MVPs

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

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:07:00 GMT

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...(read more)

In five years

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:03:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Limited time offer: Free subscription to PC Magazine

Confessions of a freeware junkie — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:55:28 GMT

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)

Wow to some, horrors to others

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:52:00 GMT

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...(read more)

PDF attachments for the handouts given out at the session

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:23:00 GMT

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...(read more)

What is managed services?

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sun, 11 May 2008 14:45:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Sharing this

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sun, 11 May 2008 09:21:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Why Vista?

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Microsoft Says No Client Backup In SBS 2008

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sat, 10 May 2008 20:23:00 GMT

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...(read more)

The view from Calyptix

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:46:00 GMT

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...(read more)

What runs your server?

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:58:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Having problems with Zune connecting to YouTube feeds?

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:13:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Chris Almida is on tap

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:44:00 GMT

...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...(read more)

Chris Almeda is on tap

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:44:00 GMT

...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...(read more)

Calyptix at lunch

THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS "DIVA" — Sat, 10 May 2008 15:25:00 GMT

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)