Entries from June 2011

Tip – Showing Thumbnails in SBS 2008 / SBS 2011

Date June 23, 2011

Each month when we do test restores of client servers, we pick a few files to demonstrate and verify that the files are valid. And typically the files we choose are JPGs because you can ‘see’ that there is content in them, not just some hollow Word or Excel doc that ‘looks’ OK. Using JPGs [...]

Geek Cake

Date June 21, 2011

This is one Rubik’s Cube that I *won’t* be able to finish in < 90 seconds: It’s bigger than it looks. Best cake ever! Thanks Melany and Rachel!! Rating 4.00 out of 5

Have U Rebooted Yet – 047 – Eye-Cloud

Date June 8, 2011

Rating 4.50 out of 5

Video – Using MultiPoint Server 2011 with an iPad

Date June 6, 2011

One of the nice things about Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 is that you can use a variety of clients to connect to it and control it. Clients like: Desktop PCs Laptops Netbooks Thin clients USB stations Even iPads (yes, you read that right) I put together a short two-part video showing how to: Remote control [...]

Build an 8 TB WHS 2011 Box for Under $750

Date June 4, 2011

Is your Windows Home Server v1 getting a bit long in the tooth? Or have you just not gotten around to building your first WHS box? Good news! While doing some pricing research online today, I saw that the components for my WHS 2011 box have dropped in price. If you’d like to build an [...]

SMB MVP Roadshow Windows MultiPoint Server Links

Date June 2, 2011

Here are my WMS 2011 Resource Links from the presentation last night: Homepage – Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 http://www.microsoft.com/multipoint/ Download – WMS 2011 Premium Evaluation 3.2 GB http://tinyurl.com/wms2011eval Partner Page – WMS 2011 https://partner.microsoft.com/40161109 YouTube videos http://www.youtube.com/user/msmultipoint Twitter (@msmultipoint) http://twitter.com/#!/msmultipoint Official WMS 2011 Blog http://blogs.technet.com/b/multipointserver/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/windowsmultipointserver Forrester Study on Economic Impact of WMS 2011 [...]

Have U Rebooted Yet – 046 – Speaking In Code

Date June 1, 2011

Hint: You might need http://gettag.mobi to decode this. Rating 4.50 out of 5