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In a surprise announcement today, Nick King (Senior Product Manager - Windows Essential Business Server) revealed that Microsoft is to withdraw Windows Essential Business Server from the product range. In a conference call with Small Business Server MVPs, he stressed that Small Business Server and Home...
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I’ve recently being doing a server migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008, using Microsoft’s migration method. I ran into a problem where the SBS08 install finished with an error. I didn't make a note of the exact wording, but the general gist was “I couldn't DCPROMO myself to a domain controller...
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I’ve been working with my fellow Small Business Specialist , good friend and colleague Richard Evans this week to work through SBS migration. Armed with a stack of books, software and blogs posts, we set out to try our first migration, in preparation for doing a real migration for one of my customers...
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No good deed goes unpunished, they say, and they are right! I recently lost a valued customer, just through changing circumstances and the fact that they will be taking their support in-house. Obviously I want to keep the relationship going so I tried to throw out a few ‘teasers’ to make them think about...
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There is a growing trend of IT consultants selling online backup solutions. While there is no doubt that online remote backup can work if done correctly and with sufficient investment, it is often done in a way that doesn’t adequately protect servers, or is prohibitively expensive. I think this trend...
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Server Fault Public Beta Launches - Blog - Stack Overflow All you IT Professionals out there need to check out Server Fault – if it is as successful as its sister site Stack Overflow , then it is going to sweep away sites like Yahoo Answers and Experts Exchange to become the de facto standard site for...
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Via Nick King : Two new courses available from Microsoft Learning, covering the implementation and administration for Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008: MSL news: SBS and EBS 2008 Courses Now Available From the MSL Born To Learn web site: Implementing and Administering Windows...
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Windows® Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) is an integrated server solution that helps you protect your business data, increase productivity, and present a more professional image to customers. Windows Small Business Server 2008 delivers enterprise-class technologies for data backup and restore...
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Wed, May 20 2009
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Technorati Tags: HowTo , Hacks , Small Business Server , Beta Testing , Windows 7 , Microsoft , Technology , Workarounds No, I haven’t had a falling out with Windows 7, we’re still friends. But, I did have a little problem I needed to solve that left me unable to log in. I’m using Windows 7 RC in a Small...
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Harry B asked me to mention SMB Nation Europe that is happening this Friday, December 5th in London. Still time to register! http://www.smbnation.com/events_listpage.asp?Category=London~2008&Cat=Category Agenda December 5, 2008 – Microsoft Central London 8:30am-9:30am Delegate Registration 9:30am...
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Licensing for Windows Essential Server Solutions either just got easier, or more complicated. I can’t really decide which, so I’ll leave that decision to you… Get a Discount on Windows Essential Server Solutions Upgrades & Migrations with Solutions Pathway Help your customers easily upgrade or migrate...
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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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Fri, Aug 22 2008
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via Allison Pauli, Partner Marketing, Windows Server Solutions: Get Ready for the Windows Essential Server Solutions Launch with Technical Training Series The November 12, 2008 launch for Windows Essential Server Solutions is fast approaching! Prepare by attending Partner Academy Live technical...
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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 Share this post: | | |
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Today, Microsoft formally announced availability of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Server 2008, their server offerings for small- and medium-sized businesses, respectively. Pricing Although at face value, the price of Small Business Server seems to have increased, in fact in...
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