David and Vlad have been talking about change management recently. It's not that I disagree, but I want to just inject a reality check into the discussion. Perhaps you've forgotten what it's like being a small business. The stark reality is that many small businesses cannot afford to do the...
(Via Vijay's blog ) Karl Palachuk (whom I met in Birmingham when he was speaking there) is lambasting Microsoft for its weak support for Windows Small Business Server. Obliquely, he blames outsourced support and has instructed his engineers not to call Microsoft Support without express permission to...
Answering my own question , " I do ". And I hope you do too. Here's why. I have received feedback through various channels from people who may not have read past the deliberately-contentious title of my original post . The article was designed to provoke reaction and it has certainly done that. But the...
There's a lively debate going on in the small business community in response to the Exchange/Vista/Office launch. Vijay and Susanne in particular have been letting Microsoft know exactly what they think and Dave Overton has stepped up to the plate to engage in the conversation. I really like to see this...
There's a lively debate going on in the small business community in response to the Exchange/Vista/Office launch. Vijay and Susanne in particular have been letting Microsoft know exactly what they think and Dave Overton has stepped up to the plate to engage in the conversation. I really like to see this...
A lot of application software these days is taking the easy option of installing a new SQL Express (formerly MSDE) instance. At one point, I had 7 SQL instances on my Small Business Server in addition to the SQL Server that's included in the premium edition. There was SharePoint, Veritas Backup Exec...
Dave Overton recently blogged that we can send feedback to Microsoft on improving the 'Quick Start' poster that ships with SBS. My response to that is (in a nutshell): Scrap the poster. Tell people about Small Business Specialists . Microsoft, you put all this effort into setting up the Small Business...