I saw this in the Technet newsletter and thought I would pass it on: The launch of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008 is drawing near and we are pleased to announce the three main launch activities to help you learn more: 1) The main launch event on 19 March at the ICC Birmingham...
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Filed under: Virtualisation, Developer, SQL Server, Community, Event, Documentation, Marketing, Training, Partner, Virtual Server, Terminal Server, Windows Server 2008, IIS, SQL Server 2008
I just found the MSDN Evaluation Center online today to give you evaluation resources that you might develop against. These include BizTalk Server, Office Communication Server, Office Enterprise , SharePoint Server, SharePoint Designer, SQL Server 2005, 2008, Express 2005 SP2, Windows Server 2008. I've...
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on Wed, Nov 28 2007
Filed under: Office System, Support and Tools, Developer, SQL Server, beta, Office 2007, Documentation, Marketing, Tips, Trial, Partner, SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2008, Unified Communications, SQL Server 2008, Office Communication Server
It is funny how things happen. I was debating with my dad which was better - building a new server and re-joining the clients, migrating via AD in a VPC to give the server the same name or adding the server and dealing with the fact that the "server" has a name change. I then told my dad that...
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on Wed, Nov 14 2007
Filed under: SBS 2003, Support and Tools, SBSC, SBS 2003 R2, Documentation, Tips, Partner, Virtual PC, Virtual Server
Someone asked me how to do this and I discovered that you can't have a negative discount percentage, negative quantity or negative price. So this makes it impossible to do... well, no, but it is not quite as easy as we would like. To make it work you need to create a Product and Service csv file...
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on Thu, Jul 12 2007
Filed under: Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Office 2007, Documentation, Tips, Small business, Partner, BCM, Business Contact Manager
There was a short burst on e-mail the other day about this, but I thought I would share. The situation was that someone was adding SBS to an existing domain, not a problem, but the existing domain had some trusts set up. Since SBS does not support trusts things did not go well. So, to follow up we need...
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on Fri, Jul 6 2007
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Windows Server 2008: Maximize Control, Flexibility, and Protection See how Windows Server 2008 can help you increase the flexibility of your server infrastructure. Use the online resources to learn how you improve your organization's networking infrastructure, security, server performance, and reliability...
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on Wed, Jul 4 2007
Filed under: Support and Tools, beta, Event, Documentation, Training, Partner, SBS Cougar, Windows Server 2008
It is rare that I copy a MS web page directly, but the information in here is amazing and worth spreading the news on. I found the Microsoft Partner Drive Your Business web site and not only does it have the information below. It also has references like " Read How a Partner Maintains 100% Growth...
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on Mon, Jun 11 2007
Filed under: Support and Tools, Business, Microsoft, Documentation, Marketing, Tips, Small business, Partner, If you only read one post today