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. Lifehacker also provides both Windows 7 and MAC UI and instructions. Windows 7. (47).

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Sean Daniel

APRIL 5, 2011

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials – Available Today! Last week, the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials was announced as reaching the RTM milestone. Then download a copy and start discovering the multiple ways Windows SBS 2011 Essentials can benefit you and your business. Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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Sean Daniel

JULY 19, 2010

Discovering Windows Server Codename “Aurora” HP has teamed up with Becky Och’s, one of our Senior Program managers on the team to talk about what’s in Windows Server Codename ”Aurora”, the new cloud integrated version of Small Business Server. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Windows 7. (47).

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Sean Daniel

JUNE 14, 2011

Windows Phone 7 Add-in for SBS 2011 Essentials and WHS 2011 (Release Candidate). Live Tile Support If you pin the application to the home screen of your Windows Phone 7, you will be able to see a variety of at-a-glance information without launching into the application. Percentage of storage use of your main disk. at 10:38 AM.

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 20, 2012

How to List your Small Business Server and Windows home Server Apps on Microsoft Pinpoint. 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 ? Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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Sean Daniel

MAY 16, 2011

Windows Home Server saves the day… Being in my position, I often come across people wishing Windows Home Server was this way, or had this, or didn’t do that. 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. Storage Server Essentials.

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Sean Daniel

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

One of the most popular posts on my blog is how to enable Apple’s Time Machine backup to backup to your Windows Home Server 2011 or Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. You can download the add-in directly from the Using Windows Home Server Forums , or We Got Served forums. Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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Sean Daniel

AUGUST 8, 2012

about a name change from Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials to Windows Essential Server 2012. Before I joined Microsoft, I spent countless hours with my roommates with Windows NT4 server, Proxy Server, and more software, trying to share an Internet connection with my room mates. Posted by Sean Daniel. at 4:39 PM.

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 3, 2012

I have an iPad (v1), a Laptop, and of course my Windows Home Server. I found an application for Windows (and Mac OS) that installs on your computer that shares almost any printer connected to the computer, to the AirPrint service. I had to make two changes to the configuration for it to work, probably specific to my network.

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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). Windows 7. (47).

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Sean Daniel

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Microsoft and HP came together to set up the IT Infrastructure backbone running Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials on a maxed out HP ProLiant MicroServer. HP also improved their networking infrastructure with the HP ProCurve 1810G-24 switch. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Windows 7. (47).

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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. Enter Windows Home Server stage left. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Windows 7. (47).

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 4, 2012

As you recall, Small Business Server 2003 used Windows NT Backup (or NTBackup for short). So instead, you can download the Windows NT Backup and Restore Utility for Windows 7 (KB 974674). How about a tutorial on setting up and managing windows phone 7 with SBS.remote wipe with EAS. So I wanted to make sure it was covered.

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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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Sean Daniel

OCTOBER 7, 2010

This post comes courtesy of Adrian Maziak, our System Health PM] Windows Server “Aurora” is currently in Beta (You can download it from Connect , or read about the beta announcement ). Labels: Aurora , Customization , Home Server , SBS 2011 Essentials , Small Business Server , Technology Timesavers , Windows Live Services.

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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

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. You can even walk through setup. Newer Post.

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Sean Daniel

MARCH 18, 2011

Going “Pro” using Proxure’s KeepVault Pro for Windows Home Server 2011. If you read my post from Tuesday of this week, on using Proxure’s KeepVault for Windows Home Server 2011 or Windows Small Business Server 2011 , and when you got to the bottom, you thought to yourself. Heck yeah I’m going Pro!

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Sean Daniel

APRIL 8, 2011

With the release of the RC of KeepVault for, I noticed I didn’t cover the KeepVault Connector, which is a separate add-in for Windows Home Server 2011, and Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials than the original KeepVault add-in. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware.

