Nicholas King : Community

SBS migration guidelines, training tools and checklist

nking — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:25:52 GMT

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...(read more)

EBS interview at TECHED USA 09

nking — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:06:00 GMT

Eric, and Chuck were in LA this week talking about Windows Essential Business Server 2008. Check out their video interview here http://www.msteched.com/online/view.aspx?tid=5e6fb399-fdaa-4ef1-ba30-77df2e1b2ded Microsoft has just released a new product...(read more)

Server Quest v2.0

nking — Fri, 01 May 2009 07:16:00 GMT

Ok this is definitely a little dorky but it kept me occupied for a good 20 minutes. Server Quest reminds me of Leisure Suit Larry without the need to hit ctrl+shift+s to skip the questions only my parents knew.. You should check this out. it does a good...(read more)

EBS team Presence at TechED USA

nking — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:06:23 GMT

The EBS engineering team are going to be at TechED USA this year. They just blogged about their involvement. Unfortunately I won’t be there this year, so have a beer for me. :) http://blogs.technet.com/essentialbusinessserver/archive/2009/04/28/teched-cutting-costs-with-essential-business-server-featured-at-teched-may-11-15.asp...(read more)

Chris RUE is touring America talking EBS

nking — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:45:24 GMT

Chris Rue, Essential Business Server MVP, says he’ll be joining the MS Learning crew as they travel on a coast-to-coast tour across the United States starting May 1 st . The Career Express Tour, as it’s called, will be making a ton of stops here and there...(read more)

David F talks about training, P&P tool and more

nking — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:54:01 GMT

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New content for SBS on TECHNET

nking — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:04:00 GMT

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...(read more)

Free e-Learning online now

nking — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:52:00 GMT

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...(read more)

EBS webcast tonight with Chris Rue

nking — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:53:07 GMT

Tonight Chris Rue will be delivering a webcast to the EBSUserGroup titled “Using System Center Essentials With Windows Essential Business Server.” Chris has made the bold statement that, in his opinion, SCE is THE make-or-break feature of EBS for anyone...(read more)

UK trip – Research and Meeting with the SBSC

nking — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:42:24 GMT

This week I’ve been over in the UK, meeting with SMB customers and partners for researching future versions of our products and spending two days with the UK subsidiary. Research You might be wondering what goes on when we research products? Well,...(read more)

5w/50 upcoming events

nking — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 21:27:00 GMT

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....(read more)

SBS MVP corner – TechNet

nking — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:19:46 GMT

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...(read more)

A busy few weeks downunder – ANZ tour update

nking — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:01:58 GMT

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...(read more)

Happy New YEAR!

nking — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:59:00 GMT

Thanks to all of you for 2008. I’m really looking forward to 2009. We’ve got lots of exciting things in the works to continue to build from our great launches in 2008. Enjoy the celebrations, stay safe, and I look forward to working...(read more)

Correction! The real SBS and EBS newsgroups

nking — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:56:00 GMT

Not so long ago I wrote about the SBS newsgroup – little did I know that there were some others that even more people contributed to. Check the real newsgroups out here Windows Small Business Server 2008 Newsgroup Windows Essential Business Server 2008...(read more)