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  • How to resolve errors like "Cannot connect to the RPC service, make sure your RPC service is running" with Hyper-V Server and Hyper-V Manager

    In my last post on installing Hyper-V for my home setup I said I had a number of issues.  One was that the Hyper-V Manager kept on showing the error "Cannot connect to the RPC service, make sure your RPC service is running".  This turned out to be several issues. To start with my...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Wed, Dec 3 2008
    Filed under: Support and Tools, Virtualisation, Microsoft, Documentation, Tips, Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V
  • Can't find the WSS (Windows SharePoint Services) sales and marketing toolkit for SBS 2003 - here it was

    I've had someone ask me about the WSS toolkit that was referenced at How to Sell, Deploy, and Build Business with Microsoft Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0 and SBS 2003 R2 . The download location has moved to http://www.partnersalesresources.com/Pages/sbskit.aspx# . ttfn David Technorati Tags: Windows...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Fri, Sep 5 2008
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Windows SharePoint Services, SBSC, Microsoft, SBS 2003 R2, Documentation, Tips, Small business, Partner, SharePoint
  • Configuring OneCare for Servers in SBS 2008

    The Console setup process ( Once SBS is set up, how to do the basic configuration through the management console ) sets up SBS 2008 for use. OneCare for Servers provide anti-malware capabilities and is an important part of the system integrity. SBS 2008 comes with a trial of OneCare and so far I’ve found...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Thu, Jun 5 2008
    Filed under: Support and Tools, Security, SBSC, Microsoft, Documentation, Malware, Tips, Small business, x64, SBS Cougar, SBS 2008
  • EBS 2208 and SBS 2008 Upgrades & Migrations from SBS 2003 and SBS / EBS 2008

    I saw over on Nicholas's blog post - Nicholas King : EBS/SBS Upgrades & Migrations that he has started to answer some of the questions around system upgrades and migrations. Below are some snippets of key information he has shared. Read his blog post for more. However, key thoughts for me are...
    Posted to David Overton's Blog by David Overton on Tue, Jun 3 2008
    Filed under: SBS 2003, Support and Tools, Windows SharePoint Services, SBSC, Microsoft, SBS 2003 R2, Documentation, Tips, Small business, x64, SBS Cougar, Windows Server 2008, Windows Essential Server Solution Family, SBS 2008
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