[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Justin Crosby and Mark Stanfill] Symptoms The EBS Administration Console may crash if illegal characters are  present in devices reported back to WSUS and SCE.  The symptoms are that the console will fail...

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Stephen Li] Windows Essential Business Server 2008 & Preparation and Planning Wizards Update Rollup 1 have been released. Update Rollup 1 for Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (KB961448) addresses the following...

The EBS team wants to extend a HUGE thank you to our MVPs that provided their presence, support and insight at the EBS booth at TechEd 2009 in Los Angeles, CA. From custom buttons, informational card handouts, discussions with hundreds of attendees about...

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] The EBS Administration Console may crash if the IIS application pool default is configured to allow 32-bit applications. The SCE console will also crash with a distinct error: System.InvalidOperationException...

A new TechEd tech talk interview, a 10 minute product overview on Windows Essential Business Server 2008, is now live -- New Windows Infrastructure Solution for Midsized Companies . Interviewed is Eric Watson, Principal Group Program Manager for EBS....

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] EBS Hotfix KB 957755 is now available and being offered to all EBS Management Servers through Microsoft Update. This hotfix resolves an issue where the SCE Administration Console shows an error when...

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] Updated 10/14/2009 with additional steps for Security Server. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition with Advanced Services Service Pack 3 (KB955706) fails to install on the EBS Management Server...

John Joyner, a Microsoft MVP for Operations Manager and Senior Architect at ClearPointe, will be including Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS) in the following presentation at Microsoft Tech · Ed North America 2009 : VIR306 Using Microsoft...