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 into your MS Partner account and clicking on the URL in the last sentence, or from the licensing tab, then expanding "Making Licensing Choices" on the left (at least at the time I wrote this post).

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Mark Stanfill has started a great series, via his Twitter account , covering EBS rules for TMG. So good that I thought it a great idea to include them here. I'll add to this post as he adds additional rules. Following are the first sets, plus a bonus precursor: #EBS08 New series: Mark's rules for TMG Firewall client (MRFTFC) #EBS08 Never use 'route add' on TMG. Use the TMG getting started wizard instead. Look for startup scripts that do route adds,exclude admin #EBS08 MRFTFC #1 -

After having a few weeks of close and personal time with TMG at one of our EBS sites, I had a chance to deploy and use this at another and it is awesome. If you run into a blocking issue that you need to deal with ASAP, you can drop down the overall level of TMG with the click of a button and alleviate your pain while you work on a new rule to drop into TMG to fix the original challenge. Or drop down the firewalling in TMG altogether and allow yourself the option of using a hardware firewall.

Check out Sean and Chico's Microspotting interview ! So when do I get to take a float plane ride with you up to your place? :-)

Having trouble getting to your SBS or EBS 2008 Remote Web Workplace (RWW) from your remote computer? Check to make sure you have the certificate package installed on your client computer. SBS Links to learn more: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd353115(WS.10).aspx http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/09/30/how-do-i-distribute-the-sbs-2008-self-signed-ssl-certificate-to-my-users.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/sbs/archive/2008/10/03/receiving-certificate-errors-when-connecting-to-clients

That's "w" for WIndows... and Wi-Fi! Many thanks to Chris Rue for turning me onto this Engadget post with the awesome news that as of 9/14/09 AT&T is going to give Windows Mobile users unlimited access to AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots nationwide. And with WM 6.5 coming out in October, I feel a Fuze buring a hole in its EB Case, making way for a newer and cooler WM6.5 toy productivity tool.

BEFORE installing Exchange SP2 on your EBS network, read the KB article and the EBS Official Blog post ! :-) For SBS, check out the SBS Official Blog post . Until you hear otherwise from Microsoft, do not install Exchange 2007 SP2 on EBS or SBS without following the guidance on their respective blogs and the KB articles.

If you are dealing with a 64-bit print server and are looking for 32-bit drivers, this post is for you. Also works if you are on x64 clients and want to add the driver to a 32-bit server (SBS 2003 for example). Check out the Official SBS Team Blog's post for screen shots and the full text. Short version, is browse to the server from your 32-bit client PC while logged in with an account that has server admin rights, select the printers and faxes share, and then server properties from the file

Have had a few questions about Terminal Server through EBS and SBS RWW, so thought I would post a link over to the Microsoft KB on it and include the resolutions from the KB below. While not directly supported by design, here are the workarounds for both EBS 2008 and SBS 2008. EBS 2008: EBS 2008 does not support directly connecting to a Terminal Server through RWW. In larger environments, publishing a large number of connections through the Messaging Server's TS Gateway may cause a resource spike