We put all our SBS deployments on ESXi for DR and migration flexibility. Karl Bickmore
MSCE NT4/2K/2K3, MCP, MCP+I, MCSA 2K/2K3 LPI-1, CCNA, CCDA, Net+,Security+,Linux+ DataCore SANmelody Certified 6613 N Scottsdale Road Suite 101 Scottsdale AZ, 85250 480-553-9967 X100 k...@ccnsconsulting.com<mailto:k...@ccnsconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01CABC55.50A875E0] Please remember CCNS is a referral based business. If you have a friend or colleague in need, we are happy to help. Feel free to pass along our contact information to anyone you think we can help. Thanks! From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 11:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead I am consulting with a small firm locally that does a couple of deployments of SBS a year and told them that they should do as MBS does. It makes way more sense and makes DR much easier to deal with. Jon On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 1:11 PM, Jon Harris <jk.har...@gmail.com<mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com>> wrote: Yeah I kind of thought the same myself. I asked the local TechNet guru about why they did not go that route and got no answer. The guy is good but my guess is they just plain did not use their brains. Of course keep in mind this was introduced at the end of sales for 2003 and before the 2008 was really going. Virtualization would most likely have made VMWare VERY happy. Jon On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:47 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <tvanderk...@expl.com<mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com>> wrote: If Microsoft was really on the ball, they would have taken the EBS 4 server product model and virtualized the whole build. That way an organization could go from their one SBS server to a single EBS server when the time came. There is really no reason for SBS and EBS to be sold as DVDs in a package, they should be VMs that are loaded onto a host. Just my opinion though, Tim From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com<mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com>] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead In this economy I was wondering how long before it would die. Too many medium size businesses seem to be either downsizing or just closing shop. Add virtualization to the mix and it was kill for the product. It was a great idea though. Jon On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <tvanderk...@expl.com<mailto:tvanderk...@expl.com>> wrote: Great idea...Decent product...10 years too late. RIP Tim From: David Baca [mailto:dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com<mailto:dbaca.gr...@yahoo.com>] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 10:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead wow .. that did not last very long. ________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com<mailto:mich...@smithcons.com>> To: NT System Admin Issues <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com<mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>> Sent: Fri, March 5, 2010 8:19:15 AM Subject: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead http://www.microsoft.com/ebs/en/us/default.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/essentialbusinessserver/archive/2010/03/05/new-it-trends-bring-change-to-mid-market-product-line.aspx http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2010/03/ebs-has-left-the-building.html Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com<http://theessentialexchange.com/> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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