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Poor Man's CRM - Update

No, I don't have the InfoPath demo ready yet - but it's getting close. HOWEVER - I just thought I'd share my latest accomplishment. While it may not be a big deal to the more advanced Sharepoint users, I was quite proud of myself: I just successfully...

Published Tue, Aug 31 2004 20:36 by cgross

Filed under: Community, Cool!, WSS / Companyweb
Poor Man's CRM

Ok, last week I posted in about using Sharepoint as a management solution, and since there was some interest I spent the last few days getting things set up in a public Sharepoint site. The initial site is online and can be accessed via: http://wss.gosbs...

Published Fri, Aug 27 2004 20:18 by cgross

Filed under: Small Biz, Cool!, WSS / Companyweb
Nightmare on L Street . . .

Ok, so we have a customer where we installed a new LAN about a year ago. Well, they are opening a new office down in Phoenix, and the owner got the brilliant idea that in order to trim back their start-up costs, they'd just have the new office use their...

Published Wed, Aug 25 2004 18:55 by cgross

Filed under: SBS
That warm fuzzy feeling . . .

Every now and then, I'm lucky enough to come across an organization that is a complete joy to work with, one that offers a level of service such that they have me as a customer for life. Unfortunately, these types of organizations are becoming increasingly...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2004 18:24 by cgross

Filed under: Community
Are you a small IT provider looking for management software solution?

If so, you do realize that you have a very flexible, capable solution most likely sitting there idle on your SBS2k3 network? It's called Windows SharePoint Services . . . Seriously. I'm not just rambling here - we're using Sharepoint internally to manage...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2004 21:55 by cgross

Filed under: SBS, Cool!, WSS / Companyweb
MS Security Hands-on Lab -- Part 2

Well, first and foremost - this definitely isn't SBS-sized . . . but still decent. My only gripe so far is that while these labs give you step by step instructions to implement certain configurations, they don't tell you WHY you're doing it . . . call...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2004 9:48 by cgross

Filed under: Small Biz, Community
MS Security Hands-on Lab

Ok, so this guy from one of the training organizations had been bugging me for weeks, and I finally cracked and agreed to take a day and attend one of their offerings. I opted for the Microsoft Security Hands-On Lab, and I'm actually sitting in the lab...

Published Tue, Aug 17 2004 6:28 by cgross

Filed under: SBS, Community
OT: Making a difference that really matters . . .

I'll start off by indicating that this post has absolutely nothing to do with any of my published categories - but rather with mentoring. If you've never considered mentoring someone younger, I strongly urge you to. My experience with this came about...

Published Sun, Aug 15 2004 21:11 by cgross
Only 28 days left . . .

. . . until SMB Nation 2004 ! If you are sell and support SBS - this is THE conference to be at! Harry's recent newsletter indicated that there will be 5 SBS MVPs there . . . well, a little straw-poll amongst ourselves indicates that there will probably...

Published Fri, Aug 13 2004 17:37 by cgross

Filed under: SBS, Small Biz, Community
Ok, so you've got a small home LAN

without a server, and you want centralized data storage. Or you want to be able to backup your PCs to a central location, but you're not a techie and don't want to set up a server at home . . . No problem! http://www.linksys.com/hdd/

Published Mon, Aug 9 2004 11:50 by cgross

Filed under: Small Biz, Cool!
OWA 440 Authentication Timeout

As I mentioned in my earlier post today, I migrated my server here at home this weekend. Well, once the new server was online, the only hiccup I discovered was that I couln't access OWA. I kept getting this bloody '440 Authentication Timeout' page in...

Published Sun, Aug 8 2004 22:15 by cgross

Filed under: SBS, Exchange
Swingers Rock - Yeah Baby!

Hey now, get your mind out of the gutter - this is a PG (ok ok, PG-13 ;^) blog and I'm talking about migrations . . . If you follow the microsoft.public sbs newsgroups, you probably know that I'm a big fan of temp dc migrations (or swing migrations as...

Published Sun, Aug 8 2004 16:35 by cgross

Filed under: SBS, Small Biz, Cool!
Ok Marc, here you go . . .

You requested it, so I added a category for Retail Management System . Now, I can't guarantee that I'll be posting much in that area in the near future, as Amy is our resident RMS expert. However, here's something I'm going to throw out, not only for...

Published Fri, Aug 6 2004 14:50 by cgross

Filed under: SBS, Small Biz, Cool!, RMS
Satisfied customers are one thing . . .

. . . and then there's those customers who not only love you, but truly trust and depend on you. I *love* building those types of relationships. Case in point . . . we have a customer who we replaced their entire network infrastructure, including most...

Published Tue, Aug 3 2004 16:49 by cgross

Filed under: SBS, Small Biz
Of all things to bring people to my blog . . .

Ok, so I've been watching the stats on my blog somewhat consistently - and I've gotta laugh. Want to know what post gets the most hits, over 3 times as many as the #2 post? Oh Stormy Night And you want to know why? Because everyone and their Grandma appears...

Published Mon, Aug 2 2004 20:31 by cgross
Whoa - It's August?!? I must have missed that memo . . .

But seriously - where does the time go? It's just a complete blur, and any more I feel like I'm just hanging on for dear life on a runaway train . . . I started thinking about this two weeks ago when I received an email from my MVP lead (John ROCKS! ...

Published Mon, Aug 2 2004 20:13 by cgross

Filed under: Community

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August 2004 - Aimless Ramblings from a Blithering Lunatic . . .

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Poor Man's CRM - Update

Poor Man's CRM

Nightmare on L Street . . .

That warm fuzzy feeling . . .

Are you a small IT provider looking for management software solution?

MS Security Hands-on Lab -- Part 2

MS Security Hands-on Lab

OT: Making a difference that really matters . . .

Only 28 days left . . .

Ok, so you've got a small home LAN

OWA 440 Authentication Timeout

Swingers Rock - Yeah Baby!

Ok Marc, here you go . . .

Satisfied customers are one thing . . .

Of all things to bring people to my blog . . .

Whoa - It's August?!? I must have missed that memo . . .