Microsoft TechNet Event Primary Target Audience: Microsoft Partners Start: Wed 12/2/2009 8:30 Eastern End: Wed 12/2/2009 12:00 PM Eastern Venue: Kentucky Intl. Convention Center Address: 2210 Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40202 Registration: Free Agenda: Session 1: Introducing Windows 7 Session 2: Introduction to Windows Server 2008 R2 Session 3: Introducing Exchange Server 2010 Registration URL: [...]

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This is a friendly reminder about the August KYSBSUG Meeting tonight: Group: Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) Meeting #: 66 Meeting Date: Wednesday August 19, 2009 Time: 6:30 PM Eastern Location: Money Concepts Address: 323 Townpark Circle, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40243 Map: Click here for map on Bing.com Presenter: Tim Barrett Topic: [...]

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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 [...]

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This week, Thursday March 19, 2009 marks the 5-Year Anniversary of the Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG). Where did the time go? It’s pretty amazing to look back at all the events and topics we’ve covered in the last 60+ months. Some of the highlights we’ve met on include: Backup & Disaster Recovery [...]

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Event Title: 5W/50 Series – New Generation Certifications: Program Overview & Certification Resources Available for the SBSC Community Date: Monday April 20, 2009 Time: 12:00 PM Eastern (GMT –5) Duration: 1 hour Presenters: Deborah Vosler (Microsoft) & Mark Crall (Tech Care Team, Inc.) Cost: Free Registration: Click here (Microsoft Partners Only) Description: Learn why Microsoft [...]

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Today Microsoft announced the SKUs for Windows 7. The version lineup is different than Vista. Home Basic is now only available in “emerging markets”, and a new “Starter” edition has been added for lower-powered PCs (think netbooks). That’s a bit of a reversal compared to Vista where “Home Basic” was on just about every PC [...]

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I got an email from Microsoft that I’ve just received the Small Business Server Most Valuable Professional [SBS-MVP] award for 2009. Yay! Also re-awarded with the SBS-MVP this January are several others, including: Stuart Applegate – Brisbane, QLD, Australia Steven Banks – Seattle, Washington, USA Mick Malloy (aka Super Gumby) – Sydney, NSW, Australia Dave [...]

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It seems like everybody has an opinion about Vista these days, and more often than not, it’s a negative opinion based on press / advertising / word of mouth / and perception rather than hands-on experience (think ‘Mojave Experiment’). If you’re a Microsoft Partner and you’d like to know how to handle these objections and [...]

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It’s been five long years since SBS 2003 was released (and over two years since SBS 2003 R2 came out). Tomorrow is the big day: Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008 launch event! You can tune in LIVE! Details: Date – Wed November 12, 2008 Time – 11:00 AM Eastern (GMT [...]

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For five days this week I’m in Issaquah, Washington (southeast of Seattle) at the Microsoft Sammamish campus for the special SBS 2008 training that Microsoft arranged for the SBS-MVPs. So far the training has been absolutely fantastic. This is, by far, the most in-depth and valuable software training I’ve ever received, and I am tremendously [...]

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