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Announcement: SBS 2011 Essentials Release Candidate Now Available - The Official SBS Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs: http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2011/02/03/announcement-sbs-2011-essentials-release-candidate-now-available.aspx Wanna know something...
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How to Extend the Vail Expiry Date: http://www.mswhs.com/2011/01/how-to-extend-the-vail-expiry-date/ As we informed you last week , today is the day when the Windows Home Server Vail beta expires, and moves into Windows Server 2008 R2 Expiry mode where...
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This is one of those times I'd love to have parallel universes. I'd love to see with and without the DE decision. http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/whsvailbeta/thread/2eb5e10d-079c-4f4d-897c-24f6af720778 From a thread in the Vail forums...
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I was chatting with someone over the DE announcement and he said that main thing that was handled wrong was the line about how Microsoft had listened to customer feedback. He said it was a BS line. I said, actually yes they did talk to customers. Dell...
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When Bad Things Happen to Good Technology: RIP, Drive Extender - SuperSite Blog: http://community.winsupersite.com/blogs/paul/archive/2010/11/23/120150.aspx Normally Paul Thurrot's posts annoy me. He has this friend of his that runs a small business...
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Windows Home Server code name “Vail”– Update: http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/whsvailbeta/thread/4dd48652-9eb4-4c1e-9f2a-345af2bf31ba Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials - Update - The Official SBS Blog - Site Home -...
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When looking at what's coming down the path for SBS 2011 Essentials ... watch also the requirements for Office 365. Note that Outlook 2003 will not be supported, so the use of Outlook Web Access may be able to fit the bill. Making the transition from...
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If you want to see a bit of a sneak peak as to the integration of cloud into Aurora/SBS Essentials Cloud Enabling your Small Business with Windows Small Business Server Code Name “Aurora” :: 2010 :: Europe :: Microsoft Tech·Ed: http...
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This week in Aurora beta testing.... Several posters have noted that when you install the Beta and chose the "install updates" option that the DCpromo process fails. While apparently this is an issue that has a known bug for the beta, I'm...
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Want to know a bit more about Aurora? Check out this video and info on how to customize an email alert SeanDaniel.com - Home, Small Business Server and Related Technology: Windows Server Codename Aurora–Demo: http://sbs.seandaniel.com/2010/10/windows...
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Windows SBS 7, Aurora Product and OPK Deep Dive September 9 - 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time This webcast will present new functionality, how to build, extensibility, and OEM customization for SBS 7 and Aurora, with a focus on Aurora. http://click.email.microsoftemail...
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http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/08/30/a-bit-of-group-policy-for-aurora.aspx Oops I forgot a step. One thing that SBS does for you in connect that Aurora does not is move the computer to the Organizational unit you set up. Go into the active...
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Like any good cook you'll want to have a recipe and customize it for your own. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/small-business-server-code-name-aurora-build-document.aspx While I've started a community wiki build document...
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One of the things you notice upon cracking open the current beta of Aurora is that while it has the Group policy management console it does not have group policy predone for you. Given the small network marketplace I can kinda understand why they are...
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One of the questions I've seen come up regarding the technical issues regarding SBS Aurora is where is the DHCP on the box. Well it's on "a" box but not on Aurora as it will be shipped. And the reason is that Aurora's intent is to...
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From the SBS2k list came an interesting question regarding if Aurora counted the Administrator account and any vendor app accounts in it's 25 user limits. Good question. Hmmm I don't think so but it's one of those questions ...and others like...
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Announcing Windows SBS Codename Aurora Preview Availability - The Official SBS Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs: http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2010/08/16/announcing-windows-sbs-codename-aurora-preview-availability.aspx Just posted this to the...
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From the connect site comes the email.... http://connect.microsoft.com/SBS/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=30128 https://connect.microsoft.com/SBS/Downloads/DownloadDetails.aspx?DownloadID=30362 https://connect.microsoft.com/SBS/Downloads/DownloadDetails...
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Hey. What can I say. I've been a SBS customer since 4.0. The blog is called SBS Diva. So that means I kinda have this kinda cheerleader attitude about this SMB solution. And you can tell that the new kid on the block, code named Aurora with an on...
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http://www.diskeeper.com/blog/post/2010/05/13/Diskeeper-support-for-Vail-storage-provisioning.aspx So want to know more about the Aurora drive extender technology? Check out that post.
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