SBS FAQ - Wayne Small - SBS MVP : Software I use

Microsoft IT Environment Health Scanner released.

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:28:09 GMT

Body: Have you ever had suspicions that your Active Directory environment was not right? Well Microsoft have taken today released another tool that can be used to scan your environment and help diagnose the issues you might have. It’s called the IT Environment...(read more)

Free Visio Plugin until June 30, 2008

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:12:00 GMT

Body: One of the cool tools I've mentioned in my talks around Australia this week and last week is a free tool that works with Visio to diagram your network. This tool is only available for free until June 30, so you need to act fast to grab it. Check...(read more)

Free security software from Scorpion Software

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:07:35 GMT

Body: Yes - you heard right, CEO of Scorpion Software, Dana Epp has released a free security tool to help address one of the often raised security concerns about the Remote Web Workplace in Small Business Server 2003. By default SBS 2003 allows all users...(read more)

How to make friends and influence people on Twitter

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:05:31 GMT

Body: I'm still not sure about twitter as a business tool. For the moment, I'm seeing it more as a live discussion tool that I liken to overhearing conversations at a party, you hear scraps of it from the people next to you, but you don't...(read more)

Twitter - useful or useless?

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:44:50 GMT

Body: Ok - so I've heard of twitter, and to be honest, did not get it. I mean what's wrong with email and IM as a means for communication? Then in the lead up to the MVP summit in Seattle a few weeks back, someone suggested we use twitter as a...(read more)

Firewall Dashboard being retired

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:47:20 GMT

Body: Dana has had to make the hard decision to discontinue his excellent Firewall Dashboard product that he designed for the SMB market space - specifically SBS 2003 Premium. His announcement here is to me a major example of the SMB community NOT supporting...(read more)

What is Xobni?

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:26:14 GMT

Body: I've been searching for a tool to prove that the illustrious Susan Bradley does indeed sleep. Finally I found it! I've been using Xobni now for about a month and I'm at the point where I can't live without it!!! What is it I hear...(read more)

File Sync problems? Try Sync Toy

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:53:32 GMT

Body: I've used this tool a few times now and find that many people do not even know of it's existence. Sync Toy is a cool tool from Microsoft that will allow you to do all kinds of file based synchronisation. From full bidirectional sync of removable...(read more)

Things I love about my new phone

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:57:32 GMT

Body: One of the cool things that came with my new phone is a copy of CoPilot Live v7. This software uses the inbuilt GPS antenna on the TyTn II to guide me from site to site. One of the really cool features though is that it allows my family to login...(read more)

HP Product Bulletin and ConfigureAider

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:59:54 GMT

Body: Amongst the software that I use are two little gems from HP. HP Product Bulletin This is basically a full guide to the HP Product line, both present and past. It contains all kinds of useful information including tech specs, memory option part numbers...(read more)

Facebook – Friend or Fiend?

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:34:08 GMT

Body: Ok – so I've resisted many of the online social networking sites for a while now. I've got some info up on LinkedIn and now finally got a Facebook account. I've got to ask the question though "Is it too much to be connecting?"...(read more)

Testing Email Antispam Solution – now in progress

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:18:07 GMT

Body: This morning I've started testing of TrendMicros InterScan Messaging Hosted Security product. It's an in the cloud based Antivirus/AntiSpam/AntiPhishing solution that should offload the task of cleansing my email before it reaches my server...(read more)

SBS Best Practice Analyser – available soon.

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:41:43 GMT

Body: Exchange, ISA, SQL and Windows Server all have a best practice analyser – the BPA looks at the system and reviews the particular product for it's setup and configuration and compliance to the recommended best practice as put forth by the MS...(read more)

Software I use…

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:25:47 GMT

Body: I talk a lot to people, both face to face when I'm running training or presenting, and also online via various forums. Often I'm using some cool piece of software that helps people do things better. People want to know about this stuff and...(read more)

What RSS reader do you use? Aka – I wish MS had support this good!

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:39:47 GMT

Body: I've used a few different RSS readers over the past 12 months and I've finally settled on one that I like. I tried to use Outlook 2007 – but got fed up with the fact that it would all by it's own accord stop synchronising the feeds....(read more)