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Guest Blog - Kevin Beares, SBS Community Lead

Published 27 May 8 4:46 PM | Charlie Russel

The Windows Small Business Server 2008 WW Community Survey is live This is the third year we have published an SBS WW Community Survey to the SBS Community. We have learned an amazing amount of information from the people who have taken the time to tell...

Filed under: SBS

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008

Published 30 April 8 9:42 AM | Charlie Russel

SCVMM 2007 is Microsoft's outstanding product for managing multiple Virtual Server instances across your enterprise. Frankly, I loved it. It made dealing with VS so much easier, and allowed me to build a library of solutions that I could quickly and...

Filed under: SBS, Centro, Virtualization, Server 2008, Hyper-V

ExchangeDefender is a Winner

Published 10 August 7 3:47 PM | Charlie Russel

As most of you know, we run our writing and consulting business on Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2. It includes Exchange Server 2003 SP2, and we've been using the same, quite public, email addresses for at least 17 years since our first book...

Filed under: OffTopic, AntiMalware, SBS

Two Factor Authentication

Published 27 July 7 7:18 PM | Charlie Russel

I spent last night installing the latest version of AuthAnvil and RWW-Guard on our network. Between the two, we now have a far more secure environment that enforces Two Factor Authentication (TFA) for access to critical accounts and resources. Normal...

Filed under: Software, General x64, Vista x64, Security, SBS

Finally - ISA Client for Vista and XP x64 releases

Published 12 December 6 7:58 PM | Charlie Russel

Finally, Microsoft has released an ISA Firewall Client that officially supports XP x64 and Vista. The download is a single download for both 64-bit and 32-bit, and is the same for all supported versions of Windows, up to and including Vista RTM. So go...

Filed under: Software, General x64, Vista x64, Security, SBS, Server

Last Call for Centro Beta

Published 1 December 6 6:52 AM | Charlie Russel

Last month I mentioned that a new Microsoft infrastructure solution for mid-sized business up to 250 users was looking for beta testers. Well, if you haven't signed up yet, it's definitely time to get serious. See Kevin Beares' Blog for all the details...

Filed under: Hardware, Software, SBS, Server, Centro

Serious Servers for x64

Published 24 October 6 6:24 PM | Charlie Russel

OK, folks, if you love 64-bit, and want to work on a really dynamite new server suite from Microsoft, here's your chance. Microsoft is making the beta for their new Centro product available to those who are interested. For all the details, including the...

Filed under: Hardware, Software, General x64, SBS, Server, Centro