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SBS 2008 Partner Group Tour Registration Now Open

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

 

 

The creators of Small Business Server 2008 are coming to a city near you!

The engineering team that built Small Business Server 2008 is traveling to 15 cities across the United States, showcasing the new technology in the latest version of the award-winning product.
Hear first-hand from the creators and ask those tough questions only they can answer! This information-packed, three-hour presentation will highlight the technology changes and explain the changes in pricing and licensing of the product. You will also learn about key programs and offers Microsoft is making available to help you get more business today!
If you sell into the Small Business space, you won’t want to miss this special opportunity brought to you jointly by Microsoft and your local SBS partner group. Space is limited, so sign up today!
Learn more about what we have in store >

Here’s what they will cover:

Technical Content Overview
• What’s new in SBS 2008
• Technical demonstrations
• Special Q&A Section:

Get information and answers,
direct from the
SBS development team!

Marketing and Business Content Overview
• Technology Assessment toolkit

• Licensing and pricing changes overview

• Key programs and offers available to you today

City, Date and Presenter:

Redmond
Saturday, September 6
Aidan Delaney

Alpharetta, GA
Tuesday, September 9
Drew Spencer

Charlotte, NC
Wednesday, September 10
Drew Spencer

Fort Lauderdale, FL
Thursday, September 11
Drew Spencer

Houston
Friday, September 12
Roderick White

Cincinnati, OH
Monday, September 15
Magesh Narayanan

Downers Grove, IL
Tuesday, September 16
Magesh Narayanan

Irving, TX
Wednesday, September 17
Magesh Narayanan

Minneapolis, MN
Thursday, September 18
Magesh Narayanan

South Field, MI
Wednesday, September 17
Steven Goddard

Waltham, MA
Thursday, September 18
Steven Goddard

New York, NY
Friday, September 19
Steven Goddard

San Francisco, CA
Monday, September 22
Sean Daniel

Irvine/LA, CA
Tuesday, September 23
Sean Daniel

San Diego, CA
Wednesday, September 24
Sean Daniel

Click here to Register at the event of your choice.


Sponsored by your local SBS partner group and Microsoft.

 

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SBS 2008 Premium, Your Way

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Yesterday Microsoft announced the info on which version / edition of SQL will be included in SBS 2008 and it was great news. Read about it HERE, they are definitelytaking the high road on this one folks. I think everyone will be happy with the announcement!

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Heads Up SBSers, Danger Wil Robinson

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Please read Damian’s Important Post regarding this month’s updates.

This is a follow-on to last months problems, stop what you are doing and read it now.

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Time to Start Learning the Migration from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Hi Gang,

Microsoft has published the OFFICAL MIGRATION GUIDE to get from SBS 2003 to SBS 2008.

If you want to hit the ground running in November, it is time to start practicing, so load up the beta and give it a whirl.

Haven’t seen or heard from Jeff lately, my guess is he is working on the Swing 2008 Version, can’t wait to it when it is done.

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SBS 2003 verses SBS 2008

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

Sean Daniels puts together a side by side comparison of the current SBS and the upcoming SBS pointing out the main differences. Hop on over to Sean’s Blog to see for yourself.

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Update KB950159 hung last night

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Here is a note from one of the Triad SBS Group Members

Hey HA,

Just a note  SBS 2003 Prem R2

Update KB950159 (last of 6 updates) hung last night.

After a reboot, and run it again it finished.

BUT on the reboot, the IIS Service did not start.

It was set to Disable not AutoStart, thus the dependant services did not start.

After a lot of teeth gashing and research, reset it to manual and was able to start the other services.

Then to AutoStart and the server looks fine now.

RR 

Start at 10:30 PM and finished 2:00 AM

              Ron Rogers
 Spider Web Solutions 
 xrogers (AT) Lexcominc.net 
         336-239-9541 Cell
              336-249-1080

Thanks for Sharing Ron!

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Launch Date and RTM do not mean the same thing

Friday, August 1st, 2008

A lot of folks seem to think these two terms are interchangeable, they are not. They mean two very different things. Hop on over to The Offical SBS Blog for some clarification.

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SMB Nation Fall 2008 Update

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

 

 

 
 

 

Don’t miss the boat! Be there when Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS) AND Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS) are front and center at our event! Right in Microsoft’s home town, you can ride the leading edge of this new era with EBS 2008 and SBS 2008!

This is a special time in the SMB technology as Microsoft will be releasing the new EBS 2008 product this fall along with an update to the popular SBS 2008 product family! Join SMB and SBS author Harry Brelsford and over 600 SMB resellers, consultants, and trusted business advisors at this long-standing popular professional conference as you seize this opportunity to master these product releases from both business and technical vantage points.

