We are delighted to advise that we still have places available on the SBS 2008 four day technical training course, taking place in Edinburgh on the 31st August! Implementing and Administering Windows Small Business Server 2008 (4 Days) – Edinburgh 31 st August This hands-on workshop provides students...

Printed versions of the Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008 customer brochures, plus folder wallets, are now available to order. The brochures aim to provide customers with the key content required to make purchasing decisions. They also feature a whole page...

We are pleased to announce that on the 31st August we will be running the  44CO120 - M6445 - Implementing and Administering Windows Small Business Server 2008 (4 days) course in Edinburgh. This four-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to plan, implement, and...

And here is some more guidance around SBS migration, posted by Nick King , Senior Technical Product Manager for SBS at Microsoft: 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...

We thought that this might be of interest, posted on The Official SBS Blog : We have updated the SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 Migration Best Practices blog post with a few new recommendations.  Please review the following post before attempting an SBS 2003 to 2008 migration: SBS 2008 Migrations from SBS...

There is another opportunity for you to attend the “Implementing and Administering Windows Small Business Server 2008” technical training course . This course is the 5 day version, running 22nd – 26th June in Birmingham. Paul Dadge, SBSC partner, has negotiated a special price of £353 per delegate for...

With our humble apologies for the delay, we are delighted to advise that the Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Customer facing brochures are now available for partners to download. Despite the wait, we hope you will be pleased with the finished article and...

Microsoft recently hosted an informal roundtable event with our Senior Windows Essential Server Solutions Product Manager   (Windows Small Business Server & Windows Essential Business Server) from Corporate headquarters - Nicholas King . This roundtable was set up at relatively short notice...

Reminder... there are only a couple of days left to register for the first of a series of Microsoft Live Meetings where SBS MVP Andy Trish will be giving an overview of the features you’ll need to learn and guidance on exam taking for those that haven’t yet experienced Microsoft testing before...

Authorised Distributor, C2k have a number of places available on their  Free of Charge Technical Training series which they would like to offer out to Microsoft partners.  Each course typically costs up to £800 per day per delegate, so this is a great offer.  Capacity is 12 per course...

Are you prepared for the SBS 2008 Configuration exam 70-653? If you haven’t already taken it and you are looking for study guidance then join your peers in the first of a series of Microsoft Live Meetings where SBS MVP Andy Trish will be giving an overview of the features you’ll need to learn...

Microsoft have just finished putting final touches to a new campaign for partners that will help you target small businesses with Small Business Server (SBS).  The campaign centres around manager stereotypes which align to the problems customers experience, and then match the features of SBS to...

Want a quick, lightweight, and portable way to show off EBS 2008 and SBS 2008? Clickthrough demos for each product are now available on the Download Center for partners. These clickthrough demos come with lab manuals that goes in depth into the products and how to demonstrate them to partners, potential...

As many of you know, David Overton has been busy writing a book on Windows Small Business Server 2008. It's called "Windows Small Business Server 2008-  Installation, Migration, and Configuration" and David informs us that it is now available to pre-order.   If you want to ask questions...

To help our channel partners continue their investment in delivering the best business value to their customers, we are offering a services rebate from January 15 to June 30, 2009. The following service rebates will be available when partners sell and provide services for the listed servers: Partners...

Eric Ligmann has recently written a post on the SMB Community Blog which you may find of interest... Does it matter if I purchase my SBS Server through OEM, Retail, or Open License? This morning there was a question posed by a Partner about whether or not it matters if they purchase the SBS Server for...

Recently a partner asked what training he can undertake on line to skill himself up on Windows Small Business Server 2008 as he cannot afford 4-5 days out of the office to complete a classroom course. The Partner Readiness team advised the following, which we thought would be interesting to all of you...

One of our SBSC partners, Paul Dadge of PC Paramedics Solutions , has negotiated with QA-IQ to secure 3 dates/3 locations for SBS 2008 training - specifically Course 6445A: Implementing and Administering Windows Small Business Server 2008 . Thanks to Paul's negotiation with QA-IQ, he has managed to get...

The rollup package for Windows Small Business Server (Windows SBS) 2008 addresses two issues: First, the Security tab in the Windows SBS 2008 Console incorrectly reports the spyware and malware status of Windows Vista Service Pack 1-based clients that are joined to a domain. Second, the Internet Address...

Microsoft has added a few more scenarios to the Windows Small Business Server 2008 Repair Guide . This guide contains troubleshooting and repair information for problems you might encounter in your Windows SBS 2008 network. The following topics are included: Repair the Windows SBS 2008 Console Repair...

The Official SBS Blog has posted a useful article about installation errors in Windows Small Business Server 2008.... Catalog of Installation Error Messages in Windows SBS 2008 [Today's post comes to us courtesy of the SBS UA team and Kumud Dwivedi] Having issues during installatation of Windows SBS...

Don’t miss this opportunity to accelerate your server sales.  From January 15 to June 30, 2009, resellers and system builders can qualify for valuable rebates when they sell and deploy any of the following server operating systems: $100 for Windows Server 2008 Standard $500 for Windows Server...

Here's an update from our Partner Readiness team around Windows Essential Server Solutions training (SBS 08 and EBS 08): Partnercast: SBS/EBS/Windows Server: Which is right for your customer? (wma) There have been a number of significant product announcements from Microsoft in the recent part. With options...

As promised, we wanted to take the opportunity to share with you some of the feedback we received from the SBSC WESS Launch user group tour. We have now presented at all eleven user groups and have successfully succeeded in our aim of doubling attendance of each group. In total, through the medium of...

For those who were unable to make the SMB Nation event the other Friday, hosted at Microsoft's offices in London, I wanted to point you towards a couple of posts from SBSC partners who provide their own brief accounts of the event: Vijay Riyait's (SBSC PAL) blog post can be viewed here . Guy Gregory...