Nicholas King : Windows Essential Server Solutions

EBS Administrators Companion hits the printers!

nking — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:59:00 GMT

Some of you may have noticed a recent announcement from Microsoft Learning about the release of the Windows Essential Business Server 2008 – Administrators companion . Very very exciting – and a big thanks to JC Mackin and Charlie Russell for putting...(read more)

Launch Day – Where to catch the action tomorrow

nking — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:45:44 GMT

Tomorrow there will be several places to go to find out all about Windows Essential Server Solutions. I’ve already talked about the live webcast happening on www.thedreamserver.com but for the partners out there we have something a little more special....(read more)

Essential Business Server 2008 Podcast with Steven VR

nking — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:21:00 GMT

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)

What’s in the Premium Editions of Windows Essential Server Solutions?

nking — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:12:19 GMT

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)

EBS 2008 Add new user – Vlog SLice

nking — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:36:54 GMT

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)

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

nking — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:43:59 GMT

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)

EBS/SBS Upgrades & Migrations

nking — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:43:32 GMT

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)

Back and recovering from Windows Server Launch LA

nking — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:03:58 GMT

Last week was a manic week, with a trip down to LA to attend the Windows Server 2008 launch at the LA convention center. All in all it was a really successful event. Our team got to meet dozens upon dozens of partners, all pumped about Windows...(read more)

Yesterday was a big day for announcements

nking — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:20:07 GMT

I thought I'd do a bit of a recap of yesterday's announcements. Check out the press release here . So what did we announce? First up, we announced the next version of Small Business Server, up until now called Windows Server Code Name 'Cougar',...(read more)