September 2008 - Posts

Hyper-V Server – Interview with Bryon Surace
19 September 08 02:52 PM | nking | 0 Comments   

Earlier this week I was talking to some of the SBS MVPs about Hyper-V server.  I just noticed Bryon talking to the guys on Technet EDGE about this.  For those of you want a sneak peak at Hyper-V server, check out the interview on the Technet Read More...

Filed under: SBS 2008, EBS 2008, Virtualization

EBS Languages
19 September 08 10:35 AM | nking | 0 Comments   

I recently got asked which languages is EBS shipping in?  The answer; English Italian German French Spanish Japanese Russian Chinese Simplified Chinese Traditional Korean Brazilian Portuguese Read More...

Filed under: EBS 2008

Demo Showcase 2008 SMB Edition
18 September 08 11:43 AM | nking | 0 Comments   

Time to highlight another demo click through environment for Small and Medium Business solutions.  This demo is different to the previous demos I’d posted about.  Mainly because this demo focuses on how you can apply SBS & EBS to support Read More...

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EBS Security Demo on TechNET EDGE
16 September 08 02:03 PM | nking | 0 Comments   

So now that both SBS and EBS have shipped I’m going to be putting some more time back into the demo slices.  While I dream up some exciting demos I thought I’d wet your appetite with one of the recent Technet EDGE demos with Lingan one of our lead Read More...

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Crikey! We need more people to do the SBS beta exam
16 September 08 11:46 AM | nking | 0 Comments   

We’ve had phenomenal feedback so far, but we still need more.  SBS beta exam vouchers are still valid, and we need you to sign up and go sit this exam.  Remember a pass here counts for a pass on the RTM exam. All you need to do is the following; Read More...

Filed under: SBS 2008, Exam

Lenovo announces they’re moving into the Server Business with SBS/EBS
16 September 08 08:48 AM | nking | 0 Comments   

Exciting news from Lenovo today, they’re moving into the Server Business with their ThinkServer line.  What’s even more exciting is that they’re planning on doing this with Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008.  Watch Read More...

Filed under: SBS 2008, EBS 2008, Press

Essential Business Server 2008 RTMs
16 September 08 08:00 AM | nking | 0 Comments   

I know I’m a day late, but it’s still worth blogging!  Bring on November 12th 2008.  You can read Eric Kidds RTM post here Read More...

Filed under: EBS 2008

SBS 2008 Rocks!!
15 September 08 02:00 PM | nking | 0 Comments   

There are many reasons why I love this product, but I want to share a real world example with you of how SBS really is a powerful solution. Last week I was moving house.  I use a Comcast cable connection and use the Internet Address Management wizard Read More...

Filed under: SBS 2008, Coolness, Virtualization

SBS & EBS blog posts on Supported Virtualization Scenarios
15 September 08 01:45 PM | nking | 0 Comments   

Today and Yesterday we posted respective blogs on the support scenarios for SBS and EBS.  As you can imagine we’ve done a lot of thinking in this space.  We talked to many customers and partners about why they’d virtualize and what scenarios Read More...

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Creating a FIXED SIZE Virtual hard disk and prepping the SBS 2008 virtual machine for deployment
11 September 08 09:51 AM | nking | 0 Comments   

As you know we recommend setting the VHD for your SBS deployment to be a fixed disk.  By default Hyper-V will create a Dynamically expanding disk.  Which does have its advantages like being faster to create, and not taking up white space on Read More...

Filed under: SBS 2008, Virtualization