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SBS 2008
SBS 2008, Configuring (MCTS Exam 70-653) Certification Overview
By Abhinav Kaiser ⋅ February 16, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
The Small Business Server 2008 package by Microsoft is a boon for a number of startup and small to medium sized businesses. The needs of these businesses are similar in all aspects to that of enterprises. The messaging, collaboration, secure file storage and databases are just some of the must-have features that all companies vie [...]
New Training Release: Small Business Server 2008 Training
By Matt Elias ⋅ January 25, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
The office is buzzing as we prepare for the release of our Small Business Server 2008 Training tomorrow. The entire Train Signal team is really jazzed about making this course available for our customers. In the course, taught by David Shackelford, you’ll learn anything and everything you want to know about Microsoft Small Business Server 2008. [...]
Don’t Underestimate SBS 2008
By Lisa Szpunar ⋅ July 10, 2009 ⋅ One comment
Don’t underestimate Small Business Server 2008’s power. Don’t underestimate its convoluted requirements either. For something that is targeted at companies with no dedicated IT person/department SBS 2008 sure is complicated. Here is the long list of hardware requirements and network design restrictions: Only one machine in the domain can be running SBS 2008 – there [...]
SBS 2008 vs Windows Server 2008: Adding Users and Computers
By Brian Nelson ⋅ January 15, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments
One of the considerations many small business owners make with regards to making the move to a more secure and robust server based network is, will it be easy enough for me to do the things that need to be done on the computer and network, without it taking away a lot of time from [...]
SBS 2008 and IT Consultants – Is It For You?
By Brian Nelson ⋅ December 22, 2008 ⋅ 2 comments
As a professional systems engineer, you are not the target market for Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2008. Or are you? Small Businesses represent a huge part of the overall economy. What’s more, most independent computer professionals have a large number of small business owners as their clients. But, then, does it make sense to use [...]
How To Install Windows Small Business Server 2008
By Brian Nelson ⋅ December 2, 2008 ⋅ 13 comments
Windows Small Business Severs 2008 (SBS 2008) is the successor to SBS 2003, and it brings the various components SBS is based on up to date. This includes the server itself being based on Windows Server 2008, the mail server component up to Exchange Server 2007, and in the Premium Edition, SQL Server 2008 Standard [...]
Intro to Microsoft Small Business Server 2008
By Brian Nelson ⋅ October 16, 2008 ⋅ One comment
All of the media attention goes to those big enterprise IT operations, and rightfully so. After all, those are the systems and networks that power the Fortune 500, the blue chip backbone of American business. But, there is another segment of American business out there, and Microsoft knows that they need full functionality server-based architecture [...]