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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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Did your business suffer because of the snow? Employees unable to make it into the office?How many staff hours have you lost because of freak weather, transportation problems, sickness or family emergencies? Get a 60-second overview of how Small Business Server 2008 could have saved you time and money...
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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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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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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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Microsoft renewed my MVP award yesterday, so I’m still in the exclusive club of UK Small Business Server MVPs. My co-conspirators are Andy Trish, who is in his first year and Steve Foster, who’s been an SBS MVP since before the beginning of time. This bit of recognition means a lot to me and I wear the...
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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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Thu, May 28 2009
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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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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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Filed under: SBS, Small Business, Small Business Server, IT, Microsoft, Compliance, Charity, Accountancy, TiGra Networks, SBSC, Small Business Specialist, Managed Services, MVP, Computers
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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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Sat, May 16 2009
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Microsoft Office 2010 is almost ready for technical preview, which is by invitation only. Early indications are starting to arrive of what we can expect. Some things to look forward to: The product formerly known as Groove (which came to Microsoft through their acquisition of Groove Networks) is to be...
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Fri, May 15 2009
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The introduction of Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2008 operating system is a signal to consider upgrading your server. Signs that you may need to upgrade: Your old server is getting slow or running out of hard drive space. Your old server was a ‘budget’ model without redundant hard drives, this is...
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Tue, Mar 3 2009
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