ACT! 2010, OpenDNS, & peer-to-peer networks don't mix.
Published Fri, Feb 5 2010 6:55 | steveb
OpenDNS is an incredble service, and I highly recommend using it. Word of caution though. If you are sharing an ACT! 2010 database across a peer-to-peer network, the computer names will attempt to resolve to the OpenDNS servers (on the Net) and your other...
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DSL slower behind your firewall than when attached to the DSL modem?
Published Tue, Feb 2 2010 22:53 | steveb
Great tip from the folks at Calyptix : On DSL connections, if you are experiencing slow Web browsing, or certain Websites and downloads not loading across multiple computers on your network, you might need to change your firewall's MTU (Maximum Transmission...
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PSSBS Monthly Meeting, January 21, 2010
Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 23:23 | steveb
http://www.pssbs.org/meetings/january-21-2010-pssbs-monthly-meeting/ The focus of this month’s meeting is the running of your SMB consulting practice. To start off the conversation, join us for a presentation by PSSBS member, Brenda Luper, with...
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Hyper-V 2008 R2 Partner Day Hosted by Microsoft - February 6th - Redmond
Published Wed, Jan 13 2010 23:04 | steveb
On Saturday, February 6 th , Microsoft & the Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group is holding its Hyper-V 2008 R2 Partner Day: Practical Knowledge for Successful Deployments at Microsoft’s Corporate Headquarters, register now, space is...
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Microsoft Product Support Lifecycle for SBS 2003
Published Mon, Jan 11 2010 19:31 | steveb
Having a hard time figuring out the Microsoft Product Support Lifecycle (also referred to as the end of life date) for SBS 2003? Selecting one of the Windows Small Business Server 2003 options from http://support.microsoft.com/gp/lifeselectserv makes...
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Exchange 2007 Rollups and how they behave
Published Fri, Jan 8 2010 11:02 | steveb
Had an Exchange Rollup questions on Twitter over the past week, so asked around for some clarification. The question was "...downloaded rollup 1 and 4 and they both say rollup 9 when I launch them, can't install old rollups over new ones?"...
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Microsoft Exchange Team Veteran Scott Roberts will be at the PSSBS meeting tonight in Redmond!
Published Thu, Dec 17 2009 17:42 | steveb
Scott Roberts has 12+ years at Microsoft under his belt and is currently the Test Lead for the Exchange CXP [Sustained Engineering] team here in Redmond. For over 5 years, he has been on the Exchange CXP team and before that he was the tester for DSAccess...
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BPOS Sync Tool does not migrate passwords
Published Thu, Dec 17 2009 17:32 | steveb
Had this question come up today, so thought I'd drop a quick post on it. The Directory Synchronization tool used with Microsoft's Online Services does a one-way sync from your Active Directory up to the BPOS servers, and does not migrate passwords...
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Critical Update Available for ShadowProtect 3.x Customers
Published Tue, Dec 15 2009 12:18 | steveb
Recevied the following email today and wanted to help get the word out. Get your StorageCraft ShadowProtect updated as soon as you can so you don't get burned by this! Critical Update Available for ShadowProtect 3.x Customers Valued Partners: StorageCraft...
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How to Manually Install Certificates in SBS 2008
Published Mon, Dec 14 2009 11:10 | steveb
New post by SBS superhero, Mark Stanfill, on how to correct for missing subject fields and how to manually install SSL certificates in Small Business Server 2008. Thanks Mark!
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"Failed to create Edge Subscription" error in your SBS to EBS migration?
Published Wed, Dec 9 2009 13:09 | steveb
Great blog post by Steve Knutson on his "Failed to create Edge Subscription" error in his Essential Business Server 2008 migration from Small Business Server 2003. We've seen this error in EBS installed into virtualized environments, but...
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Windows Server and Windows Azure are now the Server & Cloud Division
Published Wed, Dec 9 2009 12:53 | steveb
Microsoft's Windows Server and Windows Azure teams are now one, the Server & Cloud Division .
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Microsoft Joins Push for Better Computer Science Education in U.S.
Published Tue, Dec 8 2009 10:40 | steveb
Microsoft Joins Push for Better Computer Science Education in U.S. - Thanks to each of the organizations involved (Microsoft, Association for Computing Machinery, Google Inc., Intel Corporation, the Computer Science Teachers Association, National Center...
Trouble with "Set up your Internet Address" wizard in SBS 2008?
Published Wed, Dec 2 2009 16:19 | steveb
Ran into this earlier today. If you happen to be messing with your SSL Certificates and get your " Set up your Internet Address " wizard into a state that it fails, run the Fix My Network Wizard (FNCW) and you should be good to go. In my case...
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Migrating from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008? Update your SBS08 help file first!
Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 22:31 | steveb
Thank you Steve Holland for getting the word out on this. Doing a Microsoft migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008? Download the latest (as of this blog post) migration help file to your SBS08 box BEFORE you start.
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SBS Tech Writer Steve Holland is now on Twitter
Published Sun, Nov 15 2009 22:11 | steveb
If you work with Small Business Server, make sure you follow Steve Holland's Twitter feed . I've known Steve since 2003 when he attended our first PSSBS meeting in Seattle. Also check out his team blog on MSDN . He may have moved to southern California...
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Mark's Rules for Successful Replacement Mode - MR4SRM. RM = replacment mode
Published Fri, Nov 6 2009 11:50 | steveb
Second in the Mark Stanfill EBS 2008 tweet series ( check out his TMG series here ), we have Mark's latest on Rules for Successful Replacement Mode. As before, I'll be updating this post with new tweets as Mark sends them out. Be sure to check...
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Hey, I know this guy! :-)
Published Wed, Oct 28 2009 22:26 | steveb
Get to know the Windows Home Server Team: Video interview with Jonas Svensson , Community Program Manager Today the Windows Home Server Blog, tomorrow your own TV series! ;-)
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Windows Server 2008 R2 ebook - Get yours now!
Published Wed, Oct 28 2009 22:05 | steveb
Thank you Charlie and Craig for writing it, and Microsoft for offering it up. Get your own copy of the Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 ebook for free!
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MS Partner Licensing Information and SKU lookup
Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 10:52 | steveb
Looking for the SKU for Microsoft Server 2008 Remote Desktop Services by chance? The US price list, in addition to the License Configurator tool are at https://partner.microsoft.com/US/licensing/licensingchoices/licenseconfigurator . Get there by logging...
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