January 24, 2007
lots of new things coming down the pike, obviously. yesterday’s show in birmingham was proof positive of that.
but if you’ve got customers who won’t upgrade because of 1 lousy, measly application that they either can’t or simply refuse to part with…
may i strongly recommend the introduction of…
a wayback machine
with virtual pc, you could have an insane array of old operating systems running any number of ancient applications at any given time.
ok, so maybe that’s more than a little nuts.
but holding up the entire infrastructure of a business because of 1 program?
that’s what’s really nuts.
we’re implementing a wayback right now for our own hq…
so we can keep a’rollin’ forward with the new stuff without cause for alarm.
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January 24, 2007
i don’t think anyone will disagree with me when i say that remote web workplace is the bee’s knees.
to the point of nearly defining the word sexy when talking about small business server.
but suppose you have folks in your organization who you don’t want to have access to rww for one reason or another…
or you want to make sure employees have all read & signed usage policies before you roll it out to everyone.
well, when you enable remote web workplace using the ceic wizard, you might find that you’ve just allowed anyone in your organization to log in to it, whether you want them to or not.
what can you do?
without further ado…
happyfunboy’s super awesome guide to making remote web workplace a privilege, not a right
contrary to popular belief & misinformation, the mobile user template does not govern access to remote web workplace.
no, the rights to remote web workplace are governed by membership in a security group called, strangely enough…
remote web workplace users
wow…talk about your cryptic system design, huh?
here’s how to find this all-important group.
stay with me now.
launch server management.
click security groups on the left.
voila!
the remote web workplace users group appears in the list on the right, along with a host of other power ballad groups like:
- backup operators
- mail operators
- offer remote assistance helpers
- usage report users
- damn yankees
ok…
so damn yankees doesn’t actually appear there. but i figure since they were such an obvious rehab rocker retirement fund sellout of an operation, they prolly should appear here.
and my prediction is that they prolly will appear at the 2007 partner conference.
but, i digress…back to work.
the description of remote web workplace users kinda clues folks in on its importance, if anyone ever bothered to read it, that is:
members of this group can access the remote web workplace from the internet
if you open the properties of the remote web workplace users group…
then click the members tab, you’ll reach the magic spot.
assuming a default installation of small business server, you will see every created user account listed, plus the standard templates aka the fantastic four.
from here you can remove any user account you wish from this group, which means that person no longer has access to remote web workplace.
more importantly tho…
if you remove any of the fantastic four from the remote web workplace users group, any accounts created by the removed templates will no longer being automagically added to this group.
ergo…
folks in your organization won’t get remote web workplace until you explicitly specify & allow them.
wow…
starting to feel like a real system admin now, aren’t ya?
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January 24, 2007
finally…direct push actually comes to the funcave!
believe it or not…
all the work with windows mobile that’s been done here at the funlab over the last year or so…
either happened virtually…
or naked.
and by naked…
i don’t mean what you’re prolly thinking.
i’m talking about a simless device.
but now…
we’re direct pushing!
man oh man…
does it ever feel great!
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January 24, 2007
the official blogging tool of the funcave just got a makeover…
& what a makeover it is.
web 2.0…meet blogjet 2.0
all i can say is…
WOW!
just when you think something can’t get any better…
they go and totally kick your expectations right square in the keister!
here’s a look…
in fact, check out the theme. vista-ready, baby!
we’ll post up the more in-depth exam of the new blogjet soon here at the funcave, as soon as we’ve completed the final dissection over in the funlab.
but i for one am excited to see someone truly improving to the point of shaking up their product for a major point release. almost forgot what that felt like.
but there’s much more that’s new as well.
as in…
brand-new company name!
not to mention a new product logo!
dunno about you…
but maybe the blogjet team’s slogan should have been…
brand new me
that product logo is perfect.
they’ve definitely strapped the bar for blogging tools onto a rocket booster & shot that sucker into low orbit.
the rest of the blogging tools are pretty much sucking their exhaust right now.
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January 24, 2007
i had to recut one of the pics from the previous post…
getting the whole slogan in the pic = truly borg
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