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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...
Is your ISP patched against the DNS cache poisoning ( US CERT advisory ) exploit? There are confirmed attacks in the wild . My ISP is patched. I asked them, and actually got an intelligent response. They escalated my ticket and a day later came the response...
Move over Minesweeper! I received a link to this from my MVP lead and I'm hooked, despite the blatant advertising. The cleverly done retro-chic "plinky plonky" music, chunky graphics and office politics takes me straight back to the early...
What a radical idea. Microsoft has put all the Sysinternals utilities together in a single web folder, where you can easily download them all in one hit, or simply execute them directly from the web server, no fuss, no pfaff. From the Readme file: What...
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
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...
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've recently experienced a problem in the CRM 4.0 client for Outlook (both the desktop/online and laptop/offline versions) where Outlook would inexplicably crash every 15 minutes (the default CRM synchronisation interval is 15 minutes). We had narrowed...
As you can see at David Overton's blog, Microsoft partners will once again be getting the full-install media (as opposed to upgrade) for Windows Vista Business as well as a single license for Windows Vista Ultimate. When Microsoft changed to upgrade...
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...
I saw this article in Microsoft's UK Security Newsletter (which you can subscribe to online). Ed Gibson, chief security advisor, relates the following story: The owner of a '.com' web domain name is telephonically contacted by someone claiming...
Paul from Accendo Solutions has an article about how he recently used the Small Business Specialist Community to great effect on a job that would have been otherwise difficult to accomplish. Small business partners from around the UK came together to...
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...
If you use LinkedIn, and you are a Small Business Specialist then join the SBSC group and display the Small Business Specialist logo on your LinkedIn profile. It costs nothing, generates no spam and will display your SBSC affiliation to your LinkedIn...
I couldn't possibly do a better job than Richard Evans in describing the impact that Robbie Upcroft has had on the UK Small Business Specialist Community. Richard mentions meeting Robbie for the first time at the inaugural meeting of SBS Midlands...
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