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Our customer St. David Recruitment Services, based in Cardiff, were interviewed recently by Windows Vista Magazine to get their views on how Windows Vista helps their business every day. The case study appeared in Windows Vista SMB Supplement, which went out to over 200,000 readers as an insert in publications...
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Tim Long
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11-18-2008
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Filed under: TiGra News, Press Releases, Case Studies, Emerging Technology, Newsletter, SBS, Small Business, Small Business Server, IT, Microsoft, Windows Vista, News, TiGra Networks, SBSC, Small Business Specialist, Managed Services, MVP
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That’s it folks, the next version of Windows Small Business Server is finished. The code has RTMed and evaluation copies will be available within a few weeks. Official availability is 12 November. Time to start training! The resources have been appearing on Technet for some time now, so lets do...
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Tim Long
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08-22-2008
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Filed under: Dear Diary, IT, SBS, Small Business Server, Beta Testing, Small Business, Microsoft, Windows, SBSC, Technology, Business, Emerging Technology
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Small business owners, entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and even corporate executives more often than not have some sort of computer system, desktop or laptop which they use for business. The latest technology kits are virtually within reach at continuously lower costs than they were 5 years ago. IT hardware...
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You can now download the Public Preview of SBS 2008 from Microsoft Downloads . The standard install requires only DVD 1 while the premium install requires all 4 DVDs at almost 10Gb. Tip: use a download manager such as Free Download Manager which will give you a faster download than Microsoft's download...
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Microsoft formally unveiled its upcoming server solution for small businesses this week and first indications are that the price will be "about the same as the 2003 version". There is no news on upgrade pricing yet and the product release itself is still some months off. Nevertheless, if you...
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If you don't happen to have a spare 64-bit system and/or can't wait for the public preview, you can see Sean Daniel (SBS Product Manager) discussing and demonstrating SBS 2008 online. SBS 2008 PM Interview and Demo | Media | TechNet Edge
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I just did a hack for one of my customers to stop one problem employee surfing on Facebook all day. While I'm no fan of blanket barring of web access, in this instance we needed some simple, short-term measures that didn't warrant any real expenditure on full-blown web filtering tools. The technique...
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I have a few sites that are now totally Windows Vista Business and SBS 2003 where the users run as Standard User. One consequence of this is that printers have to be deployed by group policy, because standard users don't have permission to install print drivers. Windows Vista provides a mechanism...
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Tim Long
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02-15-2008
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Filed under: IT, SBS, Hacks, Small Business Server, Microsoft, Windows Vista, Business, Troubleshooting, Debugging, War Stories, Partners
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The 2008 launch wave is gaining momentum. Microsoft announced a few hours ago that both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 have been released to manufacturing. Windows Vista service pack 1 will likely impact most users in the short term. At TiGra Networks, we've been actively involved...
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Tim Long
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02-05-2008
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Filed under: TiGra News, Emerging Technology, IT Industry, Newsletter, SBS, Small Business, Small Business Server, Home Computing, IT, Microsoft, Windows Vista, News, TiGra Networks
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The 2008 launch wave is gaining momentum. Microsoft announced a few hours ago that both Windows Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 have been released to manufacturing. Windows Vista service pack 1 will likely impact most users in the short term. At TiGra Networks, we've been actively involved...
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Tim Long
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02-05-2008
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Filed under: IT, SBS, Small Business Server, Beta Testing, Small Business, Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, Newsletter, TiGra News, IT Industry, Home Computing, SBSC, Technology, TiGra Networks, Business, Small Business Specialist, Partners
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This is the slide deck (actually a superset of the slide deck) that I presented to my BNI chapter on 29th January 2008. The PowerPoint file is included as a file attachment below. The case study linked from the slide deck is this one: http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies/casestudy.aspx?casestudyid=1000003722...
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Are you sitting comfortably? Then I will begin. I've had fun migrating one particular company to a new server recently. It started out before Christmas as a simple redeployment swing migration, but what I didn't know when I started the job is that the old server had already been hastily recovered...
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I recently had a problem with a customer running all Windows Vista clients on an SBS 2003 R2 domain. The problem was how to deploy printers to users who have restricted access (i.e. standard users). The users cannot install the printer drivers themselves because they do not have permission - nor should...
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I recently had a problem with a customer running all Windows Vista clients on an SBS 2003 R2 domain. The problem was how to deploy printers to users who have restricted access (i.e. standard users). The users cannot install the printer drivers themselves because they do not have permission - nor should...
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I got a pleasant surprise in my email tonight. Microsoft has bestowed a Most Valuable Professional award on me, under the competency of Windows Server System - Small Business Server. It's quite a surprise because I was critical of the nomination process a little while back and refused to fill in...