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June 2008 - Posts

SBS 2008 VLOG - Distribution and Security Groups

Another work of art from David.  Check out this time the Distribution and Security Groups VLOG. Notice how simple it is to create mail distribution groups without touching the Active Directory Users and Computers MMC. Also make sure you pay attention Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:53 AM by nking | 2 Comments
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Essential Business Server System Requirements

Recently I’ve had a couple people ask me about the system requirements for EBS.   As part of the Reviewers Guide we wrote up the specs below.  Caveat:  These are only current for the RC0 release. <snip> Windows Essential Business Read More...
Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 7:32 PM by nking | 0 Comments
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SBS 2008 VLOG Slice - User Properties

David Fabritius was busy over the weekend and put together another SBS 2008 VLOG slice. Check out the next installment with a drill down of the User Group Properties. Key things to call out. Look at the options available within the UI on the right pane, Read More...
Posted Monday, June 16, 2008 9:18 AM by nking | 2 Comments
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Essential Business Server 2008 Podcast with Steven VR

Listen to Steven VanRoekel talk about EBS 2008 with Joe Wilcox .  Steven is probably the nicest guy at Microsoft, and adds to his list of accomplishments not only directing the Server Solutions group at Microsoft, which includes Home Server, Small Read More...
Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 5:21 PM by nking | 0 Comments

The Remote Web Workplace Vista Gadget

Here’s a little bit of extra goodness for those of you wanting to run Vista within your SBS 2008 environment.  Ever wanted to put something else on your sidebar?  Check out the SBS Vista Gadget below.  When you join a client to your SBS Read More...
Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 7:20 AM by nking | 1 Comments
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EBS VLOG slices find a new home

Well after a short stay here on my blog you may have noticed that the EBS slice demos have found a new home.  As of Monday this week, I’ve moved the EBS part of this side project to be directly on the EBS blog.  What about SBS you may ask?  Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 11:02 PM by nking | 0 Comments
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SBS 2008 ADD NEW USER – VLOG Slice

Another addition to the VLOG Slice series.  This time contributed by David Fabritius our resident Partner Technical Product Manager.  Some of you my also recognize his voice from the now famous 5w/50 US partner sessions. See the Slice demo below.  Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 05, 2008 9:00 AM by nking | 2 Comments
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What’s in the Premium Editions of Windows Essential Server Solutions?

I was having a discussion today about what’s actually in Premium Edition of both Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Bu siness Server 2008.  So I started to whiteboard it up to explain it to a few of my colleagues.  After I finished we Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 8:12 PM by nking | 0 Comments

EBS 2008 Add new user – Vlog SLice

In this episode of our Essential Server Solutions Vlog Slice I cover the add new user wizard in Essential Business Server 2008. As we did our research into the typical midsize organization we quickly realized that being able to consistently manage users Read More...
Posted Tuesday, June 03, 2008 7:36 PM by nking | 0 Comments

Want to give feedback or ask a question about SBS 2008 or EBS 2008?

Susan Bradley's recent post spurned me on to make this entry around contributing to the newsgroup.  You can get detailed instructions from her blog here .  This same NNTP hosts the EBS newsgroup.  Couple things I should mention :) There Read More...
Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 7:43 PM by nking | 0 Comments

EBS/SBS Upgrades & Migrations

Recently I had several people ask me whether it is possible or supported to do a build to build migration or upgrade from the RC0 of either SBS or EBS to RC1 or even RTM.  Migration and Upgrade are two words often used interchangeably.  Technically Read More...
Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 7:43 AM by nking | 2 Comments

Small Business Server 2008 Storage Management - Vlog Slice

One of the items we focused on with Small Business Server 2008 was how to better enable more flexibility post install.  We got a lot of feedback around how difficult it was to move data repositories around, and the time and supportability complexities Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 01, 2008 7:26 PM by nking | 1 Comments
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Getting Ready for Small Business Server 2008 - Microsoft Courseware Pre-Reqs Beta

Part of my role as a Technical Product Manager is to ensure that you get the right content in your exam for Small Business Server 2008.  We've done a bunch of research into the SBS 2003 exam and have taken a lot of that on board to begin building Read More...
Posted Sunday, June 01, 2008 1:15 PM by nking | 0 Comments
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