Response Point and Small Business Server

If you run Small Business Server (SBS), you want Response Point to take advantage of the powerful event handling and remote monitoring capabilities that come with your system.  You already get integrated email, and we've hinted that more features are possible, but this week a bunch of new possibilities arrive now that we've released the new Response Point Status Monitor.

The Response Point Status Monitor is a free download (click here to get it) that runs in the background as a service to replicate the Response Point event logs to SBS and augment them with other events as needed (for example, the status monitor detects a fault in the Response Point deployment)—so that the
SBS automated monitoring reports can monitor Response Point.  See instructions in our Windows Small Business Server Integration white paper.

Like everything else with Response Point, this service was designed to be super-easy -- so easy in fact that you might not think anything's happening (right, Mark?)  But don't worry, it's just quietly humming away, waiting for some kind of event that SBS can respond to.  You may want to test it a few times (try unplugging the base unit, for example!) to see what happens.

If you've set up a Response Point system for somebody in another location, we hope you find this utility helpful.  As always, let us know if you have questions or would like more information.