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Register now for our SMBNation All-Day Training
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Eriq Neale: Configuring and Using Remote Desktop Services Remote Apps – A Love Story
Dave Shackelford: Things you didn’t know were in Exchange 2007
Cliff Galiher: AutoDiscovery, DNS and ActiveSync in depth. Like seriously deep
Wayne Small: Hyper-V R2, yes is does make a difference. Configuring Disk subsystems and effects on performance
Thanks to our sponsors, Hewlett Packard, Symform and Storagecraft we are able to keep the cost down to only $50. So head on over to the store and reserve your space for this all-day training session! http://www.thirdtier.net/store Training takes place October 21st.
Third Tier offering Technical Training at SMBNation PreDay Event!
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve been dying to announce this. I’m so excited! We’re doing a pre-day event at SMBNation in Vegas on October 21st. Make your flights accordingly. Very soon we will be posting a registration form. You must register in advance so keep an eye out for it.
Speakers are our own fabulous staff: Dave Shackelford, Cliff Galiher, Eriq Neale and Wayne Small
Our content has been selected by the guys to reflect the growing concern over compliance, business continuity, manageability and issues surrounding these that our customers are contacting us for help with. Case studies and examples will abound and they guys will show you how to configure the products they will be working with which including Exchange, Sharepoint, Terminal Services and Hyper-V. Expect the sessions to be intense with advanced material. Your brain will be exploding by the end of the day.
I’ll be posting more and more specifics about the content as the event gets closer. Let’s have a look at what Eriq is going to cover first:
Configuring and Using Remote Desktop Services Remote Apps – A Love Story
Many people have heard of Remote Desktop Services Remote Apps (formerly Terminal Server Remote Apps) but either haven’t had an opportunity to implement the solution or just are not sure how to. In this session, Eriq Neale will show how to configure RDS Remote Apps on a Remote Desktop Server and then go over several real-world deployment scenarios. We will also go over how to set up RDS Remote Apps to work with Remote Web Workplace on an SBS Server. Eriq will include case studies on when and why this technology is used.
Configuring RDS Remote Apps
Publishing an Application through RDS Remote Apps
Publishing an Application with multiple configuration options through RDS Remote Apps
Publishing an RDS Remote App through Remote Web Workplace
Please make your flights accordingly and plan to join us for a full day of intense training on October 21st.
Shout Out to Hewlett Packard, Symform and Storagecraft. Without awesome vendors that get the small business space and are willing to invest in partner education, this event would not be possible.
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Third Tier at SBS Migration IT Pro Conference
Posted by: | CommentsThird Tier staff members Eriq Neale and Steve Banks are attending the SBSMigration.com conference in New Orleans and will be speaking in various sessions this weekend.
Steve will be moderating and leading a discussion on “right-sizing” servers Friday afternoon from 3:00-4:15pm.
Eriq will be doing a demonstration of the Kerio Connect group collaboration solution Saturday morning from 9:15-9:45, then leading a panel discussion on monitoring and remote access form 9:45-10:45. Eriq will also be posting summaries of the various conference sessions over at his MVP Blog.
If you’re at the conference, be sure to stop them and introduce yourself!
Mac Mini an Alternative to SBS?
Posted by: | CommentsIn a March 31 article at crn.com (http://www.crn.com/software/224200956), ChannelWeb correspondent Kevin McLaughlin posits that Apple’s special configuration of a Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Server preinstalled could pose a serious threat to sales of Small Business Server. Third Tier’s Eriq Neale was interviewed for the article and offered some insight on the topic. To get a deeper view of Eriq’s take on the premise of the article, come to SMB Nation Spring in East Brunswick and sit in on his session Alternative Solutions in the SMB Space. Even if you saw the session he did at the Fall conference in Las Vegas, this is one you won’t want to miss!
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LinkedINPresentation: Understanding Social Media
Posted by: | Comments<This is not an official Third Tier event.>
In this presentation, I will not be demonstrating how to use Twitter, Facebook, Facebook Fan pages, LinkedIn and Blogs but rather I will show how other businesses are using social media and provide a general introduction to the terminology and the technology. Hopefully in a manner that is not geeky but rather easily understood.
