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		<title>The Death Of My Business</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:40:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>NEW Second Shot Vouchers Now Include Half Off Discount</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just about to&#160;publish a wrap-up post about the results of the two previous voucher giveaways, and then this new development comes flying in over the transom&#8230;

For an EXTREMELY limited time, I can issue Second Shot vouchers for MS exams that also include a 50% discount on the cost of the initial exam. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exam-A-Palooza</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2010/03/exam-a-palooza.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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This week&#160;kicked off Hell Week, certification-wise,&#160;for me.
Currently I&#8217;ve got a total of&#160;four exams scheduled this week. I&#8217;m&#160;slated to take:

70&#8211;648 TS: Upgrading from Windows Server 2003 MCSA to, Windows Server 2008, Technology Specializations (which I passed this Monday, actually)
70&#8211;646 PRO: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator
70&#8211;669 TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization (Beta)
70&#8211;624&#160;TS: Deploying and Maintaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Few Thoughts About Mid-Market IT</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2010/03/a-few-thoughts-about-mid-market-it.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big thanks to Eric Beehler for inviting me to appear on CS Techcast 110 this week. We talked at length about some of the unique challenges facing mid-market IT.

Although the conversation was&#160;spurred mostly by the news&#160;of Microsoft&#8217;s cancelling Essential Business Server v2, we discussed a wide range of topics, including cloud-based services&#160;(big shock there) and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EBS Has Left The Building</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Instead of&#160;my typically convoluted Funcave windup involving some theoretical physics, Bluetooth&#160;and comic book&#160;lore a la &#8220;The Big Bang Theory,&#8221; I&#8217;ll just come right out and say&#160;what&#8217;s up&#160;this time:
Essential Business Server = DEAD
That&#8217;s officially official as of right now, which&#160;should be&#160;8:00 a.m. Pacific Standard time on March 5th, 2010. So what does that really mean?
In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got R2 Haiku? Last Day To Vote!</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2010/01/got-r2-haiku-last-day-to-vote.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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The voting in Microsoft&#8217;s kickass R2 Haiku contest ends today. My entry about DirectAccess ended up being one of the nine finalists, which means I&#8217;m still in the running.
So if you don&#8217;t mind, take a second to hop over to the voting page&#160;and toss a vote my way.
To vote, just click the VOTE button under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MS Exam Discounts Giveaway Held Open One More Day</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/ms-exam-discounts-giveaway-held-open-one-more-day.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 11:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Lo and behold, the 20% off MS exam discounts were supposed to have ended as of today.
But they haven&#8217;t. At least, not yet. Here&#8217;s the reason why&#8230;
Basically, the &#8220;Gear To Get Your Butt In Gear&#8221; giveaway being held at the Funcave drove a whole heaping bunch of interest in the 20% off discounts. So much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing The Future</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/changing-the-future.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Last week, I had the good fortune to attend CMP&#8217;s XChange&#8217;09 event in Washington, DC. As a vendor-centric show, this kind of event gives solution providers like my company the opportunity to see new offerings from various vendors, give feedback, and forge business relationships that can mutually benefit our companies.
But this year, one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LAST CALL: 20 Percent Off MS Exams Giveaway Ends TODAY</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/last-call-20-percent-off-ms-exams-giveaway-ends-today.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 06:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Today is the LAST day that the 20% discount for MS exam discounts will still be available for certain regions/countries. So if you want some, you MUST enter the giveaway TODAY!
Honestly, the response to the MS exam voucher giveaway has been nothing short of AMAZING! So much so that actually delivering the vouchers to people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>475 Exam Discounts Given Away, But The Clock Is Ticking!</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/475-exam-discounts-given-away-but-the-clock-is-ticking.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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Time&#8217;s running out for you to get in on the exam discount vouchers, folks.
All exam discount vouchers&#160;generated through the MCT Rewards program&#160;will flip over to 10% off starting on August 27, 2009, now and forever, instead of the current 20% off enjoyed by some countries/regions.
Current year vouchers generated BEFORE August 27, 2009, however, won&#8217;t expire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gear To Get Your Butt In Gear</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/gear-to-get-your-butt-in-gear.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Good intentions don&#8217;t really mean much. Sure, you can vow to&#160;go rock-climbing, but if you&#160;never actually do anything about learning how to do it, and making sure you have the appropriate gear to help you learn, what happens? You&#8217;ll very quickly become a damp stain at the bottom of a rock face, that&#8217;s what.
In the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GIVEAWAY 2: 20 Percent Off MS Exam Vouchers Worldwide</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/giveaway-2-20-percent-off-ms-exam-vouchers-worldwide.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Since August has been unofficially dubbed &#8220;Gear To Get Your Butt in Gear&#8221; month here at the Funcave,&#160;ALL the giveaways reflect some aspect of that idea. That idea being, basically, it&#8217;s time to get off your duff and get busy making whatever you want to happen actually happen, Cap&#8217;n.
And since there&#8217;s no time like the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GIVEAWAY: Now With Even More MSPU</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/giveaway-now-with-even-more-mspu.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Lo and behold, the MSP University book giveaway just started, and now there&#8217;s even MORE MSPU goodness to be had!
In addition to the previously mentioned three copies of The Guide to a Successful Managed Services Practice, written by the incomparable Erick Simpson,&#160;I&#8217;m also giving away two copies of Erick&#8217;s&#160;The Best I.T. Sales &#38; Marketing Book [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GIVEAWAY: The Next Best Thing To Being At MSPU Bootcamp</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/08/giveaway-the-next-best-thing-to-being-at-mspu-bootcamp.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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To commemorate the MSP University bootcamp being held right now, I&#8217;ve got a special giveaway for anyone who couldn&#8217;t make it out to California.
Three lucky winners will receive&#160;their very own copy of The Guide to a Successful Managed Services Practice (MSRP $99.95) written by none other than Erick Simpson, VP/CIO of MSP University.
To enter, simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Too Hot To Handle</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/07/too-hot-to-handle.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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That&#8217;s right. 3 out of the last 4 slides on my deck submitted for my last session at WPC&#160;were deemed &#8220;unsuitable&#8221; and &#8220;too risky.&#8221; Other words bandied about were &#8220;copyright,&#8221; &#8220;lawsuit&#8221; and &#8220;knuckle sandwich.&#8221;
In other words&#8230;
You really won&#8217;t want to miss this one, folks.
So if you&#8217;re at WPC&#160;and wanna see what all the fuss it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selling Out</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/06/selling-out.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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This is the second time of which The Antelope’s aware that Amazon has sold out of its existing copies of Brand-New Emily. Which means BNE is selling. Which rocks!
Please let there be lunch boxes.
Please let there be lunch boxes.
Please let there be lunch boxes.
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		<title>The Ripple Effect AKA Women In Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/06/the-ripple-effect-aka-women-in-technology.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been doing this Father&#8217;s Day weekend&#8230;

