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SBSv7 and SBS Aurora Videos online

7:25 am on July 30, 2010

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.

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ShadowProtect IT Edition used in Disaster Recovery

7:04 am on July 27, 2010

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 use and why.<...
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Routine Maintenance vs Break-Fix – a personal angle

11:00 pm on July 22, 2010

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 larger problem...
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SBSv7 and SBS Aurora User Consoles

6:00 pm on July 22, 2010

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.

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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 ...
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SBSv7 and SBS Aurora Beta – sign up now

8:15 am on July 22, 2010

image Are you signed up for the beta of these two new Small Business Server ...
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SBSv7 vs SBS Aurora – What’s the difference?

11:00 pm on July 13, 2010

Microsoft yesterday announced future versions of SBS which included both cloud and non cloud based versions.  What is the key differences between the two?  I’ve assembled this information based on what is on the Microsoft.com website announcements so far.

The names for SBS in this article are for reference only – MS have not yet named the final products.

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SBS 2008 R2 – Next Versions announced…

6:22 am on July 13, 2010

No news on the naming of the product yet, but today Microsoft announced details of the next versions of Small Business Server.  The big surprise… there’s TWO versions of the product, not one.  Details here  Both ver...
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Trend Micro WFBS 6.0 Visual Guide now available

6:00 am on July 12, 2010

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Apple Humour – does it scale?

5:00 pm on July 9, 2010

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Christmas in July – big announcements coming…

10:38 am on July 9, 2010

Yes people there’s some big announcements coming on many fronts and early next w...
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