I have allocated an hour for this event. My discussion will not take up the entire time. There will be time available at the end for Q&A.
When: Thursday, Jul 23, 2009 12:00 PM (EDT)
Scheduled to Occur: Once
Duration: 1:00
Amy Babinchak has invited you to present an online meeting using
Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/join?id=9FFTG5&role=present&pw=c7%7BP8QC%60b
Meeting time: Jul 23, 2009 12:00 PM (EDT)
When: Thursday, Jul 23, 2009 12:00 PM (EDT)
Scheduled to Occur: Once
Duration: 1:00
Amy Babinchak has invited you to present an online meeting using
Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/join?id=9FFTG5&role=present&pw=c7%7BP8QC%60b
Meeting time: Jul 23, 2009 12:00 PM (EDT)
Add to my Outlook Calendar:
https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/meetingICS?id=9FFTG5&role=present&pw=c7%7BP8QC%60b&i=i.ics
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SBS 2008 Build Day – Redmond
Posted by: | CommentsThe SBS 2008 build day road show continues with the next stop – Redmond on Saturday. Even if you can’t be there in person you can join the show via Live Meeting. http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=137853
Amy will be giving a session on security considerations for SBS 2008 as part of this event. Please join us!
Amy & Eriq on SMB Conference Call TODAY
Posted by: | CommentsMay 20, 2009
9:00 AM Pacific Time
Amy Babinchak and Eriq Neale
Join Karl as he interviews two of his favorite people in the SMB Space — Amy Babinchak and Eriq Neale.
Amy and Eriq have a lot in common. Microsoft MVPs, authors, long-time contributors to the SMB space, AND now they’re off on a grand adventure called . . . Third Tier.
Third Tier provides advanced IT support services to professionals. Third Tier is staffed by experts with deep knowledge in specific areas.
Their expertise includes SBS, active directory, exchange, SharePoint, SQL, ISA, Macs and network infrastructure. Their staff currently includes, Amy Babinchak, Eriq Neale, Dave Shackelford, and Chad Gross.
They also provide support for vendors in the small business space looking to assist their customers with advanced implementation and support services.
Amy:
Amy Babinchak owns Harbor Computer Services (HCS) in Michigan. They provide local small businesses with quality IT services.
Amy was named by Microsoft as MVP in ISA Server twice and again in Essential Business Server.
Amy frequently speaks on security and firewall issues, both nationally and internationally at conferences and to user groups. She has contributed articles to ISAserver.org, SMBNation Magazine and chapters for SBS 2003 Unleashed and SBS 2008 Unleashed.
In 2008, she and Eriq Neale formed Third Tier to provide direct access to advanced support services to IT professionals.
Eriq:
Eriq Neale doesn’t like the use of the word "veteran" when it comes to describing how long he’s been working in the IT industry, but until someone comes up with a term that implies experience and expertise without grey hair, that term will have to do.
As the President of EON Consulting, LLC, and a partner in Third Tier, Eriq has been focused on providing solutions to small businesses and small business IT professionals for a number of years.
He is the lead author of two Unleashed books on SBS (2003 and 2008) and has been recognized as an MVP by Microsoft for the past four years.
On Third Tier:
Join us May 20th to discuss SBS 2008 challenges, what Third Tier is up to, and the roll of "upstream" I.T. Support can do to help you make more money.
Info:
- Email Amy: amy@harborcomputerservices.net
- Email Eriq: Eriq.Neale@eonconsulting.net
- www.thirdtier.net
SBS Build-Day: Vegas
Posted by: | CommentsHey Vegas! SBS Build-Day is coming to your town on May 9th. Get signed up now!
Event Code: 137823 (http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=137823)
5/9/2009
9:30 AM – 4:00 PM PDT
New Horizons CLC of Las Vegas
7674 W. Lake Mead Blvd., Suite 250
Las Vegas, NV 89128
United States
General Event Information
The Las Vegas Small Business Users Group is pleased to announce a special event for Microsoft partners – a one-day Small Business Server 2008 build event and technical education opportunity.
