Good news for SMB Resellers interested in getting the scoop on SBS 2008 – Microsoft has recently announced the SBS 2008 Partner Group Tour, so go ahead and block the date on your calendar (these are typically evening events). Unfortunately, the tour can’t come to every city, but there are 14 stops planned so far.  [...]

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If you’re involved in small business, you need to attend the Third Annual Microsoft Small Business Summit, March 24 – 27, 2008.  This FREE online event provides hours of valuable small business programming each day. You’ll get tips, advice, and secrets from experts, all designed to make the hats you wear each day fit more [...]

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03/19/2008 @ 6:30 PM EST – REGISTER TODAY! INVITATION: You are cordially invited to the 48th consecutive Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG) meeting! TOPIC: 4-Year KYSBSUG Anniversary Party (Meeting #48) WHEN: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 @ 6:30pm – 8:30 PM EST VENUE: Fox and Hound Pub and Grille – Google Map ADDRESS: 302 [...]

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Recently I started using a new Outlook plug-in called Xobni (thanks for the invite Nick!)  Xobni isn’t new. In fact Bill Gates talked about it over a year ago: What Xobni Does Basically, Xobni (pronounced ‘zob-nee’) lets you track email relationships, conversations, connections with others, and (my favorite feature) provides a no-search list of files [...]

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Tucked away in a hidden location inside the FunCave (can’t tellya, hafta killya) is a new project code named: “TruckFullOfNinjas” TFON (I call dibs on the acronym, Chris) has been tasked with resolving an issue known simply as; “The Biggest Problem With Windows“.  “Sounds like hype” you say? Well, don’t be too quick to judge. [...]

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Great news, especially for folks in Kentucky! Matthew Snoddy (NetworkTherapists.com) has announced the launch of a new SBS group, and the first meeting is next week after the Microsoft TS2 event in Lexington. Here are the details: Lexington SBS User Group Location: Lexington, Kentucky USA Website: http://www.lexsbs.com Launch date: Thursday January 17, 2008 Everyone is [...]

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Microsoft is coming to Lexington, Kentucky next week! Thursday January 17, 2008Theater-Regal Hamburg Pavilion Stadium 16  1949 Starshoot RoadLexington Kentucky 40509 Microsoft TS2 EventStart: 1/17/2008 1:00 PM EasternEnd:  1/17/2008 5:00 PM EasternRegistration Fee: NoPrimary Target Audience:  Microsoft Partnershttp://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032361986 Microsoft TechNet EventStart: 1/17/2008 8:00 AM EasternEnd:  1/17/2008 12:00 PM EasternRegistration Fee: NoPrimary Target Audience:  IT Professionalshttp://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032359668 [...]

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I read a LOT of blogs. And by a lot, I confess that it sometimes creeps up to triple digits (in feeds, not just posts). So, since this is the first Saturday of the year, I’m doing the annual pruning the dead wood from the RSS reader. Who gets the axe? The stale, the blog [...]

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The last 7 days have been very, in a word, surreal.  In more words… Emotional. Educational. Annoying. Bittersweet. Introspective. Exhausting. Enlightening. Contrasting. Even cathartic.  The details are unimportant, a nuisance really.  Because it’s simply impossible to encapsulate and articulate in this format. I doubt Jack Bauer could do it. And without the proper context, it’s [...]

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I surfed over to Vladville tonight to sign up for the new Vladville Newsletter.  Yet, I couldn’t help noticing not 1, not 2, but precisely 5 pictures of Vlad on the same page: http://www.vladville.com/introducing-the-vladville-newsletter  I actually had to zoom out in Internet Explorer (Control + and – ) to get them all in one screenshot.  [...]

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