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A Discussion of Essential Business Server with a passionate SBS Consultant and Community Member

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 from Jacksonville, Florida. Michael has...

Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 10-03-2008
Essential Business Server - Tell me more!

(Note: It has been brought to my attention that I inadvertently named this article the same thing I had named a previous article. As such I am renaming this article, four hours after the original publication time. Thanks for understanding. -M) For the past several years I have been...

Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 07-05-2008
Windows Vista: Clunky on old hardware?

For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . I am not going to lie to you. Windows Vista has some serious hardware requirements, and like most versions of Windows ever released the minimums should be considered just that... very bare...

Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 05-03-2008
Vista - Fact or Fiction?

For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . As the old saying goes, if I had a dime for every person who has come up to me and told me why they are not moving to Windows Vista, I would be a rich man. The problem is that most of those reasons...

Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 05-01-2008
A Myth of (Virtual) Fingerprints

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 hear the 'buzz'... the fact that organizations...

Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 04-25-2008
Drinking From a Fire hose

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 Space sessions on the first day, and a plethora...

Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 04-17-2008
A Simple Explanation of Microsoft Essential Business Server

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. And of course Microsoft looked up at the PC...

Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 04-10-2008
Essential Business Server: Coming soon to a mid-sized company near you!

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 SharePoint Server without having to purchase several...

Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 04-08-2008
Server 2008 Virtualization - Catch It!

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 27th. While preparing for the presentation I...

Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 02-14-2008
The Internet... Do YOU Know Where YOUR Children Are?

One evening this week at the dinner table Theresa and I were discussing some of the steps that we took to protect Aaron (our nine year old) while he surfs the Internet. He piped up that he did NOT like any of these measures, and I told him that he had better get used to them, because they are not...

Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 01-26-2008

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