I need to take my hat off to the PSS guys in India. I "met" Girish on the Microsoft internal aliases and then delivering a Technet chat. I've since seen him post some great blog posts, but also answer key questions in various SBS forums. Alex recently asked the question: They (well I) think...
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on Mon, Dec 17 2007
Filed under: SBS 2003, Virtualisation, Community, Windows Server 2003, SBS 2003 R2, Tips, Small business, Virtual PC, Virtual Server, Terminal Server
This is an extract from the TRM blog which can be found here http://blogs.technet.com/trm/ . I have removed the KB article list and some items which I don't think are relevant to small business / ISV partners, however the full info can be found on the blog page too. News Microsoft Security Assessment...
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on Thu, Nov 1 2007
Filed under: Windows 7, Vista and XP, Support and Tools, Virtualisation, Developer, Windows Server 2003, Event, Windows Client, Vista, Documentation, Demo, Training, Tips, Virtual PC, Virtual Server, Terminal Server, Windows Server 2008
Another blog to add to your list of blogs worth reading - the Windows Server division blog - http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver . As an example, here is a snippet about how WSS and Windows Server 2008 will be allowed to follow different timelines and paths by NOT being shipped on the same DVD, or...
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on Tue, Oct 30 2007
Filed under: Windows SharePoint Services, Community, Event, Microsoft, Terminal Server, Windows Server 2008
I'm sorry to be so blunt. I get asked about this quite often, so thought I would write it down. The problem is that the Office 2007 applications will only run in a Terminal Server environment if volume licensing media and a volume license keys are used. Unfortunately the MAPS kit does not include...
OK, this is in response to the people who have posted on this subject. Someone was kind enough to give me the exact details, but I shall protect my sources except to say they know the insides of MS tools well. The warning here is that this is unsupported and could completely destroy your users profiles...
[updated on 28th July] Hi, I've pinged this around a bit internally and the answer I got back is that this is not supported and will not work. I have not tried it myself, but don't expect it to work. If you need this sort of functionality you need to look at MS-CRM I am afraid. History: You need...
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on Sat, Jul 28 2007
Filed under: Office System, Support and Tools, Windows Server 2003, Office 2007, Outlook, BCM, Business Contact Manager, Office 2003, Terminal Server
I was reading the latest Technet newsletter and saw this and thought I would pass on these two items: 2. How do I license Microsoft Office so my users can access it over Terminal Service? Microsoft has produced a Word document (126Kb) that discusses the options available to customers who would like to...