If you are in the Seattle area, check out and attend the PSSBS & HP SBS Geek-Fest this Thursday, 12/9/2010 at Symform in Seattle. 4-6PM. http://bit.ly/gqyWpo
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Simplifying High Availability and Virtualization
For those in the Seattle area who are not attending SMB Nation this weekend and Third Tier's Pre-day event in Las Vegas, the Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group October meeting will include a presentation by VM6 Software, a provider of an ‘all in one’ software solution that virtualizes storage, servers and desktops all at the same time, on a single server, without the complexity and costs.
By leveraging Microsoft Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and using any x86-64 servers, VM6 VMex creates a completely virtualized IT infrastructure with the simplest high availability solution in less than three hours without requiring the purchase of a complex SAN. It also comes with its own clustering technology and management console.
VM6 Software is the perfect solution for IT environments that:
• Have less than 50 servers per site
• Have virtualized or have a project to migrate to a virtualized environment
• Require high availability for planned or unplanned downtime
• Have challenges justifying the cost of a SAN
Join us for a presentation that will demonstrate how VM6 VMex can:
· Optimize the capacity utilization of your IT infrastructure
· Simplify and improve IT service availability for small IT environments
· Eliminate the need for shared storage (SAN)
John Cloutier (VM6 Software Technical Evangelist) and Bruce Smith (Microsoft Alliance Manager and Business Development) will be presenting.
VM6 will be providing pizza for the group, and Microsoft will be providing the room and drinks. Will be at our usual location, at Microsoft’s Lincoln Square offices in downtown Bellevue (700 Bellevue Way NE - Lincoln Square, Bellevue, WA 98004).
Park in the Lincoln Square garage and meet at the elevators on the first floor by 6 PM to head up to the meeting (take a ticket when you enter the garage, but parking will be free for the evening).
Meeting will be from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Categories : Hyper-V
Come find out tonight as Paul Bourgeau, the lead for Microsoft's Windows Intune project (www.windowsintune.com) will be speaking with the Puget Sound Small Business Server (PSSBS) group, followed by a general group discussion.
6 PM at Microsoft's Lincoln Square offices in Bellevue, WA. We'll be serving up pizza tonight, so bring $5 to help cover the cost. Soft drinks, juice, and coffee (and the room) will be provided by Microsoft.
Our meetings are the third Thursday of each month and are held at Microsoft’s Lincoln Square offices in downtown Bellevue (700 Bellevue Way NE - Lincoln Square, Bellevue, WA 98004).
Park in the Lincoln Square garage and meet at the elevators on the first floor by 6 PM to head up to the meeting (take a ticket when you enter the garage, but parking will be free for the evening).
Meeting times are 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Check out PSSBS online at our various hangouts:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pssbs/join
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2145158
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=103175053982
Categories : Uncategorized
For our August, 2010 Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group meeting, Kevin Brown, Vice President, Sales & Marketing for Symform, will be presenting and demonstrating their new v2.0 version of their affordable online data storage and disaster recovery solution.
Symform claims the new version is 10X faster and full of new features including:
- Flexible Contribution - contribute from anywhere – including the MSP’s office
- Resource Groups - pool bandwidth and storage across multiple nodes
- Instant Restore – keep a hot copy of the client’s data at the MSP’s office, the owner’s home, wherever…
- Laptop backup support
Symform will be covering the food/drinks for the evening and bringing a door prize.
In addition to Symform, we will also have two special guests in attendance. SBS Microsoft Most Valued Professionals, Philip Elder, and Jason Miller, are both in town working on a project over at Microsoft this week along with Steve Banks, and are excited to spend time with the group sharing the latest on the recently announced Aurora beta (http://connect.microsoft.com/sbs to sign up for it). With Symform’s Kevin Brown, and Philip and Jason all here, it will prove to be an incredible evening, so looking forward to seeing everyone there. Will be at our usual location, Microsoft’s Lincoln Square offices in downtown Bellevue (700 Bellevue Way NE - Lincoln Square, Bellevue, WA 98004).
Park in the Lincoln Square garage and meet at the elevators on the first floor by 6 PM to head up to the meeting (take a ticket when you enter the garage, but parking will be free for the evening).
Meeting will be from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
Categories : Symform
Go to http://www.mssmallbiz.com/training/ and scroll down toward the bottom to register. Session is at 9 AM today. If you miss it, go back and download it and watch.
