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.

An international tour for SMB IT Pros is about to start rolling, and the first stop on the tour is in Cincinnati, Ohio next week.

Title: SMB MVP Community Roadshow Sponsored by HP and Microsoft
Date: Wednesday June 1, 2011
Time: 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Eastern
Venue: Cincinnati State – Evendale
Address: 10110 Reading Rd, Cincinnati, OH 45241
Cost: FREE

Registration URL for Cincinnati: http://cinpa201106.eventbrite.com/

Topics:

• SBS 2011 Standard
• SBS 2011 Essentials
• Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials
• Windows MultiPoint Server 2011

Some of the MVPs presenting / attending:

• Amy Babinchak
• Jeff Middleton
• Kevin Royalty
• Tim Barrett
• Possibly more!

This is the first stop on a HUGE tour that will be hitting locations in the USA, Canada, Europe and down under in Australia! The tour will be coming to Louisville as well – more news on that date and time soon.

Here are the user group events for May, 2011 in the area, listed by date:

Kentucky-Indiana PC Users Group (KIPCUG)
http://www.kipcug.com
Tue May 10, 2011 (6:15-9:00 PM Eastern)

Lexington Microsoft Users Group (LexMUG)
http://lexmug.com
Wed May 11, 2011 (11:30AM-1:00PM Eastern)

Kentucky Small Business Server User Group (KYSBSUG)
http://www.kysbsug.org
Thu May 12, 2011 (6:30-8:30 PM Eastern)

Kentuckiana Virtualization User Group (KVUG)
http://www.kvug.info
Fri May 20, 2011 (1:00-4:00 PM Eastern)

Louisville Microsoft User Group (LouMUG)
http://www.loumug.org
Fri May 20, 2011 (11:30-1:30 PM Eastern)

OTHER USER GROUPS IN THE AREA

Louisville Citrix User Group
http://www.meetup.com/citrixlouisville/

Louisville Area VMware User Group (VMUG)
http://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/vmug/forums/us-central/louisville

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!

It’s been a busy month in Louisville already with TechNet and MSDN here last week on March 4, 2010. And we’ve got some more stuff coming your way:

**First March 2010 Meeting**
6-YEAR KYSBSUG ANNIVERSARY
Date: Wednesday March 17, 2010
Time: 5:30 – 7:30 PM Eastern (or whenever everybody leaves)
Venue: Howl At The Moon
Address: 4th Street Live, Louisville, KY
URL:  Click here

Parking: 423 South 5th Street
(Usually $3-$5, or free after 6PM)

Door Prizes: There are no door prizes for this meeting, but there are lots of low/no cost stuff to enjoy

• Free cover charge for KYSBSUG attendees
• Free buffet 5:30 – 7:30 PM
• Attendees receive first two drinks for $0.50 / each (well drinks, long island teas, domestic beer, house wines, house margaritas, DeKuyper cordials)
• ½ off all drinks until 9 PM

Registration for this event is NOT required for this event, but you must be over 21 to enter the venue.

**Second March 2010 Meeting**
KYSBSUG Meeting #73 – Windows Server 2008 R2 IT Pro Tour
Presenter: Matt Hester, Microsoft TechNet Presenter (in person)
Date: Monday March 29, 2010
Time: 6:30 – 8:30 PM Eastern
Venue: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townepark Circle, Louisville, KY 40243
Registration: We will be providing dinner and door prizes, so registration IS required.
Registration URL: Click here

Description:

Here’s your chance to connect with your local IT Pro Community AND meet Matt Hester, your local IT Professional Evangelist! Now that the dust has settled and the boxes are mostly unpacked from Matt’s relocation to Ohio.  He wants to meet you and get to know you! What a better way than with Windows Server® 2008 R2, giveaways and food!!

Matt Hester will be talking about the many administrative benefits of Windows Server® 2008 R2, including improvements to Active Directory, PowerShell, Group Policy and much more.  He will also talk about his experiences with his recently published book Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Administration Instant Reference. Ultimately, this evening is for you – so bring your questions, prepare to have some fun and expect to learn more about Windows Server® 2008 R2.  This should be a fun and exciting evening!

Matt will have a couple copies of his book to give away and other fun stuff. Be sure to attend and learn more of what Windows Server® 2008 R2 has to offer!

