Last weekend I received a call for help from a mate who was having trouble with his first Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS 2008) installation. He was upgrading and existing Small Business Server 2003 site to Essential Business Server. The EBS 2008 environment is virtualized and installed with SBS 2003 still in place. Their are many good reasons to consider EBS 2008 when choosing and … Continue reading Upgrade fun: SBS 2003 to EBS 2008
Forefront Security for Exchange is the Microsoft solution to protecting your Exchange environment from viruses and malware. Small Business Server 2008 includes a 180 free trail version that can be optionally installed, while Essential Business Server 2008 includes a 1 year subscription. Forefront for Exchange can also be purchased as a standalone product. Continue reading Forefront Security for Exchange
Details of Exchange 2007 service pack 2 were revealed today. The service pack itself is due to be released in the third quarter of this year. The main improvements we can expect include: The ability to backup Exchange 2007 with Windows Backup. Organisational settings can be managed with PowerShell. Public folder quotas. A number of features to ease migration to Exchange 2010. Fixes and security … Continue reading Exchange 2007 SP2
In November 2008 Microsoft released a new server software bundle aimed at businesses with up to 300 users. I recently deployed my first Essential Business Server 2008 (EBS 2008) and was instantly impressed. EBS 2008 mixes proven technologies like Windows 2008 Server and Exchange 2007 with new technologies Forefront and management tools like System Centre Essentials. Continue reading Essential Business Server 2008 overview
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