SBS 2003-to-2008 Migration Checklist
File name: SBSMigrationChecklist.docx
Date Published: 06/24/2009
Version: 1.0
File size: 43 KB
Download URL: Click here

SBS 2003-to-2008 Migration Whitepaper
File name: SBS_Migration.doc
Date Published: 05/13/2009
Version: 2.0
File size: 694 KB
Download URL: Click here

SBS 2003-to-2008 Migration Click-Thru Demo
Date Published: 05/12/2009
Version: 1.0
File size: 47.5 MB (for the EXE and the documentation)
Download URL: Click here

Swing Migration for SBS 2008
Download URL: http://www.sbsmigration.com/

Also, if you’re just doing a clean install, don’t forget about Philip Elder’s document.

SBS 2008 Setup Checklist
http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2009/04/sbs-2008-setup-checklist-v10.html

WINDOWS 7 HOME PREMIUM

• Windows 7 Home Premium (Full): $199.99
• Windows 7 Home Premium (Upgrade): $119.99

  Update: Special Upgrade Discount until July 11, 2009
  $119.99 $49.99 each (limit 3 per customer) 

WINDOWS 7 PROFESSIONAL

• Windows 7 Professional (Full): $299.99
• Windows 7 Professional (Upgrade): $199.99

  Update: Special Upgrade Discount until July 11, 2009
  $199.99 $99.99 each (limit 3 per customer) 

WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE

• Windows 7 Ultimate (Full): $319.99
• Windows 7 Ultimate (Upgrade): $219.99 

There is also a video with the details, including international availability: Click here

Source: Windows 7 Blog

“I have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, but not Acrobat Professional – can I still create a password-protected PDF?
I don’t feel like paying $360 for Acrobat Professional
just for the ability to do encryption or password protection.”

The short answer is ‘yes’, but you’ll need another program to do it.

I recommend the FREE open source program PDF Creator 0.9.8 (16.8 MB).

Below are detailed instructions you can share with your employees and clients: 
- (Part A) PDF Creator program installation instructions
- (Part B) Creating the password-protected and encrypted PDFs
- (Part C) PDF opening instructions

PART A – PDF CREATOR INSTALLATION (Boring Part)

1. Download PDF Creator 0.9.8 from SourceForge
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ 
2. Double-click the PDFCreator-0_9_8_setup.exe file and choose Run.
     
   (If User Account Control pops up in Vista or Windows 7, click Allow)
3. Select your language (English) and click OK.
   
4. When the setup Wizard launches, click Next.
   
5. Accept the license agreement, and click Next.
   
6. For Type of Installation, choose Standard installation, and click Next.
   
7. For Printer name accept the default of “PDFCreator”, and click Next.
   
8. On Select Destination Location, accept the default and click Next.
   
9. The installation will install the PDFCreator Browser Add On (annoying) but you can later uninstall via the Control Panel.
   Uncheck “Yahoo!” and click Next.
   
10. Under Select Components, accept the defaults and click Next.
    
11. On Select Start Menu Folder accept the default and click Next.
    
12. On Select Additional Tasks accept the defaults and click Next.
    
13. And then click Install and click Finish when the installation is complete.
    

Now that the PDF Creator program is installed, it’s time to convert a file into a password-protected PDF.

PART B – CREATING A PASSWORD-PROTECTED PDFs
(Interesting Part)

1. Make sure the document that you want to convert is CLOSED.
2. Right-click the icon of the document you want to convert, and choose
   Create PDF and Bitmap Files with PDFCreator from the pop-up.
   
3. At the “It is necessary to temporarily set PDFCreator as defaultprinter” prompt click Don’t ask me again checkbox and click OK.
   
4. The document will open and then close again, and you will be left with a PDFCreator 0.9.8 dialog box, as shown below.

   Click the Options button.
   

5. On the Options page, expand the Formats tab on the left.
   
6. Click the PDF icon on the left, click the Security tab on the right, and check the Use Security checkbox.
    
7. Choose the following:
   - Encryption level (40-bit or 128-bit)
   - Password to open (user password)
   - Password to change permissions (owner password)
   - Any other user restrictions you want to set
    
8. Hit Save on the bottom right of the Options page, and then Save again on the main PDFCreator 0.9.8 page (seen in Step 4 above). 
9. When the Save as dialog box comes up, give the file a name and
   click Save.
    
