The schema extensions for Windows SBS could not be installed

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Applies To: Windows SBS 2008

Problem   The schema extensions for Windows SBS 2008 could not be installed.

Features affected   The schema extensions help manage the mappings between user accounts and computers and the default computer that users see in Remote Web Workplace. In addition, the schema extensions control access and permissions of a user to the client computers.

Solution   You must manually extend the schema for the Connect Computer Wizard.

Note

You must be a network administrator to complete this procedure.

To manually extend the schema for the Connect Computer Wizard

  1. Click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.

  2. Navigate to %programfiles%\Windows Small Business Server\Data.

  3. Type ldifde.exe -i -f sbsuser.ldf -c dc=x DC=<DomainName>,DC=local -s <FullServerName>, where <DomainName> is the name of your domain (for example, contoso), and <FullServerName> is the name of the server that is running Windows SBS 2008 (for example, SBSServer.contoso.local).

Important

Follow-up task After you finish, you must create the Active Directory structure. For step-by-step instructions, see “Cannot create the Active Directory structure required to create users, groups, and computer accounts for Windows Small Business Server 2008” at the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/FWLink/?LinkID=119511).

To read the most recent version of this topic, see the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/FWLink/?LinkID=119453). The most recent version might contain additional information that was not available when Windows SBS 2008 was released.