Don't miss PSSBS' own Jamison West as he shares insight into his proven successful MSP business with the rest of us! Thank you Jamison! :-)
Building and Growing Your Managed Services Business
The decision to transform a business from a reactive break/fix model to a proactive recurring model is not one to be taken lightly. In this session we will discuss the following:
A definition of Managed Services
Resources for more information on this business model
o Industry Conferences and Events
o Peer Groups
o User Groups
o Media
What needs to change in your business to support the new model
o 180° Thinking
o Marketing and Sales Message – Selling your brand, not your vendors brands
o Excellent Tools (PSA & RMM)
o Compensation Incentive Strategies
* Service – Pay for utilization vs. profitability
* Sales – Hunter vs. Farmer
o Evolution vs. Revolution
SPEAKER BIO: Jamison West is the Founder and CEO of Jamison West Consulting Services (JWCS), an IT infrastructure management company driven to make technology work FOR business. He envisions a future where every small to mid-sized company will include their IT partner as a vital part of its core operations team.
In 1995, Jamison made the decision to combine his gadget-guy mentality, passion for technology, and innate entrepreneurial spirit into an independent company where he could create solutions for small to mid-sized businesses that would cause a radical shift in their long-term success. Recognizing the immediate need for businesses to have IT partners they could rely on in the face of ever-evolving systems and an onslaught of highly sophisticated viral threats, JWCS was launched and began serving clients in Seattle and the surrounding area. In late 2006 Jamison decided to dramatically change his business model from a lifestyle sole proprietorship doing break/fix work to a structured Managed Services business. Since then he has incorporated and grown to a staff of 10 with revenues well north of $1M. Jamison’s enthusiasm makes it easy to rally others into his corporate vision: To be recognized as the region’s most trusted advisor for IT Services, ensuring that our clients can focus solely on their business while we focus on seamlessly integrating technology.
Jamison holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Washington. When he’s not personally overseeing JWCS, he devotes time to his kids and wife, a good book, or even a pickup basketball game to create a positive work/life balance.
Categories : Uncategorized
Bring your lunch and your SBS related SQL questions this Saturday and join the Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group for our half-day SQL event at Microsoft's Lincoln Square offices! Information is at the PSSBS Website.
Categories : Steve
http://www.pssbs.org/meetings/january-21-2010-pssbs-monthly-meeting/
The focus of this month’s meeting is the running of your SMB consulting practice. To start off the conversation, join us for a presentation by PSSBS member, Brenda Luper, with the Washington Branch of Franklin Computer Services.
The Franklin Moves division of Franklin Computer Services was started in 2001 when several of their clients were looking for project help during their move process. Franklin’s services helped facilitate the needed communication and tasks between IT, General Contractors, Facilities, and Employees and enabled their clients to achieve a well executed move.
Franklin Moves For Small Business is a service that Franklin Moves can provide to your client with the tools and services necessary to execute a successful, organized, cost-effective move, resulting in minimal downtime, enabling your clients employees to return to their primary tasks as quickly as possible. Franklin’s process involves your input to the plan so you remain the clients trusted advisor before, during and after the move.
Following Brenda’s presentation, we will be continuing the conversation in a roundtable between all members of the group, so bring your business questions and we’ll do the best to answer them for each other.
Meeting will be at our normal location in Microsoft’s Lincoln Square offices in Bellevue, WA. Pizza and beverages will be sponsored by the Microsoft SBS team thanks to Jim H., so be sure to thank him when you see him at the meeting!
Our meetings are the third Thursday of the month and are held at Microsoft’s Lincoln Square offices in downtown Bellevue (700 Bellevue Way NE - Lincoln Square, Bellevue, WA 98004).
Park in the Lincoln Square garage and meet at the elevators on the first floor by 6 PM to head up to the meeting (take a ticket when you enter the garage, but parking will be free for the evening).
Meeting times are 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM.
For information about the group, email Steve Banks. Address is steve @ banksnw.com.
Categories : Steve
On Saturday, February 6th, Microsoft & the Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group is holding its Hyper-V 2008 R2 Partner Day: Practical Knowledge for Successful Deployments at Microsoft’s Corporate Headquarters, register now, space is limited.
This is day of Live Builds; Instruction; Demonstration; and, Tips & Tricks on Hyper-V for fellow Microsoft partners who want to use Hyper-V within their practice. You will see deployment, optimization and management of Hyper-V, all with a focus for how to use Hyper-V within a Microsoft focused IT practice from a fellow practicing Microsoft partner. Watch & Learn as the Hyper-V Role is deployed on a Windows Server 2008 R2 and while Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 is installed.
This is not a Hyper-V versus VMware day.
This is not a hands-on day.
This is not a test preparation day.
This is an “I can do ‘that’” day.
This is a Partners sharing with Partners day.