10. PDF Creator will pop-up a small animated splash screen…

    

    …and prompt you for the password you want to use to create your document. Enter the password twice and click OK.

    

11. If you leave the ‘Owner Password’ blank (which fine if you want to) you will get an additional dialog box letting you know that it’s blank.
    
    Click Yes to leave the Owner Password blank, or click No to go back and add an Owner Password.
12. Once the document is saved, it immediately tries to open in your preferred PDF reader (I use Foxit Reader) and prompts your for a password. Type the User Password and click OK.
    
13. You should now be able to see your password-protected PDF.
    

Congratulations - That’s a few hoops to jump through!

PART C – WHAT THE CLIENT / RECIPIENT SEES
(The most important part)

1. E-mail them the password-protected PDF document
2. They open the attachment and get prompted for a password 
   
3. Once they enter the password and click OK, the PDF opens.

RECAP

• Part A is just a one-time thing.
• Part B is every time you want to CREATE a password-protected PDF
• Part C is what the client (recipient) and does each time they want to OPEN the protected PDF.

Title: Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit
Version: 6.5
Date Published: 06/03/2009
Download size:
- WM6.5 Professional (USA) 225.0 MB
- WM6.5 Standard (USA) 71.4 MB
File type: MSI
System Requirements: XPSP3, Vista, Server 2003 SP2 
Download URL: Click here

Description:

The Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Tool Kit adds documentation, sample code, gesture APIs, header and library files, emulator images and tools to Visual Studio that let you build applications for Windows Mobile 6.5.

Even if you’re not a WM developer, if you support Windows Mobile devices, you should download these emulator images.

Emulator Images Included:

• Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional Square Emulator
• Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional QVGA Emulator
• Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional WQVGA Emulator
• Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional VGA Emulator
• Windows Mobile 6.5 Professional WVGA Emulator
• Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard Square Emulator
• Windows Mobile 6.5 Standard QVGA Emulator

Hint: You don’t need Visual Studio to use these emulator images. But if you want to these emulators to be able to communicate across the network and access the web, you’ll probably want to download and install Virtual PC 2007 (30.4 MB) if you haven’t done so already. The reason being; We just need the virtual network adapter, which is installed automatically when you install VPC 2007 – after that, we don’t need VPC 2007 anymore for the WM6.5 emulators.

Configuring the Windows Mobile 6.5 emulator to connect to the Internet

Once you’ve gotten the emulators downloaded and installed, here’s how you connect one to the network:

1. Make sure Virtual PC 2007 is already installed (see box above).
2. Open the emulator from the Windows Start Menu.
   
   The emulator should show a splash screen…
   
   …and then drop you into the WM6.5 operating system.
3. In the emulator choose File / Configure
   
4. On the Network tab, check the Enable NE2000 PCMCIA network adapter to bind to, choose your network card, and click OK.
   
5. In the emulator, click on Start, then click on Settings
   
6. Click on Connections
   
7. Click on Connections again
   
8. Click on the Advanced tab at the bottom, and choose Select Networks
   
9. Set both selections to My Work Network, and click OK twice.
   
10. Once you’re back at the Today screen, click Start and then click Internet Explorer
    
11. On the Internet Explorer Mobile page, try searching on something to test your internet connectivity.
    
12. If you’ve done everything properly (including installing Virtual PC 2007 in the box above) you should be connected to the Internet.
     
13. When you’re done using the emulator, you can choose File / Save State and Exit and the next time you launch the emulator (Step 2 above), you’ll pick up right back where you left off – already connected to the Internet.
    
    If you get prompted to enable the network card the next time you launch the emulator, just choose Yes.
    

Props: Thanks Chris Rue’s blog for the heads-up on the WM6.5 download.

