December 2008 - Posts

Looking for the requirements to order and a Microsoft Action Pack subscription? Eric has the answers for you.

Published Mon, Dec 22 2008 14:22 | steveb

Over the years I've seen Microsoft Action Pack subscriptions show up in what I would consider to be fringe qualifiers of the Action Pack's target audience. Usually by way of a well-meaning acquaintance who tells the business owner or someone on...

Filed under: MAPS, Microsoft Partner Program

December 18th, 2008 PSSBS Meeting Cancelled due to the winter wonderland weather we are having in the Puget Sound this week.

Published Thu, Dec 18 2008 13:51 | steveb

Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group (PSSBS) TONIGHT’S MEETING (December 18, 2008) IS CANCELLED DUE TO THE EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THE PUGET SOUND REGION. Saw this this morning on the KOMO News Website. Ryan Goeden is the person who...

Filed under: PSSBS, Snow

Microsoft's Digital Locker is going away

Published Wed, Dec 10 2008 19:58 | steveb

If you have used Microsoft's Digital Locker for anything (like Vista Anytime Upgrades) you better head on over to the locker room and get your things because this school is a closin' (they must have took a page from the Seattle Public Schools'...

Filed under: Microsoft, Windows Anytime Upgrade, Digital Locker

TechNet's EBS 2008 Technical FAQ Page

Published Tue, Dec 9 2008 12:07 | steveb

Check out the Essential Business Server 2008 FAQ page at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/ebs/dd183189.aspx for your questions about TMG (like do you need to install it in EBS) and the like.

Filed under: EBS

How to get IMAPS configured on your EBS network (as in BlackBerry Storm)

Published Thu, Dec 4 2008 3:54 | steveb

Okay, I got a phone call that the owner's son at a customer site has picked up a BlackBerry Storm and is traveling across the country tomorrow and needs it configured. How do you do it? Like this: All you need to do to get IMAPS (TCP Port 993) to...

Filed under: EBS, IMAPS, BlackBerry BIS