Nick King - Senior Product Manager - Core Infrastructure SMB
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta – Now Available
Last week Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 Beta went online for download. You can download it from...
Author: USNK Date: 01/23/2009
Licensing Changes for CALS and HYper-V
Last week there was an important change in licensing for Windows Server 2008 related to CALs and...
Author: USNK Date: 01/22/2009
SBS 2008 BluePrint – hits the shelves
Congrats to Harry and Philip! Great to see another SBS book go live today. Taking a...
Author: USNK Date: 01/21/2009
EBS Virtualized – STEP BY STEP – Part 6 – Attaching the Planning data
Now for the last piece of setup unique to vitualizing EBS. Adding the Planning Data. ...
Author: USNK Date: 01/20/2009
Update Rollup 1 – Released to Windows Update
Today we released UR1. Update Rollup 1 addresses the following issues in Windows Small...
Author: USNK Date: 01/20/2009
EBS Virtualized – STEP BY STEP – Part 5 – Starting Installation – Windows OBE
Now we can finally start running the VMs. You have two options to attaching the media. ...
Author: USNK Date: 01/19/2009
EBS Virtualized – STEP BY STEP – Part 4 – Setting up the Virtual Machines
So far we’ve covered, the basics, how to test your HW performance, and how to run the Planning and...
Author: USNK Date: 01/15/2009
Hazardworks inc: SharedView
So Roland’s business is growing and he really needs a way to share documents he’s working on with...
Author: USNK Date: 01/14/2009
SBS 2008 named SMB server of the year by InfoWorld
It’s great to see SBS getting accolade already!! InfoWorld just named Windows Small Business...
Author: USNK Date: 01/13/2009
EBS Virtualized – STEP BY STEP – Part 3 – Planning and Prep Wizard
The next step is to run the Planning and Preparation Wizard on your network and enter your...
Author: USNK Date: 01/13/2009
Direct Download Links to WIndows 7 Ultimate Beta 1
Looking to try the next version of Windows? Having trouble with Akamai? Try downloading...
Author: USNK Date: 01/12/2009
Behind the Scenes – Interview 3 – Planning and Prep wizard
Charles posted the third edition of his behind the scenes series. This time he and I discuss...
Author: USNK Date: 01/11/2009
EBS Exam Details
On Wednesday I posted about the SBS exam details, today I wanted to post the EBS skill set. As...
Author: USNK Date: 01/09/2009
Staying Green in the OFFICE - CBS SHOW SBS feature
You might remember me posting about this late last year. Well after a few delays with some...
Author: USNK Date: 01/07/2009
SBS Exam details
I know many of you out there right now are considering updating your SBS certification to SBS...
Author: USNK Date: 01/07/2009
5w/50 Series – Migration concepts with SBS 2008
Check out Jeff Middleton speaking this week on migration concepts he uses when migrating SBS...
Author: USNK Date: 01/06/2009
EBS Virtualized – STEP by STEP – PART 2 – Hardware Sizing
Here’s where the majority of the virtualization issues I’ve seen to date occur. To repeat that...
Author: USNK Date: 01/06/2009
EBS Virtualized – STEP by STEP – PART 1 – The Disclaimer
OK, so this is the number one question I get “Nick, how do I set up EBS in production for an EBS...
Author: USNK Date: 01/05/2009
Happy New YEAR!
Thanks to all of you for 2008. I’m really looking forward to 2009. We’ve got lots of...
Author: USNK Date: 12/31/2008
Now that’s commitment – Los Colinas - CSS License plate
The next time you call Customer Support you might just get this guy helping you out! Good to...
Author: USNK Date: 12/30/2008
Wondering why the SBS console starts every time you logon?
No, it’s not in the start up folder, or under run in the registry. So where, you might be...
Author: USNK Date: 12/29/2008
How to set up SBS backup in a Hyper-V environment
Last week I posted about how to do a bare metal restore and David from down-under asked if I could...
Author: USNK Date: 12/26/2008
TS2 team and EBS TCO
Check out part 2 of the interview series with Charles. This time we talk about TCO...
Author: USNK Date: 12/23/2008
Register.com IAMW logon tip
While tweaking an SBS environment recently I tried to log on to Register.com to adjust some of my...
