Wednesday, July 23, 2008 4:27 PM

Windows SharePoint Services Operations Guide

Body: One of the members of the SMB IT Professionals Group in Sydney is Robert Crane. Robert has spent some time working with Windows SharePoint Services and has taken a vast amount of his knowledge and put it into writing in the form of his Windows SharePoint...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:38 PM

SBS 2008 Migration Documentation

Body: I'm finalising to do a migration this weekend from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 for one of our customers who is on the official Microsoft TAP program for SBS 2008. As part of that I needed to download and review the latest documentation relating to...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:18 PM

Trend blocking Antivirus 2009

Body: This came up in the SBS2K list where one of the members posted about his sites and the fact that the users were downloading and installing a product called Antivirus 2009. He wondered why the version of Trend he is using was not blocking them. I...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008 7:16 PM

I'm outta here..

Body: Yup - for the next few days I'll be out of contact while I take a few days to spend with my family out west on a farm that has no mobile phone reception and no Internet access. I won't be back online till next Tuesday so if you email me...
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008 8:52 PM

SPAM Filtering Options in Trend Worry-Free Business Security

Body: With the release of Trends WFBS 5.0 (formerly known as CS and CSM Security) Trend have upgraded the Antispam components in a number of ways. For some this is causing some confusion. Hopefully I can help resolve that. When you purchase WFBS Advanced...
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Saturday, July 12, 2008 6:36 PM

SBS 2008 Patch Management

Body: I've just finished writing the patch management chapter of my book on SBS 2008 and thought I would share this screenshot with you. This comes from the new reporting in SBS 2008 and I've configured it to send me a daily email with just the...
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Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:05 AM

There goes the neighbourhood..

Body: Well - in a move designed to rival Microsoft's own world domination plans, it was revealed today that Vlad Mazek, CEO of Own Web Now Corp , announced that yes he too was indeed coming to Australia . Vlad has bowed to pressure... uh support....
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:02 AM

SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 Deep Dive Presentations are up

Body: Following on from the training last week, we've posted the presentations for the sessions that we did. I'll have the videos done and up on the web early next week (busy this week with a few things). In the meantime, check out Robbies post...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:57 AM

Mark all as read...

Body: This afternoon I had one of those "blonde" moments... I read all my email and then mark as unread if I want to do something about it later, or if it's something I want to come back to later. I also have mail filed in a number of subfolders...
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Monday, June 30, 2008 4:11 PM

If you are not selling Software Assurance for SBS 2003...

Body: ... then you need your head examined. With SBS 2008 on the horizon for release later this year, Microsoft have been promoting Software Assurance as they key way to get our customers some form of technology protection as they purchase SBS 2003 right...
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Monday, June 30, 2008 4:04 PM

500 Not out!!!

Body: Yes - that's right 500 partners around Australia that have seen a fairly intensive insight into SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 from Robbie Upcroft and myself. Over the last 3 weeks, we've been to the 5 major capital cities around Australia to ensure...
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Monday, June 30, 2008 3:55 PM

Trend WFBS 5.0 Errors after installation

Body: I've had a few people mention to me that after they've installed the latest Trend Worry Free Business Security 5.0 on their SBS servers that they have had some new errors in their event logs. I've not seen this in the upgrades that I've...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:12 AM

Free Visio Plugin until June 30, 2008

Body: One of the cool tools I've mentioned in my talks around Australia this week and last week is a free tool that works with Visio to diagram your network. This tool is only available for free until June 30, so you need to act fast to grab it. Check...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:40 AM

Trend WFBS 5.0 Blocks Malware...

Body: This week at the Perth SMB IT Professionals Group , Sandi Hardmeirer, used my laptop to demonstrate ways that potential spyware attacks could take place on unsuspecting users without them even clicking on links in a web page. She showed us a video...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:36 PM

Configuring Time Zones from a command line

Body: Last week I was working with a client and I needed to be able to configure the timezone on machines automatically by some form of automated process. The workstations we needed to configure were spread across 5 separate time zones in Australia and...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:33 PM

Funky Advertising - PCGuru

Body: Last night @ the Perth SMB IT Professionals Group meeting , I met the orange shirt brigade, also known locally as PCGuru :-) These guys are a small SMB focused group that stand out from the crowd if for nothing more than their bright orange shirts...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:22 PM

Perth SMB IT Professionals Group is launched

Body: Last night, I was fortunate to be able to help start the Perth SMB IT Professionals Group here in Perth. Thanks to Ingram Micro for allowing us to use their boardroom as a home for the group over the next few months. We had a great start to the...
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Friday, June 13, 2008 8:18 PM

Be afraid...very afraid... Sandi gets a real job :-)

Body: Sandi Hardmeier is a respected MVP and a good friend of mine. She's been fighting against all kinds of malware in her after hours for the past umpteen years now and has single handedly prevented some potentially major infections (say like 220...
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Friday, June 13, 2008 1:23 AM

Perth SBS / SMB IT Professional Group - Tuesday 17th June

Body: Next week, Robbie Upcroft and I will be in Perth to run some SBS / EBS training. While we are there we are aiming to start an SBS or SMB IT Professional Group in Perth. If you are involved in SBS or the SMB IT Pro Channel, please come along. What...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:46 PM

SBS 2008 & EBS 2008 Training gets off the ground

Body: Well yesterday we did the first ever look @ SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 in Australia, here in Sydney @ Microsoft's North Ryde offices. Registrations for the event were slow to start with but kicked up big time in the end and we had almost 100% attendance...
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