Sydney SMB Partner Group

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Sydney SMB Partner Group

• October 2004
• 12/10/04

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Agenda

• Intro
• Current Stuff Wayne Small
• MS Marketing David Allinson
• SMB Nation Wrapup Wayne Small
• Group Structure
• Upcoming Events
• Resources
• Next Meeting
• Thank You

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Current Stuff Wayne Small

• ASP.Net Vulnerability
• Does apply to SBS2003
• SBS Team coming up with a long term fix
• No side effect from putting on KB at this point
• http//www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?Fa
  milyIdDA77B852-DFA0-4631-AAF9-8BCC6C743026

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MS Marketing David Allinson

• SBS2003 1st Birthday
• SMH Business Connect
• SMB Reseller Summit
• NT4 Migration
• More info shortly

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MS Marketing SBS Shipments
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SMB Nation

• 3 tracks
• Technical
• Business
• Marketing
• Best Sessions
• Jeff Middleton Swing Migration
• Anne Stanton The S in SMB
• Susan Bradley SBS Hacks

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SMB Nation Jeff Middleton

• Windows Domain Migrations
• Same domain migration
• Minimise downtime with changeover to new server
• Minimise need to touch client desktops
• Removes issues with Exmerge for Exchange data
• Can build most offsite
• NO NEED TO WORK WEEKEND OR LATE NIGHTS ANYMORE

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SMB Nation Anne Stanton

• The S in SMB
• What is Most Valuable to the Small Business
  owner? (1)
• Time
• The Billable Hour (Why?)
• An Efficient Process (Why?)
• Multi-tasking staff (Why?)
• Good Relationships (Why?)
• Good links to many blogs

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SMB Nation - Susan Bradley

• SBS Hacks
• Slow File copy
• Autodisconnect
• Oplocks on Server
• SPAM Exchange IMF
• Archive Manager for SPAM
• Displaying SCL in Outlook
• Displaying SCL in Outlook Web Access
• Customising OWA

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Customising OWA
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Summary

• Excellent Event
• Will go next year
• Hope to run similar here next year.

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Group Structure

• Name Change Sydney SMB Partner Group
• Audience all MS Partners
• Clear definition as a Partner Group (no Users
  permitted)
• MS will
• Membership Free
• Meeting Monthly
• Focus
• Still clearly on SBS
• Expand horizons

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Why do this?

• Better recognition within Microsoft
• Better leverage resources not just SBS
• Better focus on SMB Practices (reflects what we
  have been doing)
• Need to provide good quality SMB focused
  information to the local community
• Not all of us want to do marketing as a group
• Other options for this (more later)

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Group Structure

• Group Leader Wayne Small
• Assistance please
• Organising speakers
• Collation of attendance

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Next Month - November

• Business Presentation Legal Advice
• Technical Presentation Mark OShea (to be
  confirmed)
• Windows Media Centre 2005
• Special Guest
• Jeff Middleton - Swing Migrations
• www.sbsmigration.com

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Following Month December

• Xbox Party courtesy of MS

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Upcoming Events

• SMH Business Connect
• 19-21st October
• Darling Harbour
• SMB Reseller Summit
• 23rd November
• Sydney Convention Exhibition Centre

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Resources Websites

• www.sbsfaq.com
• www.sbslinks.com
• wwww.smallbizserver.net
• www.sbs-rocks.com
• www.microsoft.com/sbserver

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Resources Yahoogroups

• Details on www.sbsfaq.com
• Sydney SBS Users Group mailing list
• ssbsug_at_yahoogroups.com
• Content focused around this group local
  business issues, meeting announcements etc
• SBS2K List
• sbs2k_at_yahoogroups.com
• Technical issues on all versions of SBS including
  2003
• SmallbizIT List
• smallbizit_at_yahoogroups.com
• Business level discussions in the SMB marketspace
  how do I market? etc

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Next Meeting

• 6pm August 10th 2004

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Thank you