Episode 003 gets a touch of class with a brief voice over intro from our favorite UK SMB girl across the pond, Susanne Dansey. (Thanks Susanne!) And after that high point, everthing pretty much goes down hill.
But seriously, 003 is a video tour inside the Microsoft Across America (MSAM) Technology Truck / Bus […]

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Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) is live!  Proof in Alt-PrtScn format is attached.  (Click for a larger picture).
Title:  Windows Vista 5536-16385 for X86 
Release Date:  8/24/2006 
Size:  2,643.33 MB 
Version:  5536.16385 
Category:  Build 
Milestone Description: 0×45527F10 
vista_5536.16385.060821-1900_vista_rc1_x86fre_client-LR1CFRE_EN_DVD.iso  
(Yep, that’s a 2.6 GB download boys and girls).
Guess it’s time to nuke-and-pave my notebook PC again this weekend. 
Let the ceremonial pegging of the http://connect.microsoft.com […]

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Last night at the Kentucky Small Business Server User Group meeting we interviewed Vlad Mazek of OwnWebNow / Vladville / SBS Show / Vladfire fame.
We managed to tear Vlad away from his role as ‘The Unofficial Chuck Norris of the SBS Community‘ long enough to learn about:

OwnWebNow
ExchangeDefender
Hosted SBS
XD Wall for SBS & Exchange
Shockey Monkey

If you […]

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As promised in Episode 1, I’m making the NoGeekLeftBehind video blog available in WMV format for your Windows viewing pleasure.  There is a regular Windows WMV version for your Windows Media Player, and a smaller size for Pocket PCs.
Thanks to some new compression tools the file size is smaller too (*WAY* smaller).  I chopped the […]

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No Geek Left Behind - Episode 2 is born! 
September 2006 Microsoft SBS Partner Group Tour 
As you already know from previous posts on this blog, the FREE tour will hit 13 cities next month.  And our little video gives you a nice visual overview of the locations with a light touch of humor.
No video blog has […]

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Several folks have reported that they had some difficulty registering for the Vista / Office 2007 / SBS 2003 R2 September 2006 SBS Partner Group Tour.
I’m happy to report that the issues have been resolved, and you should be able to register for the event now - sorry for the confusion!
Detailed information for the Louisville, KY […]

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Earlier this year a friend of mine, Allen Miller, hosted a roundtable meeting in Cincinnati and invited several Microsoft Small Business Specialists from the Cincinnati Networking Professionals’ Association (CiNPA) and Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) to attend.
The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the feasibility of creating a technical Q&A website for local […]

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I purchased BlogJet ($39.95) a while back on the recommendation of Chris and Vlad.  I’ve been pretty happy with BlogJet as a blogging tool, but today I downloaded a new (and FREE) blogging tool that I like even better.
Introducing:
Windows Live Writer (Beta)Download: Writer.msi (4.75MB)
Windows Live Writer is actually easier to configure for use with my […]

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UPCOMING WEBCASTS
Get More Customer Action through the Microsoft Action Pack
Presenter: Ron Grattopp
Date:  08/14/2006
Time:  2:00 PM Eastern USA (GMT -5)
URL:  http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15004444
TS2 - Build a Successful Managed Services Practice from Scratch - Part 2
Presenters: Ron Grattopp & Erik Simpson
Date:  08/18/2006
Time:  4:00 PM Eastern USA (GMT -5)
URL:  http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15004419
What’s New with SBS R2?
Presenters: Mike Iem
Date:  08/29/2006
Time:  12:00 PM Eastern USA […]

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You know, all this modern technology is supposed to save us time and make life more enjoyable.  But it seems like everyday we just get busier in spite of (or possibly because of) technology. And you’ve heard that there are these great SMB podcasts that can keep you up to date so you don’t have to […]

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