This is your chance to give feedback on how Matt and Microsoft can help your local community efforts. We hope you’ll join us for an evening of fun and peer-to-peer networking with your local IT Pro Community!

Special Thanks:

We’d like to thank the folks that helped bring this month together.

• Jeff Slyn of SLYN Systems & Peripherals for doing an AWESOME job once again of pulling together the venue and specials for the first meeting on the 17th.
• Mallory Sizemore from Howl At The Moon for hosting our meeting on the 17th.
• Matt Hester of Microsoft for coming to Louisville for the second meeting to present and for providing dinner on the 29th.
• Lee Johnson of Sentry Computer Systems for hosting us at Money Concepts again on the 29th.

I hope to see many of you this month as we wrap up our 6th year of free monthly meetings, and jump right into our 7th year!

Invitation – January 2010 KYSBSUG Meeting #71
Meeting Date: Wednesday January 20, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM Eastern
Location: Money Concepts
Address: 323 Townpark Circle, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40243
Topic: “Password Security and Password Cracking”

Guest Presenter: Dana Epp, MVP (Enterprise Security)
Founder & President of Scorpion Software (makers of AuthAnvil)

Website: http://www.scorpionsoft.com/
MVP: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Dana.Epp
Blog: http://silverstr.ufies.org/blog/

Description: Dana Epp is an industry-recognized expert in security and Microsoft MVP (2006-2010). Dana will talk about local and remote password security in SBS and SMB networks. He’ll also talk about topics such as two-factor authentication and tell you how you can implement this technology for your employees and customers.

Following Dana’s presentation, we’ll have a hands-on lab to demonstrate some of the tools on the market and methods to test (and break) passwords.

6:30 – 6:45 – Local events & introductions
6:45 – 7:30 – Dana Epp presentation (via GoToMeeting)
7:30 – 7:45 – Dana Q&A
7:45 – 8:20 – Hands-on Lab
8:20 – 8:30 – Door prize drawing and wrap-up

Door Prize: This month our door prize is an NFR copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.

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
• Linux for SBSers
• Vista Loadfest
• FolderShare for Remote Workers
• SBS Hacks
• SQL 2005 Launch Event
• Windows Mobile Boot Camp
• DD-WRT
• Office 2007 / Vista Road Show
• Windows 7
• SBS 2008
• Essential Business Server (EBS) 2008
• Windows Home Server (WHS)
• Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)
• Response Point
• And vendor presentations like ConnectWise, Level Platforms, eFolder, New Horizons, etc., just to name a few.

Over the years we’ve had numerous well-known speakers, including: Amy Luby, Ronald Grattopp (Microsoft), Brian Von Axleson (Microsoft), Chris Rue [MVP], Kevin Royalty [MVP], Allen Miller, and many more. We’ve had study groups, round table meetings, and Live Meetings with visitors from all around the USA, Canada, and even as far away as Belgium.

In short, we’ve really done a lot in the last 5 years, and we’d like to invite you to celebrate with us! There will be food, door prizes, and lots of networking opportunities. Please register today!

Evening – KYSBSUG 5-Year Anniversary
Date: Thursday March 19, 2009
Time: 5:30 PM Eastern (GMT –5)
Venue: Fifth Quarter Steakhouse
Address: 1241 Durrett Lane, Louisville, KY 40213
Phone: (502) 361-2363
Map: http://tinyurl.com/bhrmqb
Registration Link: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=136756

IMPORTANT: This venue was chosen because it’s only a few blocks away from the Microsoft events that are happening earlier that day (which you should also attend):

Morning – Microsoft TS2 – 03/19/2009, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern
Topics: Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS), EBS 2008 & SBS 2008
Venue: Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport (formerly Executive West Hotel)
Register: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032402683

Afternoon – Microsoft SB2 – 03/19/2009, 1:00 PM – 4:30 PM Eastern
Topics: Solution selling w/ Vista, EBS 2008 & SBS 2008
Venue: Crowne Plaza Louisville Airport (formerly Executive West Hotel)
Presenter: Ronald Grattopp
Register: http://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032402690

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 to speed, books, and a little bit about Hyper-V and SBS. Time has been allotted at the end of this presentation for extensive Q&A.

