SBS FAQ - Wayne Small - SBS MVP

Rollup Rollup - the show is about to start.

2008-08-29T23:51:31Z

Body: No - I'm not talking about the fabulous SMBPreday at TechEd Australia (but hey it's only a few days away now). What I'm talking about is the one and only Harry Brelsfords SMBNation which is in October in Seattle. Harry could easily be Read More......(read more)

Trend WFBS 5.1 Beta coming - SBS/EBS support

2008-08-28T07:17:04Z

Body: Trend have just released the beta for the 5.1 release of Worry-Free Business Security. The major components of this release are; What’s new in Worry-Free Business Security™ v5.1? Additional Microsoft Operating System support: Microsoft Small Business Read More......(read more)

Microsoft takes community seriously with SBS and EBS launch

2008-08-27T21:50:54Z

Body: I've been working at Microsoft now for a few days over the last two weeks. My first day was last Wednesday and it was right into a team meeting around the WESS family launch here in Australia. Now having been an outsider for so long, I've Read More......(read more)

SBS 2008 RTMs - Available Early October

2008-08-21T20:31:54Z

Body: Today SBS 2008 was RTM'd - aka Release To Manufacturing. This means it's done, baked ready to come out of the oven and onto the production lines as CD's. It's been a long beta for this product and finally it's done! This direct Read More......(read more)

Moving over to the dark side.. :-)

2008-08-20T04:53:54Z

Body: To the sounds of evil laughter, I've swallowed the blue pill :-) Well almost. Today I started working with Microsoft Australia. My role here will be Tech Specialist on SBS and EBS and I'll be helping very much with the launch of SBS 2008 Read More......(read more)

Marketing your Small Business cheaper and smarter!

2008-08-16T07:49:36Z

Body: One of the things that we all face in the SMB market is the way in which we attract new customers. Most of the business we get is via word of mouth, but what about customers that you do not know, or markets that you do not yet have a contact in Read More......(read more)

Strange folder names during SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 migration?

2008-08-13T11:25:57Z

Body: I was doing an SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 Migration last week and had something very strange happened. I had a directory called Network Data that literally disappeared. Below you can see the Windows Explorer view shows no trace of the Network Data directory Read More......(read more)

Pay peanuts - you get monkeys....

2008-08-13T10:58:44Z

Body: So I'm trying to help promote the SMB Pre Day for TechEd Australia on September 2nd and I thought I'd reach out to two community leaders Susan Bradley and Vlad Mazek for some extra help in getting the message out. My request - simple - help Read More......(read more)

OfficeDevCon Australia - one more event you need to be at

2008-08-12T23:00:44Z

Body: Graham Seach - local MS Access MVP and all round nice guy is running Australia's 2nd OfficeDevCon event. He's just launched the website and is keen to drive attendance. The event will cover all manner of things relating to the Microsoft Read More......(read more)

21 Days to go - will you miss out?

2008-08-12T07:25:22Z

Body: Yes - that's right there are only 21 days to go now before TechEd Australia kicks off, that means that you have to make up your mind NOW if you want to register for the SMB Preday which will really kick ass with international guest speakers Read More......(read more)

Planes, Helicopters and Geeks

2008-08-07T00:36:00Z

Body: Well - it's the final day here at the Microsoft Australian Partner Conference and there has been a lot of interest in the new versions of SBS 2008 and the new EBS 2008 due out on November 12th. As one of the fun things for the event, Robbie Read More......(read more)

Thank you Steve Cooper!

2008-08-03T04:09:46Z

Body: Steve Cooper is the local Aussie Director for PSS, and for years I've been berating... err suggesting to him that here needs to be a better way for us to get a hotfix than to call Microsoft all the time. Well there is - and has been for some Read More......(read more)

Exchange 2003 mail getting lost???

2008-08-03T04:05:37Z

Body: I've had an ongoing scenario on my SBS 2003 server that I've never fully investigated in which mail to some yahoogroups gets "lost". You check the SMTP queues and it's not there so you believe it's gone out. Then later Read More......(read more)

Vodafone Mobile Connect (VMC) Wireless Network Problems and Solutions

2008-07-31T04:20:40Z

Body: Have you installed the Vodafone Mobile Connect software and seen problems with it not getting DHCP addresses via the laptops Wireless NIC? We've seen it on a few laptops and it is completely random. I had two laptops of exact same configuration Read More......(read more)

Blocking UPS SPAM Mail

2008-07-31T03:16:16Z

Body: I use TrendMicros InterScan Messaging Hosted Security service as part of Worry-Free Business Security Advanced to provide front line SPAM and Malware detection to all mail coming into my family domain and to the sbsfaq.com domain. I've been Read More......(read more)

How to remove Antivirus 2008

2008-07-30T10:57:08Z

Body: I had a migraine yesterday - a pretty severe one that lasted 12hours plus. So today I was off to the Doctors to figure out what it was and get some drugs to deal with it again. Ok - so then I went to the Pharmacy to get the prescription filled. Read More......(read more)

SBS 2008 Documentation Updates

2008-07-24T21:18:05Z

Body: Found today that Microsoft have updated the downloadable documents for SBS 2008 in the last few days. Here are a few links for you. Windows Small Business Server 2008 Installation Guide Migrating to Windows Small Business Server 2008 from Windows Read More......(read more)

EBS 2008 Documentation Updates & Downloads

2008-07-24T21:17:30Z

Body: The team behind Essential Business Server 2008 have updated some of their downloadable documents this week - here are the links. Also they have released RC1 for public download Windows Essential Business Server 2008 - RC1 Public Download Windows Read More......(read more)

Windows SharePoint Services Operations Guide

2008-07-23T21:27:33Z

Body: One of the members of the SMB IT Professionals Group in Sydney is Robert Crane. Robert has spent some time working with Windows SharePoint Services and has taken a vast amount of his knowledge and put it into writing in the form of his Windows SharePoint Read More......(read more)

SBS 2008 Migration Documentation

2008-07-22T21:38:39Z

Body: I'm finalising to do a migration this weekend from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 for one of our customers who is on the official Microsoft TAP program for SBS 2008. As part of that I needed to download and review the latest documentation relating to Read More......(read more)