Schedule:
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9:00 AM |
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9:30 AM |
Registration |
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9:30 AM |
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11:30 AM |
Morning Session |
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11:30 AM |
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12:20 PM |
Lunch Break |
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12:20 PM |
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1:50 PM |
1st Afternoon Session |
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1:50 PM |
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2:10 PM |
Break |
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2:10 PM |
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3:30 PM |
2nd Afternoon Session |
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3:30 PM |
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4:00 PM |
Wrap Up |
Here is a list of the topics we will be covering:
Deploying Hyper-V Role via:
· Windows Server 2008 R2 (Full Installation) with Hyper-V ß Live Build
· Windows Server 2008 R2 (Core Installation) with Hyper-V
· Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 ß Live Build
Managing Virtual Machines:
· Hyper-V Manager ß Live Demonstration
o Virtual Network Manager
o New Virtual Machine Wizard
o New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard
· System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Practical Tips & Tricks:
· Virtualizing Windows Small Business Server 2008 ß Live Demonstration
· Virtualizing Remote Desktop Services (Terminal Services)
· Performance Optimization ß Live Demonstration
· Backups
Overview of Advanced Topics:
· Power Shell Hyper-V
· Managing Virtual Machine Storage
· Quick Migration
· Live Migration, Failover Cluster & Cluster Shared Volumes
· System Center Essentials and how it integrates into the System Center Virtual Machine Manager
· Hyper-V and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
The primary person in front for this event is Tim Carney. Tim a MCP and Small Business Specialist is President of EBT Solutions / SFBay-Link Network Services, Inc. Since 2002, Tim has been providing technology consulting services to emerging San Francisco Bay Area businesses and assisting other IT Professionals in designing Secure Infrastructure. During the 15 years prior to establishing his consulting business, he was the CFO and CTO for a 45 person Copier Sales and Services Business in Silicon Valley. Tim was the technical force in changing its sales focus from Telex to Facsimile, Fax to Copiers, Analog to Digital, and Stand-Alone to Connected. Tim’s areas of expertise include Small Business Server, Secure Infrastructure, Virtualization and Mobility Enablement. Tim is an Eagle Scout and has a B.S. degree in Business Management. As a leader in the local community, Tim has co-founded BASBiTS.org a San Francisco Bay Area users’ group for Small Business Information Technology Specialists. Follow Tim on his blog at SBS-Mobility.blogspot.com and on Twitter as TechmoTim.
When: Saturday, February 6th
Registration starts at 9:00 am
Main Event is from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm
Wrap-Up Event by 4:00 pm
Where: Microsoft Corporate Headquarters
3350 157th Ave N.E., Building 9, Room 1001 – Tahoma
Redmond, WA 98052
You Give: $20 per person
You Get: Relevant & Useful Information
Food & Drinks provided
RSVP: Register for the event by clicking:
http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032439175&Culture=en-US
See you all there!
Steve
Categories : Hyper-V, SBS 2008, Steve, Virtualization
Dec
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by steve
Scott Roberts has 12+ years at Microsoft under his belt and is currently the Test Lead for the Exchange CXP [Sustained Engineering] team here in Redmond. For over 5 years, he has been on the Exchange CXP team and before that he was the tester for DSAccess and other Directory related tools. Scott was also responsible for manually testing IMAP/SMTP/POP3 for an older Microsoft Product called MCIS.
Scott lives in Redmond and has resided in Washington for over 12 years. He is looking to attend several of the Washington State user groups over the next year to answer any questions that may arise around servicing, tools, Microsoft Update, and other related areas so that he can ensure that the CXP team properly understands the customer scenarios that are out there.
If you are a user group leader in the northwest and would like to get connected with Scott for possible presentations, drop me a note with your email address and I'll make sure it gets over to Scott. Possible topics he'll consider for group meetings include:
1. Servicing via Microsoft Update, WSUS, SMS/Systems Center, 3rd Party
2. Silent install versus UI based install
3. Servicing Cluster Scenarios
4. Servicing E14 DAG Scenarios
5. E12 specific servicing pain points
6. E14 Rollup 1 experience
7. Servicing SBS
For those of you in the Bellevue area tonight, head on over to the Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group meeting in Lincoln Square. Check out http://www.pssbs.org/about/ for directions.
Here's a quick advertisement for Karl's next Seattle visit. I've already bought my ticket, so I'll see you there. - Steve
Meet Karl in Seattle on Tuesday, November 3rd
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Introduction to Project Management and Zero Downtime Migration Strategies
$10 discount available instantly. Just use discount code SEA200911 at checkout.
For more info, see http://www.smbbooks.com/categories/seminars.htm
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