May 2008 - Posts

Where did my old friend the SBS Console go in SBS 2008 (and EBS 2008)?

Published Fri, May 30 2008 18:26 | steveb

I requested of both the SBS and EBS development teams for them to add back into their respective Start Menus their Server Administrative Consoles. They are on the desktop of SBS 2008 (and EBS 2008 Management Server) but not in the menu. Instead there...

Filed under: SBS, EBS

How to turn off screen savers during EBS installations

Published Fri, May 30 2008 1:54 | steveb

At the time of this writing, Essential Business Server 2008 has a default screen saver time out of 10 minutes and locks the server. This can be highly annoying during setup when you are watching the progress from across the room as each server runs its...

Filed under: Centro, EBS

The Windows Small Business Server 2008 World Wide Community Survey is Live!

Published Wed, May 28 2008 23:13 | steveb

Kevin Beares, the Community Lead for Microsoft's Windows Server Solutions Group (WSSG) asked a few of us to pass this along. If you haven't taken the 2008 SBS community survey yet, click on over to Kevin's Blog and get crackin! Below is the...

Filed under: PSSBS, SBS, SBS Community Survey, SBS 2003

Hey Dave and Yuri, it's EBS, not WEBS. ;-)

Published Tue, May 27 2008 21:57 | steveb

Looks like the Essential Business Server folks need to let the Forefront Team Blog crew know the correct acronym for the product they are bundling TMG in. For a look at the Blog post Yuri Diogenes put together on it along with screen shots and another...

Filed under: EBS, TMG

Setup logs location in Microsoft's Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS)

Published Fri, May 23 2008 11:05 | steveb

If you are working with EBS, a good location to know about is where the setup logs are stored. They are on each server under C:\Program Files\Windows Mid-Market Server\Logs if you are looking for them.

Filed under: EBS

Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group (PSSBS) Meeting tonight (Thursday, May 15th, 2008)

Published Thu, May 15 2008 9:06 | steveb

There have been a couple changes over at the PSSBS User Group. After four years or so of meeting in Building 43 on Microsoft's Redmond Campus, starting this evening we are now meeting at Microsoft's Lincoln Square offices in Bellevue. We'll...

Filed under: PSSBS, HyBlue, IceLock, Response Point

Microsoft Publically Announces SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 Pricing and Beta

Published Tue, May 13 2008 13:17 | steveb

Microsoft has announced their pricing and a link to join the public betas for both Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008. The URL for their announcement is: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/may08/05-13PublicPreviewPricingPR...

SBS Migration's 2008 IT Pro Conference

Published Tue, May 13 2008 12:26 | steveb

Wanted to thank all of you who were at Jeff Middleton's SBS Migration IT Pro Conference in New Orleans this year. Sorry to miss those of you who are still at the conference on the cruise right now while I'm here in the great Pacific Northwest...

Filed under: SBS, IT Pro Conference, EBS, SBS Migration