Today Microsoft finalised and released the code for SBS 2011 Standard and the SBS 2011 Premium Addon. They announced it here. So over the next few weeks the actual code will be made available to the rest of us via the various channels. I’ll expect to see it on MSDN/TechNet early in the new year and available via the channel probably around the same time. This … [Read more...]
Sometimes you just have to laugh…
While many are up in arms now about the decision to remove Drive Extender from SBS 2011 Essentials, and Windows Home Server Codenamed “Vail”, it’s great to see that some can still have a laugh at things. Tim Barrett has taken the trophy today with his carton on the topic. Personally I think the Windows Home Server product is the big one affected here. I really … [Read more...]
SBS 2008 and Windows Server Backup is limited to 2TB in total
SBS 2008 uses the inbuilt Windows Server Backup under the covers of their wizards. This backup is a block level backup that stores it’s information as a VHD file on the destination disk no matter if it’s on a USB hard drive or a remote drive share. The SBS team have placed a wizard over the top of this for configuration, but essentially under the covers, it’s just … [Read more...]
Upgrading to SBS 2011 and SBS 2011 Essentials
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...]
Client PC Backup in SBS 2011 (SBSv7) is now available.
Today Microsoft announced what I think is some very cool reuse of their technology that will have massive benefits for SBS 2011 and even non SBS environments. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials is a great new product from Microsoft that uses the combination of Windows Server 2008 R2 as a base and adds in the Client Backup technology from SBS 2011 … [Read more...]