Sean Daniel

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. This morning, building on the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Announcement , we are announcing a new edition targeted at Small Business called Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. What is this Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials? SeanDaniel.com [tech].

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Prior to joining Nlyte, Matt worked at IBM for more than ten years, helping to launch multiple products in their Information Management and SMB groups. For sourcing, they make decisions, and thus own the hardware budgets. Networking. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. MATT BUSHELL Nlyte.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Need to test a server, storage I/O networking, hardware, software, services, cloud, virtual, physical or other environment that is either doing some form of file processing, or, that you simply want to have some extra workload running in the background for what ever reason?

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Networking. What happens when multiple VXLAN logical networks are mapped to the same multicast group? This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 60

Sean Daniel

JULY 1, 2010

How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks. Over on Lifehacker.com , one of my favorite sites, they talk a bit about how to stay safe on Public, or even those looming “open” networks that you might discover in an apartment building. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware.

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Virtualized Greek

MAY 10, 2013

To have SDDC you need to have mature Software Defined Networking (SDN), Software Defined Storage (SDS) and even if it’s not a proper term let’s keep it rolling Software Defined Compute (SDC). Vendors have virtualized or abstracted storage for a long time now. What if you want multiple storage vendors in the backend?

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Cloud Storage SMB Software 60

Sean Daniel

JANUARY 20, 2012

Are you a developer or developer firm that’s built an application for SBS 2011 Essentials , SBS 2011 Premium Add-on , Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials , and Windows Home Server 2011 ? Before you can begin listing your applications: You must join the Microsoft Partner Network. Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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Sean Daniel

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

The add-in should work fine on Windows Home Server 2011, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, and also Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. Labels: 2011 Add-in , Aurora , Backup , Home Server , Mac , Macintosh , SBS 2011 Essentials , Small Business Server , Storage Server Essentials , Technology Timesavers. SMB Nation.

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Sean Daniel

JULY 15, 2010

How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials. Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation. US SMB TS2 Blog. Discovering Windows Server Codename “Aurora” Guy Haycock discusses the SMB Announcements at WPC.

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Windows Video SMB Small Business 71

Sean Daniel

JANUARY 3, 2012

I also had to add my network printer to a printer on my Home Server, just by going to Control Panel and adding a printer as I normally would on any Windows machine. I had to make two changes to the configuration for it to work, probably specific to my network. Then of course ran FingerPrint on the server. Posted by Sean Daniel.

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Sean Daniel

AUGUST 8, 2012

That package contained not only an onpremise Exchange and Sharepoint server, but also SMB styled pricing for said solution for up to 75 users. Look at Kerio for starters - their Connect and Workspace products have not only viability in SMB, but Kerio themselves are focused pretty much on SMB. Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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Sean Daniel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

HP also improved their networking infrastructure with the HP ProCurve 1810G-24 switch. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials. Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation. US SMB TS2 Blog. Skydrive. (2).

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Sean Daniel

MAY 2, 2013

ISPs are typically networking experts, they run mail servers because its common practice for them to offer an email account with your networking. If you travel around the world, access to your email account is slow outside of your ISP network and native country. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials.

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How To Windows SMB Backup 68

Sean Daniel

JANUARY 6, 2011

If you have 12 XP workstations, you can simply obtain 1 copy of MultiPoint Premium and now each of those XP workstations have another 5 years of life but yet, they get a full Windows 7 experience when used as a WMS workstation over the network. I’ve installed WMS into my SBS 2011 Essentials (Aurora) network and it works great.

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Windows Small Business SMB Education 69

Sean Daniel

JULY 19, 2010

How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials. Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation. US SMB TS2 Blog. Discovering Windows Server Codename “Aurora” Guy Haycock discusses the SMB Announcements at WPC.

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Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Change the Mac TimeMachine to show unsupported Network Volumes by going to Finder , then Applications , Utilities , Terminal. This sets the showing of unsupported network volumes to TRUE. A MAC Address is the hardware address of the local network card. Make sure the users who are on a Mac have Read/Write access.

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Backup How To Windows Small Business 82

Sean Daniel

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Using your Home Server for more than Storage, Backup and Remote Access. However, there are certain things that I don’t trust the cloud for, and hence I want my own cloud storage that I run and have total control over. Home Server has been my personal cloud storage location since 2007, I now run WHS 2011. Skydrive. (2).

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Small Business Windows SMB Backup 59

Sean Daniel

AUGUST 19, 2010

Dana Epp on Five by 5–Securing Remote Access Dana covers important topics about what you can do to give your employees remote access, while at the same time ensuring the security to your network is maintained. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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Security SMB Small Business Windows 40

Sean Daniel

APRIL 5, 2011

” Brett Schulte from Loteria Grill says “SBS 2011 Essentials is so much more than just a network attached hard drive. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials. Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation.

