If you have tried to stop some of the Trend Micro Services before and found that the stop option is greyed out like below, you might be concerned that things are not right with your server. In fact – they are very right indeed. I normally recommend stopping all Antivirus Services before installing major updates like service packs for Windows or Exchange Server and … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
SBSv7 and SBS Aurora Videos online
With the upcoming beta for SBS v7 and SBS Aurora, Microsoft have released a number of videos that give you more of an idea of what is inside each product. You can check out the videos below. Make sure you register for the beta program here to be able to play with the new products before they are released. Still no name on what they will call SBSv7 – so for now I’m … [Read more...]
ShadowProtect IT Edition used in Disaster Recovery
Ok – I’ve done a fair bit of work with StorageCraft ShadowProtect over the years – possibly even being one of the first in Australia to test them out. I use ShadowProtect in many of our customer environments, sometimes as the only backup product, other times in conjunction with other products. It really depends on the specific scenarios that we have as to what we … [Read more...]
Routine Maintenance vs Break-Fix – a personal angle
You know how we all try hard to sell our customers on the Routine Maintenance vs Break-Fix model and how often we have issues with the customers understanding it. Yup – it’s a pain right. A pain in the ass. Customers often can’t see the value in getting things checked up on a regular basis when in fact this could really prevent small problems becoming much … [Read more...]
SBSv7 and SBS Aurora User Consoles
One of the cool things behind the new SBS Aurora is the new look console that is extensible in so many ways. Here’s a few screenshots to give you an idea of what is coming. SBSv7 You can see this looks pretty much like the current SBS 2008 console which is a fair call given it’s basically a product refresh under the covers. It has the same extensibility as the SBS … [Read more...]