[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Vikramjit Singh and Mark Stanfill] You may receive the following error after you add the 25-character alpha-numeric product key using the “Add Cal Pack Keys Wizard” on the EBS console Licensing tab. Error Adding CAL...

Security is of paramount importance in organization any size; it is no surprise that strong security solutions are deployed to protect various assets that provide the competitive advantage in the ever so challenging medium-sized business (up to 300 users...

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Becky Lymberis] For many midsize businesses, a day in the IT department is often about putting out fires and running to users’ desktops to troubleshoot issues. Problems like this are not uncommon; with fewer resources...

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of David Fabritius] Midsize businesses interested in upgrading to Exchange Server 2007 should consider Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) 2008. EBS 2008 is an integrated software suite that is designed and...

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] On EBS Management Servers with the Windows Essential Business Server SharePoint Add-in installed, you may see the an event similar to the one below in the Application Log in Event Viewer every 5 minutes...

In the Redmond Reader’s Choice Awards newly expanded 2009 survey, Windows Essential Business Server 2008 won Best Group Policy Manager honors in a field of 22 products. Although new to the category, Windows Essential Business Server 2008 came out on top...

[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] By default, TMG disallows WMI traffic as part of its security hardening.  However, the Microsoft IT Environment Health Scanner ( direct download ) requires WMI to collect data for its analysis...

Lots of news on Essential Business Server today! After months of development, the release candidate (a very near feature complete version of the EBS software) is now available for download for anyone who would like to try it out (we call this a Public...

Hello from SMB Summit, Day 2 in Dallas, TX! If you couldn't make it to this event, here's a few highlights from this yesterday: Again, another packed room all day! Mark Stanfill, from our support escalation team, polled the audience "How many of you...

Things continue to ramp up as the team is getting the product ready for launch: More people testing the product in production (Technical Adoption Program (TAP)) More people testing the product in their labs/non production (Techbeta - see my other...

Yesterday Windows Essential Business Server was included in the Intel Keynote at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Tom Kilroy the Vice President, General Manager for Digital Enterprise Group presented on solutions that enable Intel channel partners to...

Windows Essential Business Server is a new product and information is just becoming available. Many people have heard about it from a friend, a recent conference, or an article in the press, and ask me where to go to read up more about it. Over the last...

An excerpt from the Level Platforms press release: Level Platforms announces immediate delivery of comprehensive best practices monitoring and management for the next wave of Microsoft products for small and midsize businesses. Level Platforms Partners...

Today we are proud to invite you to attend the official launch of Essential Business Server (EBS) 2008 and Small Business Server (SBS) 2008, making up the Windows Essential Server Solution (WESS) product line, at www.thedreamserver.com . Considering...

How often can you chat live and directly to the EBS product team? Visit the WESS (SBS and EBS) booth at the virtual tradeshow by 4pm PST today to speak with us live. See the WESS Product Team in action. ";" galleryimg="no" mce_src="http...

The EBS Team wishes you a safe and peaceful holiday season. A case study was just released on 15DEC08. Read more on my Product Manager blog .

This post on my Product Manager blog provides contains two slides from an EBS deck discussing TCO, productivity and competitive advantage.  Following review and internal distribution, I will ask a few IT Pros how to review as a tool to use when discussing...