This question has been asked many times and was once again asked today on an internal forum. It is hard to come up with an explicit answer, but I feel I can give you some (personal, non-binding, your mileage may vary, please take with a pinch of salt and don’t sue me) opinions. For SBS 2003...
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on Fri, Dec 12 2008
Filed under: SBSC, Microsoft, Tips, Windows Server 2008, Windows Essential Server Solution Family, SBS 2008, Hyper-V
I’ve recently moved the database behind DavidOverton.com (also uksbsguy.com) from a Windows Server 2003 system with SQL 2005 to Windows Server 2008 with SQL 2008. This would be the same process if you were potentially performing a migration from SBS 2003 with SQL 2005 to SBS 2008 Premium with SQL...
[updated with “roll your own” information and how to make a 32-bit version of the exe file] I love it when people challenge me to solve a question and today’s prize goes to Simon (thank-you for the questions Simon) who asked me where Connection Manager was on SBS 2008? You remember...
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on Wed, Dec 3 2008
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Community, SBSC, Microsoft, Windows Client, Windows XP, Tips, Partner, SBS 2008
I've had someone ask me about the WSS toolkit that was referenced at How to Sell, Deploy, and Build Business with Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 and SBS 2003 R2 . The download location has moved to http://www.partnersalesresources.com/Pages/sbskit.aspx# . ttfn David Technorati Tags: Windows...
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on Fri, Sep 5 2008
Filed under: SBS 2003, Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Windows SharePoint Services, SBSC, Microsoft, SBS 2003 R2, Documentation, Tips, Small business, Partner, SharePoint
With SBS 2003 R2, some of the Windows Server 2003 R2 features were not included. I asked today where we were with SBS 2008 and the CPU, Memory and feature lists are, so I am told, the same. On the page http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/compare-specs.aspx it talks about the max number of...
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on Thu, Jun 19 2008
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The Console setup process ( Once SBS is set up, how to do the basic configuration through the management console ) sets up SBS 2008 for use. OneCare for Servers provide anti-malware capabilities and is an important part of the system integrity. SBS 2008 comes with a trial of OneCare and so far I’ve found...
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on Thu, Jun 5 2008
Filed under: Support and Tools, Security, SBSC, Microsoft, Documentation, Malware, Tips, Small business, x64, SBS Cougar, SBS 2008
The Console setup process ( Once SBS is set up, how to do the basic configuration through the management console ) sets up SBS 2008 for use. One of the options is for a spit personality Office Live for Small Businesses solution. Why split, well the e-mail items are held on the SBS 2008 Exchange server...
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Filed under: Support and Tools, SBSC, Microsoft, Office Live, Tips, Small business, Partner, SBS Cougar, SBS 2008