With the announcement of SBS 2011 recently, many resellers are looking forward and planning future sales for their clients. One of the key questions that comes up is around migration to SBS 2011 in both versions. Currently there are a few methods to get to SBS 2011. Your choices are using the Microsoft Whitepaper method, Jeff Middleton's Swing Migration method … [Read more...]
SBS 2011 Australian Pricing – What will Microsoft do?
With the announcements this week from Microsoft about SBS 2011 and SBS 2011 Essentials, we now know what the US pricing will be for the product. That's’ great so I’m now waiting to see what the Australian Pricing will be. The Australian dollar has been doing VERY well lately compared to the US. Today as I write, the AUD is above parity with the US … [Read more...]
SBS 2011 Finally announced
Microsoft this morning finally announced the proper naming, pricing and availability for the new SBS product family additions. Windows SBS 2011 Essentials is the proper name for the hybrid cloud/on-premise solution that was called SBS Aurora and Microsoft have set an RRP of $545 USD which includes all 25 CALS that the user will need to be correctly license. In fact you can’t … [Read more...]
SBS MVPs in Dallas for SBSv7 and SBS Aurora Training
Here’s a gathering of SBS MVPs from around the world, for training by the SBS CSS team in Dallas. We’ve got representation here from the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Netherlands and of course Australia. These chances for us to get together and receive training like this are rare and so very worthwhile. Personally it’s given me an opportunity to learn not only … [Read more...]
The SBS Family – Growing and Developing
Today I’m in Las Colinas, TX working with the SBS PSS team. One of the traditions that we have as SBS MVPs is that Susan Bradley loves to get us grown men and women in matching T-shirts… yes it’s a little freaky, but we let her have her way to keep her happy We do it too because it allows us to have a dig at the SBS team in different ways. This year I asked my … [Read more...]