KYSBSUG December 2011 – Meeting #94
Topic: Digital Home
Presenter: Tim Barrett
Date: Wednesday December 28, 2011
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243

Cost: FREE

Description:
The topic this month is “Digital Home”, demoing integration between Xbox 360, Windows 7, Windows Home Server, Windows Phone 7 & iPad. We’ll discuss the video and audio formats & apps used, network configurations, and show how to access your digital media inside or outside the home or office.

Sneak peek at the presentation:

We’ll go through this virtual Digital Home and explain it one room at a time, explain which equipment is needed, best practices for setting it up, and leave plenty of time for Q&A.

Registration:
Registration is NOT required for this event.

Registration is OPEN, and you are cordially invited!

Event: SMB MVP Community Roadshow
Sponsored by: HP, Microsoft & SBSMigration.com
Local Host: Kentucky Small Business Server User Group
(KYSBSUG)
Date: Thursday January 19, 2012
Doors open: 12:00 noon Eastern
Start time: 12:30 PM Eastern
End time: 4:30 PM Eastern

Venue: Republic Bank & Trust building
Location: Across from The Summit shopping center
Address: 9600 Brownsboro Rd, Louisville, KY 40241
Room: Large conference room, lower level

Lunch: FREE
Parking: FREE
Registration: FREE
Registration URL:
http://mvptour2011.sbsmigration.com/event_selector.php?event_id=205

Map (click for directions):

Street View:

Event Description:
The SMB MVPs are delighted to bring their International SMB MVP Community Roadshow to Louisville on Thursday January 19, 2012.
This is a chance to hear first-hand from your peers in the field how they are implementing the New SMB Stack from Microsoft and see it actually demo’d on current shipping HP hardware. This is not a canned sales pitch, this is a live demo by some of the SMB MVP’s on real world scenarios they are deploying today.

Each stop on the tour will be a little different as the presenters change as the tour progresses and they also have the flexibility to shape the discussion to fit the local audience.

This is a free event, but seating is limited so you must register to attend.
REGISTER TODAY!

KYSBSUG October 2011 – Meeting #92
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials (WSSE)
Presenter: Kevin Royalty [SBS-MVP]
Date: Thursday October 13, 2011
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM Eastern
Venue: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243

This event is FREE, but due to limited seating, registration *IS* required.
Registration URL: http://kysbsug92.eventbrite.com

Description:
There has been a lot of talk about Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials(formerly code named "Breckenridge") which is like Windows Home Server, but on steroids: 
http://blogs.technet.com/b/storageserver/archive/2010/11/08/announcing-windows-storage-server-2008-r2-essentials.aspx

Unfortunately, there hasn’t been much in the way of hardware from vendors.
Good news though – this month Kevin Royalty [SBS-MVP] is coming to Louisville to visit the Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) to show both the software AND the hardware available for WSSE.

KYSBSUG September 2011 – Meeting #91 – 3CX
Presenter: Allen Miller from AMCC
Date: Thursday September 8, 2011
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243
Registration URL: Due to limited seating, registration *IS* required.
Click here to register today!

Thanks all for a super-fun meeting last night!
Here are the links for the items we discussed:

• WHS Client Backup Notifier (the simple one I use)
  http://blog.tentaclesoftware.com/archive/2010/08/01/97.aspx
• Alex Kuretz WHS Remote Notification program (more powerful)
  http://www.remotenotification.com/2011/04/20/version-1-5-0-7-released
• Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Homepage
  http://www.microsoft.com/windows/multipoint/
• Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Evaluation Download (3.3 GB ISO)
  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=3188a587-3542-4dda-99b3-551cdabe581f
• Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 Library on TechNet
  http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg609207.aspx
• DD-WRT (open source router firmware)
  http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index
• ShadowProtect Virtual (new SP version just for virtual machines)
  http://www.storagecraft.com/blog/tag/shadowprotect-virtual/
• DisplayLink for the iPad (use your iPad as an external monitor for your PC)
  http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/displaylink/id411678720?mt=8
• The Dale shirt from “Have U Rebooted Yet”
  http://www.cafepress.com/haveurebootedyet/

KYSBSUG February 2011 Meeting #84
Topic: Swing Migration
Presenter: Tim Barrett
Date: Wednesday February 16, 2011
Time: 6:30-8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243
Map: Click here
Registration is NOT required for this meeting.

