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In September I gave a lecture at the Toronto IT Professionals Community on different deployment technologies available to small and medium business – specifically Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 4.1 , Windows Automated Installation Kit (Windows AIK...
So now that I have a day or two to play (and need it up already!), I decided to start installing my Essential Business Server environment today. This is not my first kick at this can (I have installed eight or nine previous iterations in either...
Technorati Tags: Michael D. Alligood , Mitch Garvis , Mitchell D. Garvis , EBS Consultant , Essential Business Server , SBS , SBSC , Certified Small Business Specialist , Small Business Server I had dinner with a colleague this evening, Michael D. Alligood...
I owe a great debt to Microsoft Canada (Damir!) and Hewlett Packard Canada (Laurie!) who came through to supply me with a server for my last two projects. If you happen to find yourself in the market for a server for a small to mid-sized company...
In 1625 King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ordered his shipyards to build (among others) a mighty fighting ship called the Vasa. He gave very specific instructions for what he wanted in this ship, how he wanted it outfitted, and made it clear that it should...
The entire world runs on DNS. While that is not true, the Internet does, and without it the entire infrastructure would screech to a deafening halt. In short, DNS (or Domain Naming System) is the directory service that lets us use friendly(ish)...
I was sitting in a cafe minding my own business the other day when I overheard a couple of network administrators discussing the benefits of virtualizing their server room. As this is a topic about which I am quite passionate I was delighted to...
One of the great advantages to MVP Summit is the information that is made available to us; speak to any MVP and chances are they were in no fewer than a dozen sessions over the course of four days, not to mention all of the break-out sessions, the Open...
Every so often an event comes along that has the potential to offer a lot to many for very little. The problem in deciding which ones are worthwhile is not only deciding which ones are primarily focused towards marketing rather than offering benefit...
So what is Essential Business Server (EBS) ? In simple terms EBS is a complete corporate network for mid-sized companies in a box, or rather in three or four boxes depending on the version. Let me explain: In the beginning there was the PC...
For years I have been saying that Small Business Server was the best solution for small businesses that did not have huge IT budgets; it allowed them to take advantage of the same enterprise-level tools such as Microsoft Exchange Server, SQL Server, and...
This past Monday I had the opportunity to present what I call a 'Let's Get Excited' presentation to an architect audience at Microsoft Canada. I was asked to showcase several new features of Windows Server 2008, due to launch on February...
Cell/e-mail/calendar: What device do you use to keep organized? This question was posed to me by a colleague who is just leaving a job as a system administrator for a major educational institution for the freedom and stresses of independent consulting...
Here we are. July has past, and as we look out onto August I see something more than just another month. July has been a bit of a whirlwind for me. I moved from Montreal to Toronto, and though I have accomplished much this past month the reality is I...
It is a bitter-sweet day. In 2004 I bought a used Dell PowerEdge 4300 server... but I couldn't use it until 2005 when my wife left, because as powerful as it is, it is also big and loud. Since then it has been my main server, and as reliable as Old...
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