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For those who are not members of the PSSBS Yahoo Group, or in case you haven’t seen the announcement in our PSSBS Yahoo Group, there is NO NOVEMBER MEETING. I am in Las Colinas, Texas at an MVP “Deep Dive” in Server 2012 Essentials and Multipoint. We will be meeting in December, with a presentation by CRU-DataPort.

If you are in the greater Seattle area, join us as we discuss the recent announcements around the Small Business Specialist Community, Small Business Server 2011, and Windows Server 2012 Essentials. http://www.pssbs.org/meetings/july-19-2012-pssbs-meeting/

2012 Security Predictions- Corey Nachreiner, Director Security Strategy, CISSP 2011 proved to be a memorable year for information security. The security analysts at WatchGuard cannot remember a year with such newsworthy security incidents and discoveries as 2011 delivered. With disastrous breaches, like those suffered by Epsilon, RSA, and Sony, to amazingly advanced malware, like TDL-4 and Duqu, 2011 was an unforgettable year for security practitioners – one that we hope to never see the likes of again.  Join Corey Nachreiner, Director Security Strategy, CISSP, as he revels the next threats and how you can prepare yourself for 2012!! Corey, once … Continue reading Corey Nachreiner will be presenting at tomorrow’s PSSBS meeting in Bellevue, WA!

NO MEETING THIS MONTH (June 16, 2011). I’m going to be up in Vancouver, BC for the SMB MVP Roadshow . We will be back to Lincoln Square July 21st with Spamsoap and a Saas Security presentation by them. Redmond’s SMB MVP Roadshow is going to be a larger one day event on Saturday, September 17, 2011. Will have details and registration information for that event soon. Thanks,Steve

If you are in the Seattle area, check out and attend the PSSBS & HP SBS Geek-Fest this Thursday, 12/9/2010 at Symform in Seattle. 4-6PM. http://bit.ly/gqyWpo

Simplifying High Availability and Virtualization   For those in the Seattle area who are not attending SMB Nation this weekend and Third Tier’s Pre-day event in Las Vegas, the Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group October meeting will include a presentation by VM6 Software, a provider of an ‘all in one’ software solution that virtualizes storage, servers and desktops all at the same time, on a single server, without the complexity and costs.   By leveraging Microsoft Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and using any x86-64 servers, VM6 VMex creates a completely virtualized IT infrastructure with the simplest high availability solution … Continue reading October 21, 2010 PSSBS Meeting

Come find out tonight as Paul Bourgeau, the lead for Microsoft’s Windows Intune project (www.windowsintune.com) will be speaking with the Puget Sound Small Business Server (PSSBS) group, followed by a general group discussion. 6 PM at Microsoft’s  Lincoln Square offices in Bellevue, WA. We’ll be serving up pizza tonight, so bring $5 to help cover the cost. Soft drinks, juice, and coffee (and the room) will be provided by Microsoft. Our meetings are the third Thursday of each month and are held at Microsoft’s Lincoln Square offices in downtown Bellevue (700 Bellevue Way NE – Lincoln Square, Bellevue, WA 98004).Park … Continue reading What’s all this about Windows Intune?

For our August, 2010 Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group meeting, Kevin Brown, Vice President, Sales & Marketing for Symform, will be presenting and demonstrating their new v2.0 version of their affordable online data storage and disaster recovery solution. Symform claims the new version is 10X faster and full of new features including: – Flexible Contribution – contribute from anywhere – including the MSP’s office – Resource Groups – pool bandwidth and storage across multiple nodes – Instant Restore – keep a hot copy of the client’s data at the MSP’s office, the owner’s home, wherever… – Laptop backup … Continue reading August 19, 2010 PSSBS Meeting

Go to http://www.mssmallbiz.com/training/ and scroll down toward the bottom to register. Session is at 9 AM today. If you miss it, go back and download it and watch. Don’t miss PSSBS’ own Jamison West as he shares insight into his proven successful MSP business with the rest of us! Thank you Jamison! 🙂 Building and Growing Your Managed Services BusinessThe decision to transform a business from a reactive break/fix model to a proactive recurring model is not one to be taken lightly. In this session we will discuss the following: A definition of Managed Services Resources for more information on … Continue reading Jamison West presenting in the 5W/25 Series 9 AM this morning!

Bring your lunch and your SBS related SQL questions this Saturday and join the Puget Sound Small Business Server User Group for our half-day SQL event at Microsoft’s Lincoln Square offices! Information is at the PSSBS Website.