Event Cost: In-Person – $25.00 (includes breakfast & lunch) – Cash Only Please
Live Meeting – Please do NOT register using this link, email suzl@microsoft.com to register for Live Meeting only.
This event will showcase a live step-by-step SBS 2008 build, including joining XP Pro and Vista clients to the domain and a review of the other post-installation Getting Started Tasks. Interspersed throughout the build will be discussions of various topics such as:
• Minimum and recommended hardware requirements
• Use of the Answer File
• Network changes from SBS 2003
• The new Management Console
• Other highly useful information
Following the networking luncheon we will discuss:
• Migration tasks, experiences and caveats
• Edge-Security (Amy Babinchak – Microsoft MVP)
• Securing SBS 2008 with AuthAnvil (Dana Epp – Microsoft MVP)
• SBS 2008 Gotchas (Susan Bradley – Microsoft MVP)
• Licensing (Tim Carney – www.basbits.org)
Breaking News! Free SBS 2008 Unleashed book
Posted by: | CommentsDana Epp of Scorpion software (that’s AuthAnvil, RWW Guard, RWW Protect) is offering a free copy of SBS 2008 Unleashed to a lucky person that attends 2 excellent events happening on Third Thursday.
As you know at Noon, this Thursday is the next installment of our regular Third Thursday, Managing SBS 2008: Certificates. In this session Eriq Neale will educate us all on how to manage SSL certificates, whether self-signed or purchased in SBS 2008. He’ll be using live demo to show you how it’s done.
Immediately following Eriq’s presentation Dana Epp is hosting a round table: Selling Security to the SMB – Why trust matters and how you lose it when using FUD. Learn how to strengthen the trust relationship with your clients by providing educational based selling, helping you to identify potential sales opportunities driven by need… and not fear. The roundtable will be made up of Dana, Amy, Susan Bradley and Ben Yarbrough.
To be eligible to win Eriq’s book, you’ll need to sign up and attend both events. It’ll only take two hours of your time.
Here’s how to get signed up:
1. Third Tier. Managing SBS 2008: Certificates https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/mvp/meetingICS?id=F2FGNW&role=attend&pw=w%242S%3BM%60Wx&i=i.ics
2. Scorpion Software. Selling security to the SMB https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/733132802
I’ll be participating in both events. See you there! It’s going to be a great Thursday.
SMB Summit Postponed, but Why?
Posted by: | CommentsYou’ve probably heard the news that the conference has been postponed from elsewhere by now and rather than yet another post announcing the postponement, I was hoping to have some news to post on the postponement as to when the postponed conference would be rescheduled. 
But alas nothing yet.
It’s disappointing, for sure. We worked hard to gather up the best topics and speakers for the technical track that the conference has ever seen. But it is understandable. SMBTN, the organizer of the event, has to put out $250,000 before a single attendee shows up at the door. That’s a lot of risk for a group of volunteers. So when the attendance doesn’t look strong, events get cancelled.
Why wasn’t attendance strong? That’s the real question here. Is it the economy? Well, that’s a good excuse but business owners need to continue to invest in their business even (or maybe especially) when it’s down. Or maybe it’s because there were so many events scheduled around the same time.
[Note: The following is Amy’s personal opinion.]
Where did these other events come from? Seismic, ConnectWise, AutoTask, TechData, and don’t forget the ever prolific Everything Channel, MS TechEd, MS WWPC…they are all having conferences. I know I’ve not named them all either. What’s different about these, is that they aren’t community led. They are vendor events. Not that they aren’t valuable but in our market space we have been blessed to have community led events like: SMB Nation, SMB Summit, MSPSN and HTG. IT Pros in the enterprise don’t have community events, they only have vendor led events. When you have the choice to attend a vendor event or a community event the choice should be clear. Choose community and the community gets stronger. A strong community means you as an IT Pro in this market space have a stronger peer group from which to pull. It’s all win-win. But if we don’t support community driven events, they will go away and vendors will win. I don’t want to work where my only source of information comes from vendors; I want to be better than that. So please support community events.
