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Windows Server Solutions Best Practices Analyzer 1.0

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  • Version: 1.0
  • Category: Tool
  • Language: English

Windows Server Solutions BPA scans a computer that is running the Windows server solutions software, and compares the existing server settings to a predefined set of recommended best practices.

Windows Server Solutions Best Practices Analyzer 1.0 (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 the Windows server solutions software, and compares the existing server settings to a predefined set of recommended best practices.
Windows Server Solutions BPA performs the following tasks:

  • Gathers information about a server that is running Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, or Windows Multipoint Server 2011
  • Determines if the server settings comply with a set of best practices that are recommended by Microsoft
  • Provides a report of the scan results, which identifies variances from the recommended best practices
  • Identifies conditions that may lead to problems with the server
  • Recommends solutions to potential problems

Files

Status: Deleted

This download is no longer available on microsoft.com. The downloads below are archives provided by the Internet Archive Wayback Machine from the Microsoft Download Center prior to April 2023.

Files
BPASetup.msi
  • SHA1: b50b548da7faee511fb7fcc06503cc9866f51cbc
  • Size: 382 KB
WSSG-KB2699813-X64-ENU.msp

System Requirements

Operating Systems: Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, MultiPoint Server 2011, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials

In order to perform a BPA scan, you must install MBCA 2.0 on the server and on any computer from which you initiate a scan. You can download MBCA 2.0 from the Microsoft Download Center (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=188529).

Installation Instructions

Click the Download button on this page to start the download, and then do one of the following:

  1. To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program from its current location.
  2. To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save or Save this program to disk.
  3. Pleasee take BPASetup.msi to install the tool and apply the latest update by installing WSSG-KB2699813-X64-ENU.msp.
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