Ok so I've resisted many of the online social networking sites for a while now. I've got some info up on LinkedIn and now finally got a Facebook account. I've got to ask the question though "Is it too much to be connecting?". What I mean by that is that I have various circles of friends. Some of them overlap, but in broad terms that can be broken down into Business and … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2007
SBS Events in Sydney in November!
Sydney, November, 2007 that's the place to be if you want to see some of the best get together and chat about all things SBS and SMB related. There are two key events on in late November. November 21st, the Sydney SBS Group will be moving their regular meeting to take advantage of a truck load of SBS talent being in town. It's a $5.00 fee for the event and it's being … [Read more...]
Preparing for Cougar aka SBS 2008
This is the first in a series of posts around preparing for the next version of SBS (code named Cougar) which we're expecting to be called SBS 2008. It's due out next year, some time after Longhorn server is released. Given Longhorn server is to be released in February 2008, that puts Cougar sometime after that. I'm currently writing a book for MS Press called the SBS 2008 … [Read more...]
The description for Event ID… in source…. cannot be found
Don't you hate it when you go to a server to review the event logs and it's filled with "The description for Event ID (NNNN ) in Source ( SOMETHINGGOODHERE ) cannot be found." Now in itself these don't constitute a big problem. They may however be symptomatic of a larger issue. This is a pain as it means it's very hard to read and decipher what is going on with a server … [Read more...]
SBS 2003 Best Practice Analyser has been launched
Yes- you heard it here first Microsoft today have launched their new analysis tool for SBS 2003 servers that will help understand some of the common configuration mistakes and advise on how to correct them. The tool is available here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3874527a-de19-49bb-800f-352f3b6f2922&DisplayLang=en To give you an idea of what it … [Read more...]