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Need to Pass 70-653

HandyAndy's SBS-Rocks Blog — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:20 GMT

So you have been looking at the new requirements from MS and realize you need to take and pass 70-653. Don’t panic my friend Bea the queen of IT Training, a.k.a. Beatrice Mulzer has just finished her MCTS EXAM 70-653 Primer, Configuring Windows...(read more)

Because you can, does not mean you should

HandyAndy's SBS-Rocks Blog — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:08:15 GMT

Eric Ligman does a very good job of explaining upgrade rights once again. Please remember because you can do something does not mean you should do it, or even that you are allowed to do it. Think about what you are proposing to do and don;t put your clients...(read more)

Win7 XP Mode with Domain Credentials

HandyAndy's SBS-Rocks Blog — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:42:39 GMT

My friend Grey Lancaster one of the original SBS-MVP’s who has since moved on to WHS as their first MVP, sent me a link to this video on XP Mode and said everything he had seen used a local user account and he wanted to be able to use domain credentials...(read more)

Connection Through Remote Web Workplace or RDP Fails

HandyAndy's SBS-Rocks Blog — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:08:17 GMT

Seems more and more folks are bumping into the problem of not being able to connect to their computers at work through Remote Web Workplace (a feature of SBS) or through the regular RDP client. Well struggle no longer. Susan has gather up all the tips...(read more)

A Real Old Fashioned LoadFest for Win7

HandyAndy's SBS-Rocks Blog — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:24:35 GMT

Remember in the old days when they had a loadfest and you got to bring a machine in and actually load the software on it instead of watching a presenter do it all. Well thanks to Keith Combs’ and his team, they are doing exactly that for Windows7...(read more)

The Secret to Success your father never told you

HandyAndy's SBS-Rocks Blog — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:11:50 GMT

The other day my friend Mark Crall gave me a little red book, he said it was a gift with only two stipulations. 1. I had to promise to read it 2. I had to give it away when I was done reading it Well I never read anything but technical manuals and how...(read more)

Best of Both Worlds ShadowProtect and SBS backup

HandyAndy's SBS-Rocks Blog — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:55:51 GMT

Well I am a belt and suspenders kind of guy deep down inside. So I have been a bit annyoed that I had to choose between ShadowProtect and SBS Backup. If you read KB838183 it will explain the problem. Well today is the day I said enough (ok so it was really...(read more)

Win 7 Beta Reminder, update to RC now

HandyAndy's SBS-Rocks Blog — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:14:09 GMT

Sign up for newsletters | Update your profile IMPORTANT REMINDER ABOUT BETA EXPIRATION DATE Thanks again for your help in testing the Windows 7 Beta. We’re sending this mail to remind you that Windows 7 Release candidate is available and to make...(read more)

The Elevator Speech Perfected

SBS-Rocks — Tue, 05 May 2009 12:27:17 GMT

At SMB Nation’s Spring conference this year, Aaron Booker from VARvid was trying to capture folks off guard to get some spontaneous comments. Watch as he tries to catch Jenny of SMB Nation in the elevator and how she hits one over the wall with...(read more)

Where is blog.sbs-rocks.com?

SBS-Rocks — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:58:04 GMT

Well a couple of weeks ago the gods of bits and bytes decided to sacrifice my blog for some unknown reason. All attempts by mere mortals to restore or resurrect it from the ashes have failed. What you see here is a last ditch attempt to save some of the...(read more)

Seiko Labels from CRM?

SBS-Rocks — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:18:10 GMT

One of the members of my group was looking for a way to print a label for a contact from CRM to his Seiko Smart Label Printer. I told him unfortunatley there was no single click button like in Outlook, even with the Outlook client loaded, the Smart Capture...(read more)

A Day in the Life of HA

SBS-Rocks — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:16:29 GMT

So in my previous post I menetioned a slight problem, I thought I would share my log of the repair process in case you find yourself in a similar situation. Disable Exchange Service, let’s not lose any mail in the process Restore C Drive to alternate...(read more)

This can only happen to HA

SBS-Rocks — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:15:24 GMT

Talk about rotten luck, I had a drive go out in a raid 5 array Thursday, the hot spare kicked in like it was supposed to, life is good or so I thought. I had one of the guys on site (who had done this before) put in a new spare for me while I walked Read...(read more)

Hide User from Gal

SBS-Rocks — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:51:50 GMT

A reader on the MCP Mag SBS Forum asks how hide a users e-mail address from the GAL? Open the user properties and click the Exchange Advanced tab Check the box called Hide from Exchange address lists double click image to enlarge it. Read More......(read more)