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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...
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(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...
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...
I've noticed the last couple of months that Exchange IMF suddenly got very aggresive about filtering HTML messages with images in the signature block. I first noticed this on messages I sent to Microsoft UK then on other servers. Susan Bradley posted...
TiGra is proud to have re-qualified as a Microsoft Small Business Specialist for 2007. Microsoft UK insists that each company re-qualifies each year. To keep our Small Business Specialist status, Microsoft asked us to provide two customer references to...
In Sean Daniel's blog entry on using Windows Vista clients on SBS and he covers adding the SBS SSL certificate so that Vista can connect to Remote Web Workplace (see the very end of the article under Non-joined Vista clients accessing SBS ). However,...
A discussion that comes up over and over again on the IT Pro newsgroups is whether a hardware firewall device is better than ISA Server, or whether ISA Server is good enough on its own or needs to be backed up by a piece of hardware. Considering the difference...
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