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RWW Exclusions SBS 2003 – Leaving Desktops With Local Access Only

January 25, 2009 · 2 Comments

If you have a desktop you do not want accessed through the RWW portal there is a simple way to do this.  You add the computer name to the “ExcludeList”.

This applies to SBS 2003 not SBS 2008 (see Andy’s comment).

It is a subkey in the Windows Registry found here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SmallBusinessServer\RemoteUserPortal

Under this you will see a String Value ‘ExcludeList’

You should add desktops with no spaces and separating multiple names with a comma:

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Categories: Human Engineering · RWW · SBS · Security

2 responses so far ↓

  • Andy Parkes // January 25, 2009 at 5:55 pm | Reply

    I normally leave a .reg file on the desktop so i can easily make and apply changes for this.

    SBS 2008 is much easier – you have lot more control over remote access through the console itself

    • sbsisyphus // January 25, 2009 at 9:00 pm | Reply

      Thank you very much for sharing your experiences with SBS 2008. I couldn’t remember the specifics of how it works and my Hyper-V Core server which I used for all such labs is momentarily down under a rebuild. Am ramping up for my first SBS 2008 migration now, very exciting changes in the product.

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