Author: USNK Date: 12/22/2008
Xbox, Zune and Home Server combination
It the holiday season so I’ve been tweaking my home entertainment config in preparation for some...
Author: USNK Date: 12/19/2008
Correction! The real SBS and EBS newsgroups
Not so long ago I wrote about the SBS newsgroup – little did I know that there were some others that...
Author: USNK Date: 12/18/2008
Bare Metal restore with SBS 2008 running virtualized
Over the last few weeks I’ve been experimenting with my SBS deployment at home. Unfortunately...
Author: USNK Date: 12/17/2008
Behind the scenes interview with the TS2 team about EBS
Last week Charles came up to Redmond to do a series of video interviews. In this segment I...
Author: USNK Date: 12/16/2008
SBSREBATE.com Worldwide SA offer Extended
For those of you selling SBS 2003 still (:)) , you can still take advantage of the SA offer until...
Author: USNK Date: 12/15/2008
See SBS on the CBS Early show next weekend - updated
This Next Saturday in New York, Danny Seo, a green lifestyle expert and third-party spokesperson for...
Author: USNK Date: 12/12/2008
Ah, YES! The Technet Technical FAq has been found :)
Steve blogged earlier this week about the Technet Technical FAQ. A great little secret we...
Author: USNK Date: 12/11/2008
How to configure an EBS WEB CHAINing Rule
If you’re thinking of running an EBS environment isolated on your corporate network and want to set...
Author: USNK Date: 12/10/2008
HazardWorks INC: Roland’s Laptop
So it’s Roland’s first day with his new laptop. Like many SBs he probably bought it from one of the...
Author: USNK Date: 12/09/2008
Looking for the decks from the Academy Live Sessions?
Recently it was pointed out to me that the decks weren’t easy to get to from my link to the...
Author: USNK Date: 12/08/2008
EBS Jumpstart kit
Listen up all you SBS partners out there. You’ve probably heard about Windows Essential...
Author: USNK Date: 12/05/2008
SBS Newsgroup/Forum
Earlier this week I was asked where to find the SBS 2008 Forum? Well due to significant...
Author: USNK Date: 12/04/2008
Congrats ERIC – SBS Unleashed heading to resellers
One of our MVPs posted this morning about Windows Small Business Server 2008 Unleashed being...
Author: USNK Date: 12/04/2008
MAPS SBS Premium – Does it differ from retail?
Recently we’ve had a couple questions about the SBS 2008 Premium media in the Microsoft Action Pack...
Author: USNK Date: 12/03/2008
Prometric Exam title for SBS fixed!
Chris, Susan and several others of the community pointed out last week that the Prometric exam site...
Author: USNK Date: 12/03/2008
Microsoft Finance and EBS
Chris posted today about the use of Microsoft finance and some of the great offers they have in the...
Author: USNK Date: 12/03/2008
Activating EBS from Evaluation to Production
So you’ve been evaluating Windows Essential Business Server 2008 and now it’s time to move it from...
Author: USNK Date: 12/02/2008
Thanksgiving and TURDUCKEN madness
Being an Alien here in the US I thought I’d share something very unique to the US of A –...
Author: USNK Date: 12/01/2008
remote Web Workplace/SBS Port Settings
It’s probably one of the most common questions I get asked so I thought I would quickly list them...
Author: USNK Date: 11/26/2008
What about EBS downgrade Rights?
Last week I wrote about SBS downgrade rights, afterwards several people asked “What about...
Author: USNK Date: 11/25/2008
Dynamics AX 2009 EBS Plug-in Released
Today the Dynamics team released the Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Dynamics AX 2009...
Author: USNK Date: 11/24/2008
Whoops! How to multi-decline Vista Ultimate language packs
In my SBS network I have several copies of Vista Ultimate which is good thing – but the was one draw...
Author: USNK Date: 11/20/2008
Partner Academy Live content – available online
A while back David and I recorded a series of webcasts with the SBS and EBS engineering teams. ...
Author: USNK Date: 11/20/2008
Downgrade rights in SBS 2008 Premium Edition
Wondering what your downgrade rights are with SBS 2008 Premium edition? As you know we place a...
Author: USNK Date: 11/19/2008
So what Features are actually in SQL Server 2008 Standard?
As you know both SBS and EBS include SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition. So what features does...
Author: USNK Date: 11/19/2008