Recently I received the feedback that we needed a better way of representing all of the tasks during the SBS 2008 migration process.  We spent some time looking at what could be done to support a smoother migration, and came up with this document for partners and IT Pro’s. Migrating from Windows...

Microsoft Learning today announced on their born to learn blog the SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 official courseware.  This is long awaited news with these directly enabling trainees to get certified following these courses! http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/2009/05/msl-news-sbs-and-ebs-2008-courses-now-available...

Many of you received these through the partner program or MVP program, but as we clean house for this financial year we noticed that we hadn’t posted the updated reviewers guides for SBS and EBS . So here you go! SBS RTM Reviewers Guide EBS RTM Reviewers Guide These are awesome docs, not only if you...

Last week we released a Community supported document on how to migrate from SBS 2000 to SBS 2008.  When I say ‘community’ I really mean one of our talented support engineers Edwin Joseph , who is a tech writer in his spare time.  This is a great walk through and solves the migration question...

More announcements from the SBS documentation team today. How to repair Exchange http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd728006.aspx Reinstall the Client Access Role in Windows Small Business Server 2008 Reinstall the Hub Transport Role in Windows Small Business Server 2008 Reinstall the Mailbox...

Check out our SBS and EBS snack. A short introduction to SBS and EBS. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/_silverlight/learningsnacks/EBS/snack01/Default.html This Learning Snack describes how the Windows Essential Server Solutions products—Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2008 and Windows...

Wanting to customize your SharePoint sites?  Office SharePoint Designer is now free to download.  So what can you use this for?  Customizing SharePoint of course – logos, workflows, and a ton more. You can read the Q&A here Download directly from here

Two more documents live last week!  First up how to deploy ISA 2006 with SBS 2008.  For those of you that miss having ISA as part of the SBS solution, Eriq Neale one of our MVPs has contributed this whitepaper Deploying Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006 with Windows...

This week we announced the release of the course Collection 6955AE: What’s New in Microsoft ® Windows ® Small Business Server 2008 and Microsoft ® Windows ® Essential Business Server 2008 This two-hour collection provides you with an overview of the key features of Windows SBS 2008 and Windows EBS...

MSL is about to do something to support all you SBS’ers out there.  http://blogs.technet.com/mslcommunity/archive/2009/04/09/free-e-book-offer-is-back-for-april-april-15-22.aspx For a very short time the SBS admin companion will be available for free download.  All you have to do is follow...

Many of you might know of David Overton AKA UKSBS guy .  Well he’s been busy writing a book focusing on Windows SBS.  Very soon this book will be ready to purchase.  You can preorder it here http://www.packtpub.com/small-business-server-2008-installation-migration-configuration/book In...

Have an Exchange environment that you want to test?  Check out the Remote Connectivity Analyzer.  Checking everything from Exchange ActiveSync, Autodiscovery, Outlook Autodiscovery, Exchange 2003 and 2007 and inbound email.  Sound cool?  In beta and free to use. https://www.testexchangeconnectivity...

Yesterday we released a report that investigated what are the trends in SMB IT.  The crux of the research pointed out some interesting factors – especially when considered in today’s more complex economy. Spend your IT money wisely <snip> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/mar09...

Two fresh courses came out yesterday, both focusing around Windows Mobile and SBS and EBS. They should take about 20 minutes to complete and at the end you’ll be able to deploy Windows Mobile (and iPhone) devices with SBS and EBS. Title PLC Registration URL Deploying Windows Small Business Server 2008...

This week Canada added a series on both SBS and EBS covering deep dive technical training. These are a great series and include click through HOL online. Labcast: Implementing and Administering Windows® Small Business Server 2008 This Labcast series provides you with the necessary knowledge to...

A big day here today at the SBS headquarters – the repair documentation for SBS is now complete.  There’s lots of goodness in these docs not just for SBS’ers but also those of you that want to build advanced Windows Server 2008 scenarios.  Check out the links below; http://technet.microsoft...

You might remember last year we contributed to the 5w/50 series. This year we also have a number of sessions coming from the US team that a definitely worth checking out. I’ve listed them all below so you can take a look and see what tickles your fancy. Small Business Server 2008 and Windows...

You may have noticed over the last few months that technet is looking very different.  As we’ve  been migrating over to our new platform, we’ve also been able to take advantage of new features.  SBS and EBS just so happened to be timed about the right time for us to be the amongst the...

You may have noticed I’ve been a little slack blogging lately.  Over the last two weeks I’ve been touring Australia and New Zealand – talking to SBSers and EBSers all over  the countries, listening, answering questions, and taking notes on what we can do to improve things downunder.  Being...

Not that you should need it, but…. SBS repair documentation grew today with several new editions to the Technet library. You can find the technet link here , or I’ve listed the current topics below for you. Repair the Windows SBS 2008 Console Repair Forefront Security for Exchange Server Repair e-mail...

Last week there was an important change in licensing for Windows Server 2008 related to CALs and Virtualization.   The announcement is below; <snip> A number of trends, including consolidation and high availability, are driving more deployments and evaluations of Hyper-V. Based on feedback...

Today we released UR1.  Update Rollup 1 addresses the following issues in Windows Small Business Server 2008 Issue 1 The Security tab in the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Console incorrectly reports the spyware and malware status of Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based clients that are joined...

It’s great to see SBS getting accolade already!!  InfoWorld just named Windows Small Business Server 2008, SMB server of 2009. They’ve accompanied it with a review they did just before launch too. You can check it out here and for just the SBS page go here Go SBS!!!!

Looking to try the next version of Windows?  Having trouble with Akamai?  Try downloading directly using these links Windows 7 Beta 1 x86 Download Windows 7 Beta 1 x64 Download For those of you running Windows Small Business Server 2008, the connect computer does block Windows 7.  If you...