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, [...]

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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?  [...]

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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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SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 have been out for several months, but are you using it yet? Are your customers? Join us for this presentation and learn what’s new in SBS 2008, where the pricing sweet spots are, and gotchas to watch out for. We’ll talk about the training that’s available to get you up [...]

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Hot off the presses, just got a case of the “Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed” books in.   The circle is complete! On to the next project. Rating 3.00 out of 5

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Back in 2005 I was privileged to be one of the co-authors of “Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 Unleashed”. As I’m sure most authors can attest, working on a book is a very unique and eye-opening experience.  It takes a lot of time, work, testing, research and commitment to crank out a book, but in [...]

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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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Two classrooms full of Microsoft MVPs, all working on an SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 migrations on identical equipment (Dell Optiplex servers with Core 2 Quad processors w/ 8 GB of RAM). Lots of talking, lots of flexing, lots of reading. Who won? Team “Tim & Vlad”. Proof, baby: Rating 3.00 out of 5

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I’ve had a couple folks today ask about other stops on the SBS 2008 Tour. Here are the remaining dates and the URL to register: Downers Grove, IL – Tuesday, September 16 Irving, TX – Wednesday, September 17 Minneapolis, MN – Thursday, September 18 South Field, MI – Wednesday, September 17 Waltham, MA – Thursday, [...]

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