Unless you’ve been living in a cave this week, you probably heard that at Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 Microsoft announced previews of two new products in the SBS family code named “Aurora” and SBS “7”. If you didn’t make it to WPC, check out both videos from Microsoft Senior Program Manager Lead, Becky Ochs: Windows [...]

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Rating 3.00 out of 5

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You know her, you love her, and she’s back! We’re talking about none other than Beatrice Mulzer. Anyone who’s been around the SMB space for a while will remember Bea for her well known books like the Top 15 SMB Consultants the 70-282 Exam Prep and the Small Business Specialist Primer. Bea is back and [...]

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Just because a port is open in RRAS or ISA (circa SBS 2003) doesn’t mean that it isn’t being blocked elsewhere, like at the ISP or because port forwarding isn’t setup properly in your firewall. Sometimes you need an outside view of the external ports on your internet connection. DISCLAIMER – Only open the ports [...]

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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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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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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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