EBS Migration SKUs
Published Fri, Jul 23 2010 10:37 | steveb
Are you a Volume License customer, looking to migrate out of EBS per Microsoft's offer ? Here are the part numbers you'll need to order the new media. Microsoft says to order from your original reseller. If you have EBS Premium, your SQL media...
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How do you move out of EBS now that it is retired?
Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 18:09 | steveb
Details on how to move out of Essential Business Server are now live at http://www.microsoft.com/ebs/en/us/default.aspx . Well, really it is here at http://www.microsoft.com/ebs/en/us/offers.aspx . You have until December 31, 2010 to do the change over...
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Jamison West presenting in the 5W/25 Series 9 AM this morning!
Published Wed, Jun 9 2010 8:31 | steveb
Go to http://www.mssmallbiz.com/training/ and scroll down toward the bottom to register. Session is at 9 AM today. If you miss it, go back and download it and watch. Don't miss PSSBS' own Jamison West as he shares insight into his proven successful...
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MDOP and DaRT - My favorite tool, and most frightful if in the wrong hands. :-)
Published Fri, May 28 2010 12:50 | steveb
Thanks Brad for the post " Windows Management with MDOP " to bring awareness to the Advanced Group Policy Management and DaRT pieces of MDOP. If you are in IT and not using it in your Windows network, you're missing a great tool set in MDOP...
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Looking for those Outlook file locations?
Published Wed, Apr 28 2010 13:04 | steveb
Trying to find the signature file location, where the nk2 file is located, or other Outlook settings so you can take them with you over to your new Windows 7 PC? Check out Microsoft's KB 287070 for great info on PST files, and the best part, where...
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Fixes for 64-bit Adobe Reader preview handler and thumbnails
Published Sun, Apr 4 2010 22:33 | steveb
Leo Davidson is a testimony to there still being great people out there. Thanks for taking the time to write your Adobe Reader preview fix , and for offering it for free to the rest of us. For those who use it, please drop him a donation. He deserves...
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How to create (or recreate) an Edge Subscription in Exchange 2007
Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 22:52 | steveb
The following directions are for EBS 2008, but will work for any 2-server Exchange 2007 deployment: Security (Edge) Server 1. From Exchange Management Shell, enter the following command: a. New-EdgeSubscription -FileName "c:\windows\temp\EdgeSubscriptionInfo...
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Elvis has left the building (EBS retired)
Published Fri, Mar 5 2010 8:07 | steveb
Microsoft today announced the discontinuation of Windows Essential Business Server. Catch the full story at the EBS Official Blog . Thank you to all who have made EBS a great adventure over the past four years. Steve
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Chico is sportin' his new duds
Published Mon, Mar 1 2010 15:49 | steveb
Check out Chico's new SBS wardrobe over at Sean's blog .
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Official SBS Blog - Returning Small Business Server 2008 to a Supported Network Topology
Published Fri, Feb 26 2010 18:02 | steveb
Great post to check out if you are having network issues with your SBS 2008 network! We have seen an increase of instances where customers are experiencing various networking problems because they have altered the networking topology by installing multiple...
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PSSBS SQL Lunch & Learn this Saturday, 2/27/2010
Published Fri, Feb 26 2010 10:34 | steveb
Bring your lunch and your SBS related SQL questions this Saturday and join the Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group for our half-day SQL event at Microsoft's Lincoln Square offices! Information is at the PSSBS Website .
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Windows PowerShell Community Review
Published Wed, Feb 24 2010 22:28 | steveb
Received this request earlier today, so getting the word out! The Windows PowerShell Community Review process is looking for volunteers for our third documentation review cycle – especially beginners and intermediate PowerShell users and people...
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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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