Over three days, you will take it all in:

  • Meet fellow SMB technology professionals just like you. We call it “peer-to-peer networking” or “Hallway 101″!
  • Attend non-commercial, academic content tracks:
  • BusinessSpeak: Your weekend pocket MBA curriculum for increasing your success as an SMB channel partner. Led by well-respected SBSers.
  • GeekSpeak: Hosted by acclaimed technical MVPs and other technical gurus - do a DEEP DIVE and go on to THRIVE!
  • How To: Bona fide tactile hands-on knowledge you can use the next day such as how to hire your first salesperson!
  • Learn more about Microsoft SMB product stack components such as Microsoft Response Point (SMB telephony) and the Small Business Specialist Community (SBSC).
  • Witness major third-party ISV and sponsor updates: hardware, threat management, security, managed services, virtualization…


SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 Launch Party on Saturday night,
including christening the M.V. SBS 2008!

Everyone knows getting a JUMP on new technologies is essential to your successful career as a channel partner. SMB Nation 2008 is UNIQUELY positioned to give you that OPPORTUNITY!

See you in Seattle in early October.

 

  
 

 

 

 

 

Harry Brelsford | CEO | SMB Nation, Inc. | www.smbnation.com

Please attend our SMB Nation 2008 fall conference, October 4-6, 2008

Read Harry’s SMB Dude Blog here

Download your copy of SMB PC magazine here

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DNS Update Fix for SBS 2003

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Microsoft has updated the article on the DNS Update problem for SBS 2003.

I suggest you read the entire article at KB956189 before proceeding.

For myself I am putting the fix here were I can find it faster when I forget the kb number, but I have read the article, you should too.

Use at your own risk as always

RESOLUTION

Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/) How to back up and restore the registry in Windows

To resolve this problem, add the port that is needed by the service to the ReservedPorts registry value. This prevents the DNS Server service from listening on that port. The following ports are known to cause conflicts:

Ports Program that uses the ports
1645-1646 IAS
1701-1701 L2TP
1718-1719 H.323 Gatekeeper (ISA 2000 only)
1745-1745 ISA Server 2000 or ISA Server 2004
1812-1813 IAS
2883-2883 AUTD
3500-3619 ISA Server 2000 only
4500-4500 IPSEC

To configure the ReservedPorts registry value, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters
3. Right-click ReservedPorts, and then click Modify.
4. Type the range of ports that you want to reserve.Notes

• You must type the range of ports in the following format:

xxxx-yyyy
• Do not replace the existing values. Instead, add the additional values.
• To specify a single port, use the same value for x and for y. For example, to specify port 4000, type 4000-4000.
• If you specify the continuous ports separately and if one port is reserved and is not used, the next port is not reserved correctly, and the port is used.
• ISA Server settings only apply to Small Business Server 2000 or to Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium Edition.
5. Click OK.Note If you receive the following warning message, click OK

Warning:
Data of type REG_MULTI_SZ cannot contain empty strings.
Registry Editor will remove the empty string found.
6. Exit Registry Editor, and then restart the computer.

Notes

• You must restart the computer after you make these changes for the changes to take effect.
• If you are using any third-party applications on the server that might require you to use a static UDP port that is higher than port 1024, you should also add it to the list of reserved ports.

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Monitor Additional Servers & Workstations

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Michael Pope (Triangle SBS Group Leader) was answering a post to the Triangle SBS Group list, and I grabbed a copy of the post, to share here with y’all. I think some others may have posted this a few years ago (Susan comes to mind) but sometimes we just need a reminder to look at the inexpensive solutions from time to time, this one is Free, this is as inexpensive as you can get :>)

Question: At the last meeting you mentioned the Server reports could be used to

monitor attached workstations.
What was the tool/add-on/thingy that needs to be installed or configured

to do so?  I cannot seem to Google it.

Answer: I was talking about using the built-in Health Monitoring. We use it in places to monitor additional servers in the domain – not workstations. But that would work also.
 

To do it, run setup.exe from \HEALTHMON21\I386 on the SBS 2003 Disk #3 on the computer you wish to monitor. Select to install the agent (not the console). Then, open Health Monitor on the SBS server and right-click the domain to add additional computers. You can now setup additional alerts as you want them.

 

Michael


 

 

RTP Computer Services, Inc.

105 West NC Highway 54

Suite 265

Durham, NC 27713

 

Phone: 919.806.8845
Fax: 800.853.3365
Email: michael@rtpcomputer.com
Web: http://www.rtpcomputer.com/

 

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