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Small Business Windows SMB Backup 53

Sean Daniel

MAY 30, 2011

Before starting you first need to: Join the Microsoft Partner Network. Before you can begin listing your applications on Pinpoint, you must create an account with the Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) and create a descriptive overview for your company. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware.

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Sean Daniel

JULY 12, 2010

How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials. Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation. US SMB TS2 Blog. Discovering Windows Server Codename “Aurora” Guy Haycock discusses the SMB Announcements at WPC.

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Windows Small Business SMB Backup 46

Sean Daniel

JANUARY 4, 2012

When you try to install the restore utility, it says "To run Windows NT Backup Restore Utility, you need to turn on or install Removable Storage Management. Chris Watson Network Engineer MCTS, MCITP, MCSE. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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Sean Daniel

OCTOBER 7, 2010

This can be an email server that lives out on the Internet that you have access to, or the one at your ISP that you simply have access to simply by being part of their network. I have a NAS (WD Sentinel dx4000) powered by Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials.

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Sean Daniel

JUNE 14, 2011

The at-a-glance information includes: Count and type of network health alerts. Percentage of storage use of your main disk. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials. Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation.

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Windows Small Business SMB Backup 48

Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

How to set the Default Printer for All Users in your Small Business Server 2011 Standard or Essentials Network. Under the Action drop down, make sure it says Create Under the Share Path: put the path to the shared network printer If you want it to be the default printer, tick the Set this printer as the default printer. Sean Daniel.

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 7, 2010

I came across something that might be useful to a bunch of Small Business Server VAPs configuring your network. Thus preventing users from getting into trouble and lowering your total cost of ownership on that client PC (or your whole network). How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware.

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Sean Daniel

MAY 10, 2011

The labs are pretty awesome, they are all hosted on the Internet and you can launch into Virtual environments where you can play with an SBS 2011 Standard or SBS 2011 Essentials network before you buy it, or walk through a scenario after you bought it to make sure you have it ironed out. Storage Server Essentials. (17). SMB Nation.

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Sean Daniel

MARCH 15, 2011

While at SMB Nation 2010 in Las Vegas, I had ran into a company called Proxure who build a solution called KeepVault. Back to the review : The first thing I notice was KeepVault doesn’t bill you for what you use, they bill you for storage space in chunks (40Gb, 80GB, 130GB, 200GB … 3.5TB!).

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Sean Daniel

OCTOBER 12, 2012

My home network was running flawlessly, and I didn’t have the time to deal with “problems” given I was ramping up on my job change. The same photo editing software and the same hardware with a new OS and I was amazed at how fast it was. Need to access you work PC or network its easy. Roaming Profile Settings.

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Sean Daniel

APRIL 8, 2011

While I’m local on the network, the backups are SUPER quick, but away from the network they’ll be throttled by my connection speed back to my server. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials. SMB Nation.

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Sean Daniel

APRIL 21, 2010

Participate via blogs, tweets, social media networks, commenting, and more. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials. Latest SMB Community Posts. SMB Nation. US SMB TS2 Blog. Subscribe to this feed.

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Sean Daniel

MAY 16, 2011

I got lucky that the network driver was built into the CD so no issues there and before we knew it the restore was off and running. Labels: Awesomeness , Backup , Home Server , SBS 2011 Essentials , Small Business Server , Storage Server Essentials , Technology Timesavers , Windows 7. Storage Server Essentials. (17). at 3:28 PM.

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Sean Daniel

MARCH 31, 2011

In the Server Manager that opens, expand Storage and select Disk Management. Finally, remove any external USB disks (extra storage, or server backups) or turn them off/un-plug them, as Setup may get confused with these disks attached and fail. Once that’s done, simply go to [link] and re-join the computer to the network.

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Sean Daniel

MARCH 18, 2011

Labels: 2011 Add-in , Aurora , Backup , Best Practices , Home Server , MediaSmart , NAS , Online Backup , SBS 2003 , SBS 2008 , SBS 2011 Essentials , SBS 2011 Standard , SBS7 , Security , Small Business Server , Storage Server Essentials , Windows 7 , Windows Vista. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials.

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Sean Daniel

JUNE 17, 2011

If this is the case, you should Create a DHCP reservation for your server in your router’s DHCP server (or other DHCP server on the network) such that your server gets the same IP address every time. Labels: SBS 2011 Essentials , Small Business Server , Storage Server Essentials , Training and Awareness. Posted by Sean Daniel.

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Sean Daniel

MAY 29, 2012

I have “The Weather Network” on my iPad, which you can find under WeatherEye in the App World, it gives more data and is also a great app, but not as pretty as the built in Weather app. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Skydrive. (2).

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Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

You get remote access to computers behind your network, but this time it’s powered by TS Gateway for Server 2008 R2! While we’re talking about media, let’s focus on the internal network. To me, the leading cause of data loss is usually hardware failure, most often then not, it’s a harddrive failure.

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