Description:

If you’ve been doing IT support in the SMB space for any amount of time, you’ve heard of a “Swing Migration” from www.sbsmigration.com and of Jeff Middleton [SBS-MVP]. In this meeting we’ll break down the steps of the SBS Migration process to give first-timers an idea of what to expect, and we’ll cover some of the gotchas to look out for and the best practices.

KYSBSUG June 2010 Meeting #76 – What’s New in Office 2010
Presenter: Tim Barrett
Date: Wednesday June 23, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243
Map: Click here

IMPORTANT: Due to a scheduling conflict, we’re meeting on the 4th Wednesday this month, not the typical 3rd Wednesday.

Description:
Office 2010 is currently available through volume licensing, and it’ll be in the big box stores mid-June. Have you used Office 2010, and are you ready to talk to customers about what’s new? Join us and take a tour of the new features that’ll help businesses work faster and smarter, and leave with resources to answer client and employee questions about Office 2010.

Doorprizes:

• Drawing for a boxed copy of Office Professional 2010 (NFR)
• Drawing for a copy of Matt Hester’s book
  “Windows Server 2007 R2 Administration Instant Reference”

Registration URL:
Due to limited seating, registration *is* required.
Click here to register today!

We’ve talked at KYSBSUG about Hyper-V, and now we’ve got two excellent speakers to present the other ‘elephant in the room’ – VMware.

VMware offers both for-free and for-fee tools to handle virtualization needs both large and small. Come see how VMware stacks up to Hyper-V, Citrix, and the other virtualization competitors. Can you virtualize SBS with VMware? Should you? Come find out!

KYSBSUG May 2010 – Meeting #75 – VMware
Presenters: Michael Patrick & Craig Stein from The Mirazon Group
Date: Wednesday May 18, 2010
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: The Mirazon Group
Address: 312 Whittington Parkway, Suite 111, Louisville, Kentucky 40222
Map: Click here
Registration URL: Due to limited seating, registration *IS* required.
Click here to register today!

Important: This meeting is at a different venue this month (not at Money Concepts). Check the map link if you’ve not been there before.

The Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) meeting #74 last week on Hard Drive Recovery had a fantastic turnout! I’d like to thank all who attended and a special thanks to Craig Mayfield for a killer presentation!

Here are the links for the resources mentioned in the presentation:

• Streaming recording of the entire presentation (2 hours 4 minutes):
  http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/6366671
• Craig On-Site Computer Support – http://www.craigonsite.com
• Ubuntu – http://www.ubuntu.com 
• DD-WRT – http://www.dd-wrt.com 
• OpenWrt – http://openwrt.org 
• OpenDNS – http://www.opendns.com
• Lexington Microsoft User Group (LexMUG) – http://lexmug.ning.com
• DriveSavers – http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com
• Ontrack – http://www.ontrackdatarecovery.com
• Eraser – http://eraser.heidi.ie
• WipeDrive – http://www.whitecanyon.com/wipedrive-erase-hard-drive.php
• Active @ Kill Disk – http://www.killdisk.com
• DiskExplorer – http://www.runtime.org/diskexplorer.htm
• DriveImage XML – http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm
• GetDataBack – http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm
• SpinRite – http://www.grc.com/spinrite.htm
• BartPE – http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder
• StorageCraft Shadow Protect – http://www.storagecraft.com
• Acronis – http://www.acronis.com
• PC-3000 – http://www.pc3000.com
• DeepSpar Data Recovery – http://www.deepspar.com
• PCB Solution – http://www.onepcbsolution.com
• HDDGURU – http://hddguru.com
• Scott Moulton YouTube Hard Drive Videos
  http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperFlyFlippingA
• Scott Moulton’s Website
  http://www.myharddrivedied.com
• Technical Self-Employment Is A Fat Paycheck Waiting to Be Pocketed
  http://www.koozie.org/2004/10/freelance_tech_.html