I really hate carrying around physical CDs/DVDs for programs I use a lot. Normally I just convert all my discs into ISOs with the free ImgBurn program (which totally rocks) and then throw the ISOs onto my Toshiba 320 GB portable USB drive. Then when I’m on-site if I need a CD, I just […]

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Nice video interview from EDGE with Sean Daniel, Program Manager for Windows Small Business Server 2008.  If you haven’t seen the Cougar interface yet, this video is a treat. Plus, Sean gives a tour of the new backup as well.
SBS 2008 PM Interview and Demo Source: http://edge.technet.com/Media/SBS-2008-PM-Interview-and-Demo/

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The 2006 SBS Partner Tour that rolled through town last week really sparked a lot of dialog.  For example, I got a call from an SBSer today asking for clarification on SBS R2.  They wanted to know if they need to upgrade a client to SBS R2 just to increase the Exchange store limit.  In a […]

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This info comes courtesy of Andrew Delozey at Interprom. 
The Issue:
Nightly backup was repeatedly failing within one minute of starting.
The Error: 
Volume shadow copy creation: Attempt 1.
“MSDEWriter” has reported an error 0×800423f4. This is part of System State. The backup cannot continue.
Error returned while creating the volume shadow copy:800423f4
Aborting Backup.
The Details:
Initially when this was entered into Google […]

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