SBS FAQ - Wayne Small - SBS MVP

SBS 2008 Migration Documents – UPDATED

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:37:49 GMT

Body: Today Microsoft released the latest revision of their SBS 2008 Migration documents. You can access them here NOTE that this is only the ONLINE documentation that is updated. The downloadable copy of the document is NOT updated at this time. Category...(read more)

You know you are an idiot when…

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:55:44 GMT

Body: You go against all the good advice that Microsoft offer when they design the product and you don’t even care enough for your clients well being to heed advice given by others. Such is the case of some people who believe that they can put the Hyper...(read more)

Insane November is over…

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:46:10 GMT

Body: Yes – November is over and I feel somewhat relieved. It’s been a mad month this month but I’ve got to say that I’ve really enjoyed it a lot. I’ve visited Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth once each. Brisbane twice and Adelaide three times (twice this...(read more)

Microsoft Servers in the SMB Market – Part 2

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:17:38 GMT

Body: Part 2 of my series for CRN is now up on their site. It focuses more on EBS 2008. Looks like they got the formatting better for this one than the one before. Here it is – keen for all comments please! Category: EBS 2008 Published: 28/11/2008 6:17...(read more)

HP Configuraider to return!

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:19:14 GMT

Body: For those of us in Australia, we’ve been bemoaning to HP about the loss of this excellent tool that they have had now for many years. Well – I '”believe” that shortly we will find that this decision will be reversed and that based on input from...(read more)

SBS2008 – Exchange 2007 Mail Store Size

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:42:01 GMT

Body: I need to make a correction. I’ve been aware of the fact that Exchange 2007 Standard Edition which is part of both SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 has an “unlimited” mail store size. Now I’ve also been aware of the fact that Exchange 2007 Standard Edition...(read more)

Microsoft Servers in the SMB Market – Part 1

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:50:03 GMT

Body: I’ve just started writing for CRN Australia, and my first article is funnily enough on Microsoft servers in the SMB Market. Naturally I am keen for feedback – both good and bad, so please take a look and let me know. http://www.crn.com.au/feature...(read more)

It’s official – SBS 2008 Premium – Second Server CAN be downgraded to Windows 2003 R2

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:34:25 GMT

Body: I few weeks back I blogged that the SBS team were working on providing downgrade rights for the 2nd server in the SBS 2008 Premium product to Windows Server 2003 R2 – well it’s official now. Its official ! They will offer Alternative Version rights...(read more)

SBS 2008 Virus Protection Options

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:32:03 GMT

Body: Today Microsoft announced the death of Windows One Care including OneCare for Server which comes as a trial product for SBS 2008. See here for a blog on how it affects SBS 2008 . So what then do you use to protect your SBS 2008 server? Well fortunately...(read more)

Netgear WGR 614 Router Config Tip

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:07:54 GMT

Body: I had to program a Netgear WGR614 Router last Thursday and the normal http://routerlogin.net would not work. Most frustrating indeed. I did some searching and found that if I did a hard reboot of the router and then went to http://192.168.1.1/basicsetting...(read more)

The Internet must be down…

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:02:32 GMT

Body: I’m travelling right now as part of the SBS / SMB IT Professionals Group tour here in Australia, and I’ve just spent a nice relaxing weekend doing pretty much nothing at all. I’ve caught up with friends here in Perth, watched a bit of TV and a few...(read more)

“there wasn’t much real Microsoft content that hadn’t been released already”

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:39:15 GMT

Body: The comment above came from Hilton Travis, and was used in the context where he was referring to the SBS/EBS Virtual Launch event that Microsoft conducted on November 12th, 2008. This blog post is not to pick on Hilton, but to use his comments as...(read more)

SMB IT Professionals - Perth

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:46:16 GMT

Body: The Perth SBS / SMB IT Group had it’s first meeting back in June, but since then due to my workload, I’ve not been able to help them get off the ground. I’m here in Perth for a few days now and after dinner with a few of the locals last night, I...(read more)

SBS/EBS Usergroup Tour – Australian Style!

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:24:35 GMT

Body: SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 have officially launched this week and as part of the Australian launch celebrations, I’m doing a trip around Australia to visit all of the usergroups along with Robbie Upcroft and some key vendors some of who are announcing...(read more)

SBS 2008 Migration - it's NOT A WIZARD

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:41:16 GMT

Body: I’ve been thinking long and hard about this. I believe that the SBS 2008 Migration Wizard is incorrectly named. Therein lies a major problem. Microsoft have trained us to become accustomed to wizards doing all the right things for them. They've...(read more)

CRN Awards tonight!

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:27:09 GMT

Body: I’m excited to be attending the CRN Awards tonight here in Sydney. Last year I was invited to be there as a guest of Trend Micro not knowing that I had been awarded the first ever CRN Channel Champion of the Year award by CRN. The award to me was...(read more)

So easy Robbie could do it…

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:54:49 GMT

Body: Robbie Upcroft is the Microsoft Australia Product Manager for SBS, EBS and Windows Home Server. Robbie will readily admit to all and sundry that he is “the least technical person at Microsoft” or so he claims. No don’t get me wrong – Robbie is no...(read more)

Trend Micro Patch for MS08-064

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:16:15 GMT

Body: Today’s post comes courtesy of Stephen West from Trend Micro Australia. Stephens the man responsible for the SMB space here in Australia and New Zealand and is very in touch with the community. He posted this to a number of lists to alert people...(read more)

Follow Through Matters… particularly now

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:28:44 GMT

Body: I met Amber Naslund at the Small Business Marketing Unleashed event in Columbus, Ohio in September this year. We shared many a good chat about business and how social media impacts our ability to do things in a modern day world. Today she has a...(read more)

ANZ Bank withdraws services over the weekend

SBSfaq.com Blog Site: Posts — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:39:58 GMT

Body: I’ve been a client of the ANZ Bank for many years now, and went to check my bank balance today and got the message below after I logged in. Now this does not affect me as I don’t have any International Services, but I’ve got to wonder just how badly...(read more)