Entries from April 2009

Windows 7 RC Goes Live, and Other News

Date April 30, 2009

Quite a bit of news in the last week – just to make sure you didn’t miss these events in the pre-Derby festivities: Office 2007 SP2 has launched http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b444bf18-79ea-46c6-8a81-9db49b4ab6e5&displaylang=en Vista SP2 has reached RTM http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2009/04/28/windows-vista-sp2-rtm-windows-vista-sp1-blocker-tool-removed.aspx WSS v3 w/ SP2 is out http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ef93e453-75f1-45df-8c6f-4565e8549c2a Windows 7 RC hit MSDN and TechNet today (for subscribers) http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/2009/04/30/windows-7-rc-is-available-for-technet-and-msdn-subscribers-to-download.aspx Windows 7 [...]

Posted in Downloads, Live Events, WSS, Windows 7 Comments 164 Comments »

Downloads – Service Pack 2 for Office 2007

Date April 28, 2009

Recently announced: Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office 2007 is finally available for download. Download URL: Click here File name: office2007sp2-kb953195-fullfile-en-us.exe Date published: 04/24/2009 Size: 290 MB KEY IMPROVEMENTS: Ability to open, edit and save OpenOffice.org 1.1 documents (*.odt, *.ods, *.odp) SaveAs PDF has been added back in (no need to download separately) Improved graphic [...]

Posted in Downloads, Office Comments 132 Comments »

Downloads – Free SBS 2008 Administrator’s Companion eBook

Date April 14, 2009

NOTE: This is a limited time offer, so grab it while you can! Title: Windows Small Business Server 2008 Administrator’s Companion Authors: Charlie Russel & Sharon Crawford Publisher: Microsoft Press Publishes: January 07, 2009 ISBN: 9780735620704 Pages: 719 Hard copy available: $37.79 at Amazon.com Register for FREE download: Click here (24.2 MB) Description: Your comprehensive, [...]

Posted in Books, Downloads, Free, SBS 2008 Comments 709 Comments »

Should I Sell Essential Business Server 2008?

Date April 10, 2009

If you’re a Microsoft Partner selling & supporting Windows Small Business Server, you’ve probably already asked yourself the question above. The answer to that question depends primarily on you and your company, rather than on the features or maturity EBS product itself. The reason being; the EBS market is vastly different than the SBS market. [...]

Posted in EBS, Training, Webcasts Comments 125 Comments »

Another IM Virus

Date April 9, 2009

I saw this IM virus for the first time today: WARNING – Don’t go to the URLs listed in this post, due to possible malware and NSFW content. Followed a few minutes later by: That’s from one of my sisters (so I see some phone support in my future.) She’s not signed in, so that’s a [...]

Posted in Malware Comments 51 Comments »

Key Icon and User Roles in SBS 2008

Date April 6, 2009

From the mailbag: “After a migration, some of the users showed up in the SBS Console with a key under their name and some didn’t. Example:   I can’t change RWW access for these users either – it’s grayed out: or even… What does that key mean and how do I get rid of it?  [...]

Posted in Helpdesk, SBS 2008 Comments 848 Comments »

Announcing Windows Server 2008 Foundation

Date April 2, 2009

If you read this blog, you should be familiar with the Windows Essential Server Solutions (WESS) family that includes: Windows Home Server (WHS) – 1-10 home users Windows Small Business Server (SBS) – 1-75 business users Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) – 50-300 business users On April 1, 2009, Microsoft announced the NEW “Windows Server [...]

Posted in WESS, WSF Comments 123 Comments »