Network Essentials Summary

The Home page of the Windows SBS Console shows a real-time summary of fundamental network health. Click any of the links to review the nature of any alerts or warnings.

  • Security. The Security Center reports the details of warnings or alerts and directs you to the tools to solve them.

  • Updates. Warns if necessary updates aren’t installed. Follow the link to the Update Center to correct the problem.

  • Backup. Alerts you if backups have not been performed. See Chapter 25, for details on configuring your backup plan.

  • Other Alerts. Warns of other potential problems, such as clients without virus protection or security updates.

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