November 2008 - Posts

Fri, Nov 28 2008 1:46

Insane November is over…

Body: Yes – November is over and I feel somewhat relieved. It’s been a mad month this month but I’ve got to say that I’ve really enjoyed it a lot. I’ve visited Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth once each. Brisbane twice and Adelaide three times (twice this...
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Fri, Nov 28 2008 1:17

Microsoft Servers in the SMB Market – Part 2

Body: Part 2 of my series for CRN is now up on their site. It focuses more on EBS 2008. Looks like they got the formatting better for this one than the one before. Here it is – keen for all comments please! Category: EBS 2008 Published: 28/11/2008 6:17...
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Tue, Nov 25 2008 6:19

HP Configuraider to return!

Body: For those of us in Australia, we’ve been bemoaning to HP about the loss of this excellent tool that they have had now for many years. Well – I '”believe” that shortly we will find that this decision will be reversed and that based on input from...
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Sun, Nov 23 2008 20:42

SBS2008 – Exchange 2007 Mail Store Size

Body: I need to make a correction. I’ve been aware of the fact that Exchange 2007 Standard Edition which is part of both SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 has an “unlimited” mail store size. Now I’ve also been aware of the fact that Exchange 2007 Standard Edition...
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Wed, Nov 19 2008 21:50

Microsoft Servers in the SMB Market – Part 1

Body: I’ve just started writing for CRN Australia, and my first article is funnily enough on Microsoft servers in the SMB Market. Naturally I am keen for feedback – both good and bad, so please take a look and let me know. http://www.crn.com.au/feature...
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Wed, Nov 19 2008 13:34

It’s official – SBS 2008 Premium – Second Server CAN be downgraded to Windows 2003 R2

Body: I few weeks back I blogged that the SBS team were working on providing downgrade rights for the 2nd server in the SBS 2008 Premium product to Windows Server 2003 R2 – well it’s official now. Its official ! They will offer Alternative Version rights...
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Tue, Nov 18 2008 20:32

SBS 2008 Virus Protection Options

Body: Today Microsoft announced the death of Windows One Care including OneCare for Server which comes as a trial product for SBS 2008. See here for a blog on how it affects SBS 2008 . So what then do you use to protect your SBS 2008 server? Well fortunately...
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Sun, Nov 16 2008 16:07

Netgear WGR 614 Router Config Tip

Body: I had to program a Netgear WGR614 Router last Thursday and the normal http://routerlogin.net would not work. Most frustrating indeed. I did some searching and found that if I did a hard reboot of the router and then went to http://192.168.1.1/basicsetting...
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Sun, Nov 16 2008 16:02

The Internet must be down…

Body: I’m travelling right now as part of the SBS / SMB IT Professionals Group tour here in Australia, and I’ve just spent a nice relaxing weekend doing pretty much nothing at all. I’ve caught up with friends here in Perth, watched a bit of TV and a few...
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Fri, Nov 14 2008 19:39

“there wasn’t much real Microsoft content that hadn’t been released already”

Body: The comment above came from Hilton Travis, and was used in the context where he was referring to the SBS/EBS Virtual Launch event that Microsoft conducted on November 12th, 2008. This blog post is not to pick on Hilton, but to use his comments as...
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Thu, Nov 13 2008 16:46

SMB IT Professionals - Perth

Body: The Perth SBS / SMB IT Group had it’s first meeting back in June, but since then due to my workload, I’ve not been able to help them get off the ground. I’m here in Perth for a few days now and after dinner with a few of the locals last night, I...
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Thu, Nov 13 2008 16:24

SBS/EBS Usergroup Tour – Australian Style!

Body: SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 have officially launched this week and as part of the Australian launch celebrations, I’m doing a trip around Australia to visit all of the usergroups along with Robbie Upcroft and some key vendors some of who are announcing...
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Thu, Nov 6 2008 23:41

SBS 2008 Migration - it's NOT A WIZARD

Body: I’ve been thinking long and hard about this. I believe that the SBS 2008 Migration Wizard is incorrectly named. Therein lies a major problem. Microsoft have trained us to become accustomed to wizards doing all the right things for them. They've...
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Thu, Nov 6 2008 16:27

CRN Awards tonight!

Body: I’m excited to be attending the CRN Awards tonight here in Sydney. Last year I was invited to be there as a guest of Trend Micro not knowing that I had been awarded the first ever CRN Channel Champion of the Year award by CRN. The award to me was...
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Wed, Nov 5 2008 20:54

So easy Robbie could do it…

Body: Robbie Upcroft is the Microsoft Australia Product Manager for SBS, EBS and Windows Home Server. Robbie will readily admit to all and sundry that he is “the least technical person at Microsoft” or so he claims. No don’t get me wrong – Robbie is no...
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Tue, Nov 4 2008 15:16

Trend Micro Patch for MS08-064

Body: Today’s post comes courtesy of Stephen West from Trend Micro Australia. Stephens the man responsible for the SMB space here in Australia and New Zealand and is very in touch with the community. He posted this to a number of lists to alert people...
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