Category Archives: SMB

Jeff Loucks talks about SBS Performance Tuning at TechEd

SMB
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Who says there is no SMB content at TechEd! Jeff is talking about optimizing SBS for line of business application performance right now. Going through the disk configuration, RAID levels, latency and more: You get one slide for free, for … Continue reading

Consulting Tips: BTFS

IT Business, SMB
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If anyone ever develops a Vlad wind-up doll it better be able to say “Bring the f… solution!”; So pardon me if I repeat this again. One of my partners wrote in today to say the following: “When we talked Friday I … Continue reading

SBS Presentation to TechPartner Conference

Events, SMB
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Untitled document So today I had the enormous pleasure of presenting the SBS content to a bunch of SBSers at TechPartner / TechMentor conference. I have to say it was a lot of fun to see the little idea lights come … Continue reading

UK SBSC Symposium

Microsoft, SMB
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So you’ve been reading my posts on here about Microsoft roadshows for years now… and the fun is coming to UK: Microsoft SBSC crew is going on the road. They have three shows lined up in February: Microsoft Thame Valley … Continue reading

The War of SBS Worlds

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As many potshots as I take at Susan Bradley for being the pope of the SBS community, most of you will never even see 1% of what she does for literally every SBS, Centro and Windows Home Server user. Considering … Continue reading

Have SBS Yahoo groups lost all value?

IT Culture, SMB
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Not too long ago Yahoo SBS groups were filled with people that are at the very top of our field. From MVPs to book writers to technology experts to even Microsoft developers and test engineers, SBS Yahoo groups were the … Continue reading

Speaking about SBS at TechMentor TechPartner Conference

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Today I signed the final paperwork to speak at the TechPartner TechMentor conference in Orlando on March 28–29, 2007. You can find the conference details here but suffice to say this is thrown by Remond Channel Magazine (previously MCPMag) so you … Continue reading

SBS CAL Activations Not Working

Microsoft, SMB
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Straight from da man: We’ve had several reports of SBS CAL activations failing.  We’re currently looking in to the situation and will post an update here as soon as we have more information.  This only affects CALs at this point, … Continue reading

Microsoft Small Business Value Program

IT Business, Microsoft, SMB
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I mentioned the Jimmy Joe Bob launch that CompUSA had. The following is the flyer they had on the promotion that I figured might be helpful to some of you trying to position the marketing materials for the coming year … Continue reading

SBS vs. Linux: The Response from Email Battles

Linux, SMB
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Untitled document Brief response to the Email Battles story titled “Why Linux Servers Trump Windows SBS”  which in turn was a response to my earlier story about “Linux vs. SBS: Switch”; Their outright ignorance of what SBS provides not only … Continue reading