Word. I flipped a client 2K3 SBS to a Hyper-V VM last year, problem is it's not 2008 R2 so I can't migrate while the VM is up. It was almost too easy to move them to the new hardware and P2V though.
Michael, do you basically have a 50% or so configured SBS VM that you personalize for each customer as you stand it up? Dave From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 9:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead I deploy my SBS customers now as a VM. They don't know the difference - but I sure do. :) Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 12:47 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead If Microsoft was really on the ball, they would have taken the EBS 4 server product model and virtualized the whole build. That way an organization could go from their one SBS server to a single EBS server when the time came. There is really no reason for SBS and EBS to be sold as DVDs in a package, they should be VMs that are loaded onto a host. Just my opinion though, Tim From: Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 11:35 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead In this economy I was wondering how long before it would die. Too many medium size businesses seem to be either downsizing or just closing shop. Add virtualization to the mix and it was kill for the product. It was a great idea though. Jon On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Tim Vander Kooi <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Great idea...Decent product...10 years too late. RIP Tim From: David Baca [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 10:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead wow .. that did not last very long. ________________________________ From: Michael B. Smith <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Fri, March 5, 2010 8:19:15 AM Subject: EBS (Essential Business Server) is Dead http://www.microsoft.com/ebs/en/us/default.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/essentialbusinessserver/archive/2010/03/05/new-it-trends-bring-change-to-mid-market-product-line.aspx http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2010/03/ebs-has-left-the-building.html Regards, Michael B. Smith Consultant and Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com<http://theessentialexchange.com/> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