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Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

How to set the Default Printer for All Users in your Small Business Server 2011 Standard or Essentials Network. Windows 7 and higher have the GPO extensions needed to understand this policy, but they will need to be installed on Windows XP or Windows Vista clients. However, the 32 bit Windows 7 clients did not.

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Sean Daniel

MAY 29, 2012

I think it’s the 2nd best tablet out there (although can’t wait to try those Windows 8 tablets!) 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. Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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Sean Daniel

MARCH 31, 2011

How to Re-Install RTM on an RC version of Windows Home Server 2011. The Windows Home Server 2011 setup will totally erase the first disk (that’s the primary disk), that’s the entire spindle, that’s all partitions on the primary physical disk. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. Thursday, March 31, 2011. Use at your own risk !

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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). Windows 7. (47). Windows 8. (4). Windows Live Services. (16). Windows Mobile. (23). Windows Phone 7. (2).

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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

JANUARY 16, 2012

Before the slew of Windows 8 tablets come out, most folks have an iPad or iPad 2. iTap RDP – iTAP RDP allows me to get to Windows clients via RDP. Sure there are free ones like iRDesktop , but this was the only one that did TSGateway so I can get to clients behind a proxy from outside the network. Windows 7. (47).

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Sean Daniel

MAY 17, 2010

Encryption is important on many networks to prevent prying eyes from seeing the data being sent. The larger and/or more un-trusted the network, the greater the need for encryption. The Internet of course being the largest of all public and un-trusted networks. I like windows 7. Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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Sean Daniel

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Why I’m Super Happy with Windows 8. But with Windows 8 , I held off installing it as my production machine until 2 months after RTM. But with Windows 8 , I held off installing it as my production machine until 2 months after RTM. I loved Windows 7 so much. Friday, October 12, 2012. Yes and no.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is a liveblog of IDF 2014 session DATS002, titled “Virtualizing the Network to Enable a Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI)” The speakers are Brian Johnson (Solutions Architect, Intel) and Jim Pinkerton (Windows Server Architect, Microsoft). Naturally, all of this runs on Windows Server and Windows Azure.

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Sean Daniel

APRIL 4, 2011

How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Next up you’ll have to copy the Windows Home Server 2011 DVD to the root of the disk. This makes the Thumb drive and the DVD look identical in Windows Explorer. Installing Windows Home Server 2011. SeanDaniel.com [tech].

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Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

Why I plan on using the new Windows Home Server 2011. I’m sure you have heard by now, that the Release Candidate of the new Windows Home Server 2011 is available for download. You get remote access to computers behind your network, but this time it’s powered by TS Gateway for Server 2008 R2! What does that mean?

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 6, 2011

Windows Multi Point 2011 and How it Fits into Your Small Business. Well, if you wrote off Multi-Point 2010 for business, you probably haven’t been paying attention to the new Multi-Point 2011, currently in Beta ( obtain it here ) With Windows MultiPoint Server 2011, the licensing and purchase model has been simplified.

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Sean Daniel

JULY 12, 2010

Announcing the next releases of Windows Small Business Server. Two new versions of Windows Small Business Server. This version of SBS will continue to support the familiar 75 users The second version, code named Windows Small Business Server “Aurora” is the new edition of SBS. Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 7, 2010

How to Lock Down a Windows 7 Kiosk or shared PC. 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). Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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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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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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Sean Daniel

MARCH 15, 2011

Online Backup using Proxure’s KeepVault for Windows Home Server 2011 and Windows Small Business Server 2011. When using Windows Home Server v1, I had found an Online Backup solution that I previously reviewed on this blog. Plus when you hit the top mark, you click a link and you can bump up your storage.

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Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

How to Enable TimeMachine Backup for your MAC to your Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials or Windows Home Server 2011. I’ve quite possibly been assimilated to Windows. Click the install for Windows PC button and follow the instructions. This sets the showing of unsupported network volumes to TRUE.

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