Title: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit
Authors: Rui Maximo, Rick Kingslan, Rajesh Ramanathan, Nirav Kamdar
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Published: February 4, 2009
ISBN: 0735626359
Pages: 879
Hard copy available: $37.79 at Amazon.com
Register for FREE download: Click here (29.4 MB)

Description:

Get the definitive resource for deploying, configuring, and supporting Office Communications Server 2007 now fully updated. Take advantage of expert insights direct from the Microsoft Office Communications Server Team. This official Microsoft RESOURCE KIT delivers in-depth technical guidance on architecture, deployment, security issues, administration, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.

Title: Programming for Unified Communications
Authors: Rui Maximo, Kurt De Ding, Vishwa Ranjan, Chris Mayo, Oscar Newkerk, and the Microsoft OCS team
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Published: May 27, 2009
ISBN: 0735626235
Pages: 415
Hard copy available: $31.49 at Amazon.com
Register for FREE download: Click here (7.2 MB)

Description:

Get the hands-on guidance you need—direct from the Microsoft Office Communications Server product team—to streamline your organization’s real-time, remote communication and collaboration solutions. Step-by-step programming scenarios show you how to deliver high-quality VoIP, presence, click-to-communicate, and contextual collaboration across the enterprise and across time zones. You also get details on how to integrate Office Communications Server with enterprise applications like Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 and Windows Workflow Foundation. Equip yourself with the latest insider tips, and give your users greater flexibility in how, when, and where they work together and what services and devices they use to do so.

Source: Microsoft Press blog

It reminds me of  something I saw a while back:

Gotta love ‘plug-and-pray’. And while we’re sharing screen shots, here are a couple more:

WatchGuard screen pop-up goof…

Ye old MySQL server…

The file with no name violation…

All are welcome, but seating is limited.  Lunch is provided by the meeting sponsor, TEK Systems.

IMPORTANT - You must RSVP to info@loumug.com to reserve your seat.

Venue:
Sullivan University
College of Pharmacy, Auditorium B
2100 Gardiner Ln.
Louisville, KY 40205
Map: Click here (old F.O.P. building)

Schedule:
11:30 am - Networking and Lunch
11:50 am - Introductions and Announcements
12:00 pm - Presentation
12:50 pm - Open Q/A & Discussion
1:00 pm - Adjourn

Synopsis:

• Discover the differences between SBS 2003 and SBS 2008.
• Learn the new features in the 2008 version.
• Discover how Windows Small Business Server 2008 improves productivity and helps to protect your business information.
• Enhanced versions are available.  Which edition fits your companies needs?

UPDATE: We’ve also invited Kevin Royalty [SBS-MVP] to speak at this event as well.

Hope to see you all there!

Source: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.9

(Scott said, “Hit OK, it’s fun”)

1. Office 2007 SP2 has launched
   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b444bf18-79ea-46c6-8a81-9db49b4ab6e5&displaylang=en
2. Vista SP2 has reached RTM
   http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2009/04/28/windows-vista-sp2-rtm-windows-vista-sp1-blocker-tool-removed.aspx
3. WSS v3 w/ SP2 is out
   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=ef93e453-75f1-45df-8c6f-4565e8549c2a
4. Windows 7 RC hit MSDN and TechNet today (for subscribers)
   http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/2009/04/30/windows-7-rc-is-available-for-technet-and-msdn-subscribers-to-download.aspx
5. Windows 7 RC will be available to the general public on May 5
   http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/04/24/windows-7-release-candidate-update.aspx
6. Window 7 Beta expires July 1
   http://blogs.technet.com/springboard/archive/2009/04/30/plan-ahead-for-windows-7-beta-and-rc-expiration-dates.aspx
7. If you got a THRIVE card at the last KYSBSUG meeting, those expire TODAY, so make sure you active it today.
8. Chris Rue is coming to Cincinnati on Tuesday May 5 on the Microsoft Tour
   http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/im-getting-on-the-bus.html

Download URL: Click here
File name: office2007sp2-kb953195-fullfile-en-us.exe
Date published: 04/24/2009
Size: 290 MB

KEY IMPROVEMENTS:

• Ability to open, edit and save OpenOffice.org 1.1 documents (*.odt, *.ods, *.odp)
• SaveAs PDF has been added back in (no need to download separately)
• Improved graphic presentation and printing
• OneNote / SharePoint synchronization improved
• Groove synchronization improved
• Outlook performance improvements in startup, shutdown & viewing
• and more…