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On April 1 (maybe not the best move), Microsoft introduced Windows Server 2008 Foundation, or at least that's the name of the product on the official product page . Sure, it won't be long before we're referring to it as "Foundation"...
There has been a recent discussion in one of the mailing lists about Microsoft's new callback support model for SBS. This model went into effect on August 1, and was announced on the Official SBS Blog on July 2, 2008 . Over the weekend, I had an opportunity...
Be warned, this is a long post. But the payoff at the end may well be worth the read. This past week, I had an opportunity to work on a project at Mothership Redmond. In addition to the fabulous weather (highs in the upper 70s compared to the 100s back...
Last week, I had the honor and privilege of attending Microsoft's sometimes-annual MVP Summit. This year, there were over 1700 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) in attendance, which is only a portion of the thousands of individuals who...
I've already seen several questions floating around following the announcement today about SBS 2008 and some of the product details. SBS 2008 will include a one year trial subscription for both the Forefront Security for Exchange (anti-virus, anti...
50? or 75? Which is it? In reviewing the product propeganda about SBS 2008 from the Essentials site at Microsoft, there's a pretty consistent theme in the way the SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 products are positioned - 50 users. Specifically, on the Choose...
Yep, it's now official. Microsoft has released some additional information about the next version of the Small Business Server product line, and we can finally start sharing some infomation about it. SBS 2008, what we had lovingly called Cougar up...
I’m finally getting back in the swing of things following the week I spent in Sydney with my wife and friends. We headed down to Australia for the SMB Security Summit put on my Trend Micro and SBSFAQ.com , and a bit of sightseeing as well. It was a long...
In yesterday's post , I covered the problems being seen in the community regarding the unexpected behavior on SBS 2003 R2 boxes because of a problem with a WSUS definition update. Given the volume of traffic that post generated (more hits in the first...
This morning (November 12, 2007) a rash of reports are floating around the net about problems viewing the Monitoring report on SBS servers. This appears to be an issue with SBS R2 servers with the R2 WSUS installed. Several factors indicate the problem...
OK, the first of the Leopard How-To's is now posted: Connecting a Macintosh running Mac OS 10.5 to an SBS 2003 Server is now online. There are some key differences between this version of the Mac OS and previous versions, but nothing really earth...
Today is a big day for the Mac community - Apple is releasing Leopard, otherwise known as Mac OS X 10.5, at 6pm local time around the globe. Apple Stores around the world are putting on large showcases and thousands and thousands, if not millions, will...
This past week, I had an opportunity to use the SBS Partner Event Kit that Microsoft is making available for promoting Small Business Server at events. Our Chamber of Commerce has a Mega Mixer once or twice a year, which is basically a "vendor expo"...
I've mentioned the iPhone in previous posts and how I don't think it's really ready for prime time in the business community. Again, don't get me wrong, I think it's an amazing device, but for the folks that I consult with on a regular...
I had an opportunity last week to present my "Connecting a Mac to your SBS Network" presentation to the Fresno chapter of SMBTN . Through the magic of LiveMeeting, we were able to record the presentation, and it's now available for viewing...
In previous posts , I’ve lamented about the issues I’ve had with the PERC 5/i controller in Dell servers that I have rolled out to clients and put in my own office. Today, I had a conference call with Dell support and someone from the NOS group about...
For what it's worth, I now have an official stance on Windows Server 2003 SP2: Don't install it. At least not yet. I keep running into folks who have issues with their servers following the installation of SP2. the majority of issues seem to be cause...
Just last week I posted ( among others ) that the official SBS blog had a post about the problems with the availability of the SBS SP1 media for those needing ISA 2004. Well, the ordering page at Microsoft has been udpated with the following informationn...
There has been an issue for a while with getting the SBS SP1 installation media from Microsoft for those who have SBS 2003 Premium and wanted to get ISA 2004 as part of the SP1 package. The issue is being worked on, but there is no ETA for a solution...
OK, after the initial flurry of activity related to the release of Windows Server 2003 SP2, which I've tried to keep updated in the original post , it seems some things have settled down, and some others have come up. Here's what we "know" right now:...
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