Thursday, July 03, 2008 4:05 AM

There goes the neighbourhood..

Body: Well - in a move designed to rival Microsoft's own world domination plans, it was revealed today that Vlad Mazek, CEO of Own Web Now Corp , announced that yes he too was indeed coming to Australia . Vlad has bowed to pressure... uh support....
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 8:02 AM

SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 Deep Dive Presentations are up

Body: Following on from the training last week, we've posted the presentations for the sessions that we did. I'll have the videos done and up on the web early next week (busy this week with a few things). In the meantime, check out Robbies post...
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:57 AM

Mark all as read...

Body: This afternoon I had one of those "blonde" moments... I read all my email and then mark as unread if I want to do something about it later, or if it's something I want to come back to later. I also have mail filed in a number of subfolders...
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Monday, June 30, 2008 4:11 PM

If you are not selling Software Assurance for SBS 2003...

Body: ... then you need your head examined. With SBS 2008 on the horizon for release later this year, Microsoft have been promoting Software Assurance as they key way to get our customers some form of technology protection as they purchase SBS 2003 right...
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Monday, June 30, 2008 4:04 PM

500 Not out!!!

Body: Yes - that's right 500 partners around Australia that have seen a fairly intensive insight into SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 from Robbie Upcroft and myself. Over the last 3 weeks, we've been to the 5 major capital cities around Australia to ensure...
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Monday, June 30, 2008 3:55 PM

Trend WFBS 5.0 Errors after installation

Body: I've had a few people mention to me that after they've installed the latest Trend Worry Free Business Security 5.0 on their SBS servers that they have had some new errors in their event logs. I've not seen this in the upgrades that I've...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:12 AM

Free Visio Plugin until June 30, 2008

Body: One of the cool tools I've mentioned in my talks around Australia this week and last week is a free tool that works with Visio to diagram your network. This tool is only available for free until June 30, so you need to act fast to grab it. Check...
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:40 AM

Trend WFBS 5.0 Blocks Malware...

Body: This week at the Perth SMB IT Professionals Group , Sandi Hardmeirer, used my laptop to demonstrate ways that potential spyware attacks could take place on unsuspecting users without them even clicking on links in a web page. She showed us a video...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:36 PM

Configuring Time Zones from a command line

Body: Last week I was working with a client and I needed to be able to configure the timezone on machines automatically by some form of automated process. The workstations we needed to configure were spread across 5 separate time zones in Australia and...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:33 PM

Funky Advertising - PCGuru

Body: Last night @ the Perth SMB IT Professionals Group meeting , I met the orange shirt brigade, also known locally as PCGuru :-) These guys are a small SMB focused group that stand out from the crowd if for nothing more than their bright orange shirts...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008 5:22 PM

Perth SMB IT Professionals Group is launched

Body: Last night, I was fortunate to be able to help start the Perth SMB IT Professionals Group here in Perth. Thanks to Ingram Micro for allowing us to use their boardroom as a home for the group over the next few months. We had a great start to the...
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Friday, June 13, 2008 8:18 PM

Be afraid...very afraid... Sandi gets a real job :-)

Body: Sandi Hardmeier is a respected MVP and a good friend of mine. She's been fighting against all kinds of malware in her after hours for the past umpteen years now and has single handedly prevented some potentially major infections (say like 220...
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Friday, June 13, 2008 1:23 AM

Perth SBS / SMB IT Professional Group - Tuesday 17th June

Body: Next week, Robbie Upcroft and I will be in Perth to run some SBS / EBS training. While we are there we are aiming to start an SBS or SMB IT Professional Group in Perth. If you are involved in SBS or the SMB IT Pro Channel, please come along. What...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:46 PM

SBS 2008 & EBS 2008 Training gets off the ground

Body: Well yesterday we did the first ever look @ SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 in Australia, here in Sydney @ Microsoft's North Ryde offices. Registrations for the event were slow to start with but kicked up big time in the end and we had almost 100% attendance...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:11 AM

SBS 2008 Demo'd for the first time in Australia

Body: Heads up guys, I've just finished the first ever SBS 2008 demo here in Australia at the SMB IT Professional Group here in Sydney. Thanks for those that attended, it was great to be finally able to talk to you about all the cool things going...
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Monday, June 02, 2008 6:25 PM

Microsoft Support site a little confused today

Body: I just went to http://support.microsoft.com from my PC and laptop here in Sydney Australia and got the page below. I suspect something is a little wrong with their site today. My Chinese is not so good. Published: 3/06/2008 9:25 AM Attachments:...
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Monday, June 02, 2008 6:17 PM

Fortune Cookie #1

Body: "Adversity doesn't build character, it reveals it." Published: 3/06/2008 9:17 AM Read More...
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Friday, May 30, 2008 2:19 AM

SBS 2008 Community Survey

Body: Kevin Beares is the Community lead inside the Microsoft Server Group in the US. He's been conducting a yearly survey of the community for the past 3 years now and it's that time of year again. Please support the community by taking a few...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:04 AM

SBS 2008 Public Beta now available

Body: Finally - SBS 2008 is available for the wider public audience to download and start to test in your own environments. Having been part of the SBS 2008 beta now for nearly 2 years, it's interesting to see where the product has come from and where...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:59 AM

SBS 2008 & EBS 2008 Training around Australia

Body: Woohooo... Today SBS 2008 went public with the beta which means I can now talk more freely about this product and what's cool about it. Robbie Upcroft the SBS/SBSC Product Manager here in Australia, is keen to ensure that we get some advance...
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