The good news is that you don’t even need to get in your car – we’re bringing this meeting to you via Microsoft Live Meeting so as many people that want to can attend!

Date: Wednesday 02/18/2009
Start time: 6:30 PM Eastern (GMT -5)
End time: 8:00 PM Eastern (or whenever there are no more questions)
Presenter: Tim Barrett
Topic: SBS 2008 / EBS 2008
Seating in the Live Meeting is limited to the first 50 people, so sign up ASAP!

Registration URL: http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=135942

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 Nickason – Rochester, New York, USA
• Eriq Neale – Denton, Texas, USA
• Kevin Royalty – Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
• Oliver Sommer – Detmold, Germany (who got moved to EBS-MVP)
• Kevin Weilbacher – Tampa, Florida, USA
• and the newest SBS-MVP, Philip Elder Edmonton, AB, Canada

Congratulations folks!

Also, sadly Michael Jenkins is retiring from the MVP program, but he’ll still continue to be heavily involved and very active in the SBS/SMB community. Thanks for all of your hard work Michael.

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 Bullitt Lane, Louisville, KY 40222
• COST: FREE + whatever you choose to spend on food.
• EXTRAS: Free appetizers, pool tables, really cool door prizes
• WHO’S INVITED: KYSBSUG Members, IT Pros, Network Admins & folks interested in Microsoft Technologies
• MAP: Click here of click the picture below for a satellite image & directions

The venue of the Fox & Hound should be very familiar to everyone. We’ve had one KYSBSUG meeting there already, as well as the Louisville Geek Dinner events. (Note – This time we’ll be on the right-side rooms as you walk in the door).

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY:

In March 2004, at a Microsoft TS2 event in Louisville, Kentucky, a very nervous Microsoft SBS user stood up in front of the crowd and announced the first SBS User Group meeting in Kentucky.  Happily, people showed up at that first meeting, and they’ve showing up every month since then.

48 months later… it’s amazing how much has changed, even just from a software perspective.

For example, here’s some Microsoft software that’s come out since meeting #1:

• Office XP Service Pack 3
• SBS 2003 Service Pack 1
• SQL 2005
• Office 2003 Service Pack 2
• SBS 2003 R2
• Microsoft Vista
• Microsoft Office 2007
• Exchange 2007
• Windows Mobile 6
• Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
• Windows Home Server
• Office 2007 Service Pack 1
• Vista Service Pack 1
• Office 2003 Service Pack 3
• Windows Server 2008
• Centro (Windows Essential Business Server 2008)
• Cougar Beta 2 TR (SBS 2008)

…and that list is FAR from complete – there are tons more servers and desktop & productivity applications that have come out in the last 4 years.

HOW THE GROUP HAS GROWN

Our local SBS group in Louisville, KY has gone through quite a lot of meetings and changes since this all began.  We started with 7 folks, 3 pizzas, a conference room, no WiFi, and no PowerPoint slides. Since then:

• 48 consecutive monthly meetings
• 130 subscribers to the mailing list
• SBS Partner Tour March 2005 – Hosting.com (70+ attendees)
• 70-282 Study Group & Cram Sessions
• SBS Partner Tour September 2006 – Indiana University (110+ attendees)
• Live presentations by Microsoft TS2 & Technet folks
• In-person & webcast presentations by Microsoft MVPs from Ohio, Alabama, Florida, Iowa & California
• Meeting attendees via LiveMeeting and web cam from all over the USA, Canada, and even Belgium
• Enough pizza, subs, napkins, plates, cups & 2-liters to fill a couple of minivans (at least)
• And 1 really cool cake

It’s been a great ride, and we’d like to celebrate it with you. We’d like to ask your help in spreading the word about the event, and we look forward to seeing as many people turn out as possible.

REGISTER TODAY!
https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=126608 

SPECIAL THANKS:

The Kentucky Small Business Server User Group would like to extend a special ‘thank you’ to Jeff Slyn (Owner) of SLYN Systems & Peripherals and Katie Goldstein (Event Coordinator) and Scott Hack (General Manager) of Fox and Hound Pub and Grille for their invaluable assistance in organizing this event!  You guys totally rock!!