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In the partner SBSC newsgroup, one of the guys asked if it was normal for a SBS server to be rebooted nightly. He didn't think so, but the consultant that came before him had set up a nightly reboot . (Needless to say it was causing issues with Exchange...
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Okay so you've read the REAL Windows 2003 sp2 release notes right? If not, do that and then come back. If you want to know what’s in Win2k3 sp2, the Windows Server blog points to the highlights - http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver/archive/2007...
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=7812c9cb-e6ca-4144-98ab-2d78587462c5&DisplayLang=en This is the combination between beancounter bliss and geek control thrill. An Excel spreadsheet of the Group policy settings for Vista. Check...
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Was doing gardening this weekend and was listing to the podcast from the SBS gang on the "evil" pop connector and the "never remove IIS" part of the podcast reminded me of a blog post I have that is about as narly as you can get...but IIS is still not...
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The phrase "best practice" is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me sometimes.. why? Because it's like an excuse to shut the brain off and not think. Take for example.. this nugget of a 'best practice': http://www.sbslinks.com/SBS_45tips.htm + Single...
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...and being the geek that I am.. took a photo of my car and the other car with my Windows Mobile 3 Cell phone....long story short... she pulled out nose first right into traffic... I couldn't avoid/stop fast enough. But the minor impact reminded me of...
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To the IT pros of the world.. if you are recommending a disaster plan to a small firm.. can you do me a favor and test it out in a testbed first (and now with Virtual server being free you have no excuse) See if you guys see any problems with this plan...
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Well it's beta season which means I have to decide which beta gets a real phyiscal box and which one gets a virtual one. While setting up virtual machines is getting easier and easier, I still sometimes like the old fashioned, real, physical box to test...
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Flatten. You heard me. We need to flatten the boxes we get from the OEMs and rebuild them as we see fit. Without the junk. The add ons. The third party crud. We also need to purchase the right boxes. Yeah... it's hard as a VAR/VAP to argue with the cheap...
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This Christmas, I want you to buy yourself a present. A book . Now before you start reading this book, I want you to take this book and flip to the ending. Don't worry you won't wreck the storyline. I want you to start at page 287 under the section of...
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The end of the year means a beginning of a new one... and for those of you running your businesses, this time of year should be when you start looking at your records and expenses in a new light. For in America, if your business year end is December,...
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The default size. You probably haven't even looked at these have you? The default size for the event logs can be pretty small. And the size of this one in particular, the Directory Service event log of 512 KB means that I don't have any entry prior to...
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I forgot another person who may introduce 'change management' unknowingly in a SBS system. The LOB app vendor. Now this is where me and my fellow MVP Dave Nickason are lucky. We have pretty self contained LOB apps that don't need some add coder to go...
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Change management. The hardest task [I think] for a VAP/VAR/Consultant is “Change Management”. In a big firm change management is this multi tiered process where any change to the system is tested, reviewed, approved and then and only then...
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When you build a house in California, you pour a concrete slab and then build from there. When you install a SBS 2003 system you install it on a server. The foundation. The slab. And as long as your foundation is good and solid, you are good to go as...
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Quick question? Yes? [btw ever notice how quick questions usually end up not being quick questions?] Is there a way to stop a user from shutting down a machine? Yes...but....are they a local administrator on that box? Yes. Ah, well then if they are admins...
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On the podcast gang blog today is this post .... and it reminds me of discussions about upgrading... we already find it hard to make a business case for patching, for service packs.... and the upcoming 64bit means we have to make a business case .......
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Yes, it's entirely supported, possible, doable to have a an additional domain controller in your SBS network... and in fact, it doesn't even need to be another physical Windows server. You can set up a virtual server 'inside' a workstation in your network...
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Dan [name changed to protect the innocent and the fact that I'm going to rag on his boss in this blog post] in the mailbag today asked a question about 'hosted' Exchange. He said that his boss wanted him to look into hosted Exchange [asp] as an alternative...
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I'm listening to the SBS podcast they remind me of the uniqueness of SBS... don't ...don't ever...rename the domain and expect to live through the experience. Like the comments... active directory domain name does not equal your email domain name... and...
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