Episode #17 of Inside SBS is now available. This is a simulcast recording of our recent TS2 presentation. In this episode we cover best practices and support recommendations for preparing your SBS server for R2 deployment. Much of the advice applies to general change management and service pack/hotfix deployment.
The slide deck is available here http://blogs.technet.com/photos/sbsimages/10966/slideshowpro.aspx
Direct link to the podcast: {MP3}
You can also view this recording via LiveMeeting at
Hour 1
http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15003976
Hour 2
http://www.msreadiness.com/WS_abstract.asp?eid=15003977
(We had some problems with our audio equipment that prevented us from recording the second hour, so the only way to view this is through the webcast above).
The SBS support team will be fielding your questions live this Wednesday. We're hosting two sessions courtesy of the TS gang - one at noon PST (2:00 CST) and another at 2:00 PM PST (4:00 PM CST).
Register at:
12:00 PST
2:00 PM PST
Our topic this time is "Preparing for R2". If you have any questions you'd like answered, but won't be able to attend live, feel free to send mail to SBSPod@Microsoft.com or post to this thread. The TS2 team will make the LiveMeeting available for download, and we'll be posting a high-quality audio edit to the podcast feed as well.
Hope to see you there!
---Mark
Bob Rebholz of the Working Network did a great job as cameraman and interviewer. Click on the link below to get a taste the Small Biz Summit:
http://www.theworkingnetwork.com/downloads/sbsvideos/sbsgq.wmv
(4:13 min, 15MB)
Have you got the "Green Check" yet? Are you offering it to your customers? Want to advertise that you'll be selling SBS 2003 R2 as an offering? The following image gallery is now available for you to freely copy and use on your site:
http://blogs.technet.com/photos/sbsimages/category10952.aspx
Enjoy!
With the upcoming SBS 2003 R2 launch, we want to pilot a new approach for delivering product information and real-time issues to SBSers. To that end, we're renaming this blog to "The Official SBS Blog". We're doing this to make this site more inclusive of both the SBS Product Group in addtion to the Support Team. Look forward to seeing more content from the Dev folks in addition to the podcasts, technical notes, notices, and other good stuff that we've been doing and will continue to do. This will allow us to provide "one stop shopping" for breaking SBS news coming from the Microsoft SBS teams.
To quote the great SBS Diva, "we’re little, small, indestructible… and we’re EVERYWHERE". We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel here, in fact the SBS newsgroup & MVP programs have a reputation of being the best programs across all of the product teams at Microsoft!
Our intention is simple - to put a face on our team to the community and proactively provide real-time product information through better information management like blogs/RSS feeds.
As our Social Networking guru, Bob Rebholz states on theworkingnetwork.com, “Enlightened self-interest. This will make you happier. If you’re happier, and you’re a Microsoft customer, we get better review scores. If you’re happier, and you’re not a Microsoft customer – well, that’s nice too.”
Also, check out SBS Diva "Be careful what you ask for - Part 1 & 2", http://www.sbsdiva.com/
Look for new things to come, and let us hear from you about how we’re doing!