Well Microsoft has finally released the first Release Candidate of Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. You can read more about the release on their blog. I’ve managed to install this new server today. The first thing I4ve noticed is that dispite the removal of the Drive Extender feature you can still not chose how your [...]
Well Microsoft has confirmed that the error I get whilst connecting the mac to SBS 2011 Essential is indeed the same error I have when I use the connect app made by Microsoft. Microsoft also confirms the behavior of the backup button in the dashboard application. It only opens the Time Machine application. If you [...]
The new SBS 2011 Essentials has the ability to connect Mac clients to the network. To do this you can use the connector app which you can find at http://serveraddress/connect . Once the application has started it will ask for a variety of information: Server address User name Password Computer description I ran into an [...]
I’ve always had my doubts on the drive extender technology used in Windows Home Server. Obviously I felt even more uneasy when they implemented the same tech in Small Business Server Essentials (Aurora). I prefer using existing RAID technologies, perhaps drive extender was too abstract for me. But Microsoft has apparently decided to pull the [...]