Re: what is best way to learn sbs2003
- From: "Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 16:11:54 -0400
I think that especially from the perspective of a consulting practice, you'd
find Harry Brelsford's books and seminars to be a great resource. One of
the most popular events around small business consulting (if not the most
popular) is SMB Nation. Harry also does smaller one and two-day events
worldwide. And his books are great as well.
http://www.smbnation.com/default.aspx
In addition to Harry's books, the ones I use, and that I think are among the
best regarded on SBS, are the MS Press Small Business Server 2003
Administrator's Companion, and the SAMS one you probably already have, Small
Business Server 2003 Unleashed by Eriq Neale. I'm sure I'm forgetting a
couple, but others will jump in to recommend them.
You can become an MS registered partner at no cost, just by signing up. I
can't speak to how much business it'll get you since I'm an end user rather
than a consultant, but one thing I can tell you is that MS provides a wealth
of free resources to the partners, including all kinds of information and
training, tech support including partner-only newsgroups, business down
support, etc. I'd recommend signing up as a registered partner, and if you
go to a higher level later, you can pursue that after you've had a chance to
check out their offerings.
"pheonix1t" <nothing@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uISuk5LjGHA.1600@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
hello,
what is the best way to learn about sbs2003?
we're a small consulting company providing managed IT services to smb's in
our area.
we specialize in unix/linux environments but we are running into a lot of
places with sbs2003 servers. Usually, the servers aren't well
maintained - I've had to do several disaster recoveries this year so far!
Most of the sites had active directory setup but running really badly.
Due to working with unix/linux a lot, my reference books are usually
oreilly (we use safari.oreilly.com). They have a few books on sbs2003
from microsoft press and sams.
Is this enough? I know from working with exchange that it's got a lot of
limitations as far as dealing with spam. Unix/linux MTA servers are much
more flexible in this regard (Postfix has amazing functionality for
dealing with spam that just isn't available on microsoft exchange). For
exchange you usually have to use 3rd party tools or use something like
postfix as an email gateway. Postfix cleans out a lot of the spam and
viruses and then relays the 'clean' emails to exchange (or other groupware
servers - groupwise or lotus).
What would be other resources for dealing with 'real life' situations that
we all see in the field but aren't covered in books? I think those of you
with experience know what I mean by this.
Also, what are your opinions on the microsoft partner deal? Is it worth
it? Does it help you get more business? From several people I've talked
to (relating to oracle) their business partner thing doesn't really help
that much in getting new business. It's more of a gimmick - somehow I
can't help wondering if it's the same thing for most large vendors
(microsoft, ibm, oracle, citrix, etc).
Thanks,
Dave
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