Hi, I don’t run my own business offering support to customers, but I thought I would put out a suggestion, since some partners have asked me “how do I make money from the cloud?” Before I start I really do have to stress that this is NOT MY DAY JOB and that my opinions here are MINE and not those of...
Today's post covers what to do when SBS says it no longer can change the WSUS settings from the console. The exact message is "Windows Small Business Server Update Service is not running because it automatically turns off if you customize Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)". One...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on Wed, Jul 22 2009
Filed under: Support and Tools, Security, SBSC, Microsoft, Tips, System Update, Windows Essential Server Solution Family, SBS 2008
Well hello again, I've been away for quite some time - work has been very time consuming and two members of my family have required some dedicated attention while they have not been feeling well (and no, no swine flu). I'm hoping to start finding more time to "do" the blog and potentially...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on Wed, Jul 22 2009
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Community, Personal, SBSC, Microsoft, Windows Client, Small business, Windows Server 2008, ISV, SBS 2008, Windows 7
I've had a few people ask where they can buy my book so I thought I would lay out the options. You can always purchase both the book and / or the e-book from Packt Publishing at this address however for those who wish to buy elsewhere, you can. Book or eBook Free shipping! US, UK, Europe & selected...
Should you have a SBS 2000 system that you wish to move to SBS 2008 there is now a documented process on how to do this. Migrating Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 to Windows Small Business Server 2008 Outlines the steps necessary to migrate settings and data from an existing server running Microsoft...
[updated 2nd May 2009] Hi everyone. My SBS 2008 book is in now available to order. Details below. If you want to ask questions once you have the book, go to http://davidoverton.com/r.ashx?13 . To order the book click http://davidoverton.com/r.ashx?1M Small Business Server 2008 – Installation, Migration...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on Fri, Apr 3 2009
Filed under: SBS 2003, Windows SharePoint Services, Community, Personal, SBSC, Microsoft, SBS 2003 R2, Documentation, Tips, Small business, If you only read one post today, Windows Server 2008, SBS 2008, Book
I started to write about this at SBS 2003 to SBS 2008 migration thoughts and issues and Active Directory Health Checks , but after some discussion with the SBS team at Microsoft we now have much more: The Official SBS Blog : SBS 2008 Migrations from SBS 2003 – Keys to Success The purpose of this...
Posted to
David Overton's Blog
by
David Overton
on Thu, Feb 26 2009
Filed under: SBS 2003, Support and Tools, Community, SBSC, Microsoft, SBS 2003 R2, Tips, Small business, Partner, SBS 2008