This article describes Update 4 for Windows Server Solutions Best Practices Analyzer (Windows Server Solutions BPA) 1.0. Update 4 includes new best practices, and it also resolves several issues.
Windows Server Solutions BPA is a diagnostic tool that is built on the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer (MBCA) technology. Windows Server Solutions BPA scans a computer that is running one of the following operating systems, and then it compares the existing server settings to a predefined set of recommended best practices:
Windows Server Solutions BPA is a diagnostic tool that is built on the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer (MBCA) technology. Windows Server Solutions BPA scans a computer that is running one of the following operating systems, and then it compares the existing server settings to a predefined set of recommended best practices:
- Windows Small Business Server 2011 (SBS) Standard
- Windows Small Business Server 2011 (SBS) Essentials
- Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials
- Windows Multipoint Server 2011 Standard
- Windows Multipoint Server 2011 Premium
- Collects information about a server
- Determines whether the server settings comply with a set of best practices that we recommend
- Provides a report of the scan results that identifies differences between the server settings and the recommended best practices
- Identifies conditions that may cause problems with the server
- Recommends solutions to potential problems