Archive for July, 2008

Microsoft CSS a Great Update is Announced

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

I don’t know about you, but I hate being stuck on hold listening to music I would never have chosen and not being able to do anything else. I applaud Microsoft CSS for their recent announcement and finally thinking about my time instead of their own.

Now instead of wasting away on the phone I can get on with other tasks while I wait for a qualified call back. I can only hope this new program works as well as the online hotfix request which I am also in love with for the very same reasons. Finally it appears Microsoft is moving into the digial age!

HA-edit 7/8/2008: Some of you were concerned about losing Server Down Support, Here is the OFFICAL WORD on that from Microsoft, don’t panic it is good news.

Moving Faster than the Roman Empire

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Is world domination his goal? Moving faster than the Roman Empire Vlad over takes another continent, this time setting his sights downunder.

Coming to an SBS near you, customizable rrw links

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Check out Costas’s Blog for info on the customizablity of the upcoming SBS 2008 RRW

It is time to become a rounding error, SA is making sense

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Well in the past Susan liked to call folks like me (and herself) who saw the advantange of Software Assurance a rounding error, because there were so few of us.

But with this announcement of what you will get if you have SA on SBS R2, it is a no brainer. Are you a trusted advisor? Making this kind of recomendation is just the thing to build some of that trust, you stand to save them around a thousand dollars (assumes premium version), if they buy in now!

Software Assurance entitlement for SBS 2003 customers upgrading to SBS 2008
As we have previously documented, the product components that make up the SBS 2008 solution (Link to SBS 2008 Components) differs from SBS 2003 R2.  SA customers will therefore be granted one-time licenses for the following to be ‘made whole’, entitlement:
SBS 2003 R2 Component Product Upgrade Path
FrontPage 2003* SharePoint Designer 2007
Outlook 2003 Outlook 2007
For Mac Users:  Entourage 2004 For Mac Users:   Entourage 2008
Internet Security Acceleration Server (ISA) 2004* ISA 2006 + separate copy of Windows Server 2003 R2 **Until such time ISA successor product, Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010, is released upon which, a TMG 2010 license will be granted. ***

*Premium Edition  ** ISA 2006 does not run on Windows Server 2008  *** Version number subject to market availability

Note:  Customers will have to purchase SA separately (independent of SA for SBS) in order to receive future upgrades of the granted components as part of ongoing SA entitlement, except in the case of the ISA, where SA does not have to be attached to ISA 2006 in order to get TMG 2010 (I.e. SA attachment to SBS 2003 R2 entitles customer to TMG 2010). 

Also note:  SBS 2003 R2 CALs with SA will upgrade to SBS 2008 CAL Suite or SBS 2008 CAL Suite for Premium Users or Devices, depending on which edition of SBS server software your SA rights entitle you to. 

 

Vlad Attacks Europe, can he win them over?

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Today Vlad unleashed the fleet of OWN services on the Continent, can he win over their hearts with promises of US level pricing and English speaking support. You know they don’t really consdier what we speak to be English. Follow the story on Vladville.com

Oh and Vlad give the iPod to someone more deserving :>)