SMBNation have announced the SMB 150 list. From the total list of over 400 nominations from around the world, they’ve selected via a combination of public vote and a private judging panel, the top 150 SMB influencers and community contributors. Many people ran large “Elect Me/ Vote for me” campaigns, which whilst funny to watch, made me think of the current US … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2012
Microsoft Announces Windows 8 Versions
Microsoft today announced via a blog post here that there will be a significant reduction in the different versions of Windows starting with Windows 8. This has got to be a good thing for the marketplace as there was always great confusion between the various versions of Windows 7 and previous OS’s in the past. This blog post from Microsoft confirms a few … [Read more...]
How can I allow more than 5 users to VPN into my SBS 2008 or SBS 2011 Standard server?
By default when the VPN configuration for SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 Standard allows only 5 users to VPN at once. This is often not enough for the larger network environments. The question that comes is “How can I increase VPN to allow more than 5 users”. Fortunately it’s pretty simple. First up, start with configuring VPN via the SBS console. To do that, go … [Read more...]
Why does my server appear under Client Computers on SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 Standard?
This is one I’ve heard a lot before and it’s easy to solve. When you add Desktop or Notebook computers to SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 via the http://connect wizard, they get added in and put by default into the Client Computers OU inside Active Directory. The SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 Standard console displays any computers in that OU under the Client Computers section on the … [Read more...]
Windows 8 Virtual Machine on Hyper-V 2008 R2 Host
If you are running a Windows 8 VM on your Hyper-V 2008 R2 host, then you really need to check out this blog post. It turns out that there can be some issues with the Windows 8 VM if you don’t have the patch and it’s likely that most people will be testing Windows 8 on Windows Server 2008 R2 hosts as I have been. Note that Microsoft state that this is a REQUIRED hotfix, … [Read more...]