Dec 1, 2008 | Microsoft, network, SBS
I spent the weekend migrating a 20-person law firm to new servers running Microsoft Small Business Server 2008. If I did my job right, the first impression on Monday morning will be that very little has changed – folders with firm documents will open up, Outlook...
Oct 22, 2008 | domains, network, OneCare, SBS, security
Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 will be released on November 12. Veterans of SBS 2003 are finding many things to like in the new version; I’ll have more to say about it in the next few weeks. Here’s an early look at the features and changes in SBS...
Sep 18, 2008 | audio, hardware, HP, network, photos, software, video, Vista
HP has been creating devices for years to bring Windows Media Center to the living room. There are two new Vista Media Center Extenders being marketed under the “MediaSmart” name that have some very interesting features. The HP MediaSmart Connect is...
Sep 17, 2008 | Apple, audio, hardware, Microsoft, network, photos, software, video, Vista, WinXP
Since the market for living room computers never developed, Microsoft decided to focus on “extenders,” a different way to deliver media to your television. Huge numbers of people already have a computer in the house running Windows Vista Home Premium,...
Aug 21, 2008 | backup, computers, file_sharing, hardware, Home_Server, mail, network, SBS, software, web_services
Tough week! Here are the kind of things that fill my days. And bear in mind, these are all stories about software and services that I love dearly – this is the good stuff, these are what I recommend because they’re better than the rest! Client with hosted...
Aug 5, 2008 | backup, computers, hardware, network, SBS
Let me tell you a scary story. When we plan our backups, the idea is to have a duplicate copy of our data on something separate from where it is normally stored and used. In theory, it is unlikely that both sources will fail simultaneously. Even very small businesses...
