Building a new server today for a client, and as part of patching we manually installed Exchange 2013 Service Pack 3, and then of course the latest update rollup – which happens to be UR6. UR6 came out in May this year, so it’s not all that new. The Exchange 2013 SP3 went on without a problem – right click, run as Administrator and it was away. It took maybe 30 minutes or … [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...]
SBS 2011 Licensing CALs and Access Rights
Microsoft have produced a number of learning bite webcasts – this one is focused on the SBS CALS and Access Rights to the SBS network. In this video, they talk about Remote Desktop Services and how it can be correctly licensed as well. … [Read more...]
Where can I download SBS 2011 Standard as a partner?
One of the questions I’ve seen asked by many in the various partner groups recently is about where can they download SBS 2011 Standard edition as a partner. Well – Eric ligman is the source of all knowledge like this – and he’s done a great blog post over on his blog – rather than rehash what he said – read his story here Thanks Eric for all you do for us – now get … [Read more...]