Apple of My Eye and Cute as a Button and I spent most of yesterday working in our&#160;brand-new Mindstorms NXT laboratory building, programming and testing robots. So far we&#8217;ve built the TriBot, Alpha Rex, and Spike AKA The Scorpion. Both of them dig getting the robots to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Man Enough To Be At WomenBuild Tonight. Are You?</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/05/im-man-enough-to-be-at-womenbuild-tonight-are-you.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 21:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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One of the most eye-opening moments for me during the bus tour was seeing the statistics about the decline of females taking computer science AP exams, and the attendant decline of females in the technology industry.
Personally, I have a feeling that most of this trend largely boils down to the typical stereotypes about the computer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avengers Assemble!</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/avengers-assemble.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so it&#8217;s not really the Avengers, but the Career Express team that assembled in Atlanta yesterday to prep for the 11 days of mayhem and awesomeness that kicks off today.
My flight from BHM to ATL today would have been a completely uneventful jacknife of a flight, since the flight path for that route is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Your Fairy Godmother</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/meet-your-fairy-godmother.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Or at least, the closest you&#8217;ll ever get to one anyway.

This is Marie. As in Marie McFadden.&#160;Her nickname has alway been her initials, which spell&#160;MOM. But after what I&#8217;m about to tell you, Marie will be turning your world upside-down in a way that should make you stand up and cheer. Which means her nickname&#160;from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where I&#8217;ll Be In 2009 Redux</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/where-ill-be-in-2009-redux.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;
Forget the whirlwind. 2009 now feels like someone just strapped a jetpack to my back and flipped the &#8220;On&#8221; switch without telling me. Problem is&#8230;the person who did that?&#160;Me! 
Here&#8217;s&#160;the latest rundown with relevant links to all the talks, places, and conferences currently on my schedule.
April

