This article lists the known issues and their workarounds after installing IE 8 on your Small Business Server and on your Vista clients.  This article it for test purposes only.  Installing beta products in a production environment is not recommended or supported by PSS. There will be some known issues after you install IE 8 on Small Business Server 2008 or your Vista clients:

1. A dialog will pop up for authentication when visiting http://companyweb through IE 8, which will block you from visiting http://companyweb.
2. You are not able to sign into your Office Live website.
3. On a Vista client, clicking the SBS gadget to open a flyout will close the SBS gadget if a flyout is already displayed.

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