Wow – this just in that Steve Jobs has resigned as Apples CEO. No it’s not April 1st, it is in fact real – either that or Yahoo are playing tricks on us. I wonder just how much an impact this will really make on Apple though. Thinking back to when Bill Gates announced he was stepping down from his CEO role @ Microsoft, it was a challenging time for sure. Some … [Read more...]
SMB MVP Tour – Australia Done – now for the rest of the world!
Australia this week was the first continent completed in the SMB MVP Tour of the world (www.smbmvptour.com). Attendance for these free events was outstanding and I personally want to thank all those that contributed to or attended the events. The topics covered included SBS 2011 Standard, SBS 2011 Essentials, Windows Multipoint Server 2011 and the cool HP hardware … [Read more...]
Office 2010 Service Pack 1 released
Microsoft has this week released the service pack 1 for Office 2010. Office 2010 has been great for me – in particular I love the new OneNote and the flexibility it gives me – and with this new Service Pack they’ve introduced a few basic features that I really need. You can find out more about the new Service Pack and changes/features here. I’ve installed it on my … [Read more...]
SBS 2011 Licensing in Upgrade and Downgrade Scenarios
Microsoft have produced a number of learning bite webcasts – this one is focused on the upgrade and downgrade scenarios around SBS 2011. They also go into depth about the Premium add-on so that it’s easier to understand how to get to SBS 2011 from the various previous versions of SBS. … [Read more...]
SBS 2011 Licensing in Virtualisation Scenarios
Microsoft have produced a number of learning bite webcasts – this one is focused on the Virtualisation Scenarios that can be built around SBS 2011. They make it simple to understand the potential that exists here and how you can correctly license it for SBS 2011 Standard, SBS 2011 Essentials and SBS 2011 Premium. Specifically they clarify that you cannot use SBS … [Read more...]