnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.connect.windows.server.sbs08

 

For NNTP News Access of EBS2008 Newsgroup:

news://connectnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.connect.windows.server.ebs08