After attending the VMware View 4 Launch tour in Tampa a couple of weeks ago, I loaded up the evaluation to give it a good field test. NOTE: I recommend reading the documentation BEFORE installing… A few points to consider prior to rolling out the product: 1) View Server requires a MS Windows Server (2008 … Read more
Ran into an issue today where a clients SBS 2008 server stopped servicing requests made to hostname/owa. I am still unsure as to what caused this issue but find a fairly simple way to recreate the OWA virtual directory for IIS. Many admins are familiar with this procedure / howto for Exchange 2003 but are … Read more
RighteousHack welcomes our newest author, Psythian to the blog. Psythian brings years of network and systems insight to our blog. Among other things, Psythian’s expertises lie within the small business and local government markets. Welcome to the blog Psythian! –Himuraken
We can all agree that virtualization has numerous benefits. One of the obvious benefits is that virtualization makes systems hardware agnostic. This is one of my favorite features of going virtual. I am responsible for the network operations of many businesses and being able to forget about hardware compatibilities on the OS level is a … Read more
This one seems like an obvious one, but I will post it anyways. Chances are that you have deployed and/or maintain Windows 2003 Small Business Server. Many small businesses purchased SBS during “the good times” of 2003-2008. Due to the licensing restrictions imposed on the product by Microsoft, these servers are always one boxed. That … Read more
RighteousHack welcomes our newest author, KiddAMD to the blog. KiddAMD brings years of network and systems management to our blog. The Kidd has vast experience working with small businesses, web development, and hosting to mention a few. Welcome to the blog KiddAMD! –Himuraken