MVPs

From Chris Rue..... his mobility survey is up

2008-05-12T23:07:00Z

From Chris Rue..... his mobility survey is up I posted about the survey on The Funcave here: http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/mobility-session-survey-available-now-for-nola-attendees.html Direct link to survey here: http://ecycle.blackwarriortech.com/nola08/Lists/Mobility%20Survey/NewForm.aspx?Source=http%3A%2F%2Fecycle%2Eblackwarriortech%2Ecom%2Fnola08%2FLists%2FMobility%2520Survey%2Foverview%2Easpx If you were there, and heard my session, please take a minute to fill out the survey (it’s...(read more)

In five years

2008-05-12T23:03:00Z

Man if that isn’t a fitting billboard that I saw in the Denver airport after this weekend’s conference? "In five years, businesses will rely on technologies yet to be invented" What do you want to be when you grow up? On the plane home and not awake enough to be reading the PowerShell book, but enough awake to do a little offline blogging. What should be the one takeaway from this weekend? What do you want to be when you grow up? IT is a young “company” and the industry is still pretty...(read more)

Limited time offer: Free subscription to PC Magazine

2008-05-12T12:55:28Z

If you love getting free quality tech magazines, then I've got some good news for you! My buddy Kiltak over at Geeks are Sexy is offering you a free subscription to PC Magazine , with no strings attached! "PC Magazine is America’s #1 technology Read More......(read more)

Wow to some, horrors to others

2008-05-12T08:52:00Z

The earlier post that Mark Crall made about client backup being out of SBS has a few folks looking at the 2008 lineup of products. One person questioned if the removal of client backup was big thing, or a small thing. The funny thing is when I first mentioned about how folks used the Home Server to backup desktops, someone I know was so very much "ho hum" about that piece it wasn't funny. In his eyes it was a liability ... that if you had such unique stuff on a workstation that it had...(read more)

PDF attachments for the handouts given out at the session

2008-05-11T15:23:00Z

I'm reposting up here the links to the handouts from yesterday. If you'd like to hand them out at User Group meetings, please do so. PDF attachments for the handouts given out at the session: How to allow Quickbooks to run as a non administrator Download How to deploy Vista in your SBS 2003 network Download How to install Quickbooks 2006 on a Vista Computer Download How to install Vista SP1 on your Vista RTM system Download...(read more)

What is managed services?

2008-05-11T14:45:00Z

What exactly IS managed servcies? Is it monitoring? Is it taking responsibility throughout the entire network? Mark Crall says that managed services is such a broad term that in the end, all will offer managed services. Some of this thoughts...Predetermined price, predetermined contract, consistency that can be predicted. Whether we know it or not, all will offer managed services whether or not it aligns with what the industry is defining it. Can really small providers survive in the competition...(read more)

Sharing this

2008-05-11T09:21:00Z

Just so you don't get the idea that conferences in New Orleans are all about fuzzy pictures of folks riding mechanical bulls in a New Orleans bar that will go unnamed so we can blackmail them later, the best part of the SBSMigration conference just finished up about 10 minutes ago. Yes, that's 4 a.m. in the morning to the folks in New Orleans. The talking to folks in the lobby for several hours, getting a better understanding. Talking about the industry, the peers, the perceptions, the future...(read more)

Why Vista?

2008-05-10T23:00:00Z

So there has been this thread in several listserves between those that have embraced Vista and those that see Windows XP as what they embrace. And invariably folks ask “ what does Vista have that my clients want ?” Before we get my reasons listed here let’s get the elephants in the room satisfied. It’s slower. It’s bloated. It doesn’t have anything my clients need or want. It takes more RAM . ..and so on….. In my opinion what the yes or no to Vista comes down to is good or bad experiences with hardware...(read more)

Microsoft Says No Client Backup In SBS 2008

2008-05-10T20:23:00Z

Microsoft Says No Client Backup In SBS 2008 <http://crn.com/software/207601736?cid=ChannelWebBreakingNews> Microsoft has confirmed it won't be including PC client backup when it releases *Small Business Server 2008* later this year. ChannelWeb Breaking News - http://crn.com <http://crn.com>...(read more)

The view from Calyptix

2008-05-10T18:46:00Z

Benjamin is talking about how small businesses have 80% of the employees, in many cases small businesses need more security as we represent more nodes on the Internet. Complete features, active directory, no seat licenses, the number of users are the recommended people hanging off the device. http://www.calyptix.com/ae500.php , Check it out....(read more)

What runs your server?

2008-05-10T17:58:00Z

According to Chris Rue it's gerbels and monkeys... but he's making the point that you have to learn how to crawl before you walk.. and from walk to run. Stand up a site. Blow it up. Kill it. It's okay. But the only way you will learn SharePoint is to blow it up. You have it under the hood in SBS 2003. The thing that holds most people back is the backup/restore of SharePoint. They don't understand it. Start playing with version 3 now as it has much more backup and version control....(read more)

Having problems with Zune connecting to YouTube feeds?

2008-05-10T17:13:00Z

http://www.zune.net/en-US/support/webhelp/C00D11D2.htm?&webhelp_mpver=2.5.447.0&webhelp_id=C00D11D2&webhelp_contextid=0&webhelp_originalid=80070005&webhelp_locale=en-US Sometimes one has to wonder about instructions, take a look at Zune's "debugging your internet problems". It seems to me that looking at the firewall may be the way to start first, not all the third party tool add ons. (link courtesy of Mark Crall who looks even better when he's glistening)...(read more)

Chris Almida is on tap

2008-05-10T15:44:00Z

...after a few hiccups..... Chris Almida gave a talk about their migration plans. One thing that should be clear to everyone here is when the public beta opens up one of the things you should get ready for is migration. Get a test bed. Build a test SBS box. Test the answer file/setup tool. Test a migration and make sure you document the processes you will do in migration....(read more)

Chris Almeda is on tap

2008-05-10T15:44:00Z

...after a few hiccups..... one thing that should be clear to everyone here is when the public beta opens up one of the things you should get ready for is migration. Get a test bed. Build a test SBS box. Test the answer file/setup tool. Test a migration and make sure you document the processes you will do in migration....(read more)

Calyptix at lunch

2008-05-10T15:25:00Z

http://blog.calyptix.com/2008/05/calyptix-at-sbsmigrationcoms-it-pro.html For those here at the conference, Calyptix will be having a special session at lunchtime regarding their unified threat management SMB firewall unit. Check them out!...(read more)