14 &#8211; Webcast: Using System Center Essentials&#160;with Essential Business Server [...]]]></description>
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		<title>T-Minus 10 Hours And Counting</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/t-minus-10-hours-and-counting.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
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It&#8217;s not too late to sign up and attend the smokin&#8217; hot TechNet IT Pro Tiki Hut Tour stop tonight in Huntsville. There are still a few seats left. So if you want in, get off your keister and register now: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032406292&#38;Culture=en-US
I&#8217;ve been finishing up my prep for the two presentations I&#8217;m slated to give [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Am I Passionate About Microsoft Training And Certification?</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/why-am-i-passionate-about-microsoft-training-and-certification.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;ve been on record as being a big huge superfan of IT training and certification from my very first days in the IT industry. Long before I had a blog that was read by people all over the world, I told anyone who would sit still long enough to listen that if they wanted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TechNet&#8217;s Putting A Tiki Hut In Your Own Backyard</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/technets-putting-a-tiki-hut-in-your-own-backyard.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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Next Monday, April 20, the IT Pro Tiki Hut Tour&#160;blasts off for the East region in none other than Huntsville&#8230;Alabama&#8217;s very own Rocket City. Spearheaded by Blain Barton,&#160;MS Evangelist Extraordinaire, this FREE tour will be visiting 10 different cities through June 4. The fact that Blain&#8217;s leading it should already be enough to pack the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Froggy Evening</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/one-froggy-evening.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Well, the presentation on System Center Essentials and Essential Business Server went off pretty smoothly, all things considered.
I was coughing like a 3 pack a day smoker, had just barely gotten my demo environment stood up in time, and (in the interest of full disclosure) was still about 3 slides from finished when it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Make-Or-Break Feature Of Essential Business Server</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/the-make-or-break-feature-of-essential-business-server.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Tomorrow night I&#8217;ll be delivering a webcast to the EBSUserGroup titled &#8220;Using System Center Essentials&#160;With Windows Essential Business Server.&#8221; This is a pretty bold statement, but&#160;I personally think SCE is&#160;THE make-or-break feature of EBS for anyone who wants to use, support, or otherwise make EBS a part of their business.
We&#8217;ll talk about why that is, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where I&#8217;ll Be In 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/where-ill-be-in-2009.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
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2009 quickly turned into a whirlwind, and in the pit of my stomach I feel like a cowboy who&#8217;s just about to hop on&#160;and try to&#160;ride that cyclone. Here&#8217;s a quick rundown with relevant links to all the talks, places, and conferences currently on my schedule.
April
14 &#8211; Webcast: Using System Center Essentials&#160;with Essential Business Server [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Slam Dunking The Mid-Market, 5W/50 Style!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Last Friday I gave a webcast as part of the 5W/50 Series for Microsoft Partners. Titled &#8220;Adding Windows Essential Business Server to Your Infrastructure Practice,&#8221; the talk was almost completely focused on the business value of Essential Business Server, including why EBS should matter to both mid-market businesses and why you, as a Partner, might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Essential Business Server Matters</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2009/04/why-essential-business-server-matters.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never sure what the optimal time for announcing this stuff is, but I&#8217;ve tended to find that the closer to time the better, strangely enough.
I&#8217;ll be delivering a webcast for the 5W/50 series tomorrow titled &#8220;Adding Essential Business Server to Your Infrastructure Practice.&#8221; The webcast, which is free for Microsoft Partners, will start at 9:00a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better Than Minesweeper</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little while back, Eileen Brown from MS UK posted her experience with a new online distraction from MS Learning called, aptly enough,&#160;Are You Certifiable?

First off&#8230;this isn&#8217;t the typical online quiz game you&#8217;d prolly expect from MS.&#160;The stuff this thing throws at you are TOUGH! Unlike a real exam, you have unlimited time to look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Come Get Your Mid-Market On</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
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Anybody who&#8217;s interested in Essential Business Server from a technical or business perspective should run, not walk, over to YahooGroups.com and sign up for the EBS Virtual UserGroup AKA EBSUserGroup.
Founded by Amy Babinchak, this virtual user group focuses on (surprisingly enough) Essential Business Server and all the supercalifragilisticexpialidocious goodness it includes.
Right now, there&#8217;s a live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Webcasts For The Price Of One! Tonight!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick heads-up here&#8230;

Amy Babinchak and I will be presenting a free&#160;webcast to the Fresno SMBTN user group tonight. Amy will be talking about Calyptix and SBS 2008, while I&#8217;ll be talking about the technical capabilities of Essential Business Server from a business value perspective.
As usual, if you haven&#8217;t updated LiveMeeting in a while, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Never Slap A Customer With A Fish</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:44:45 +0000</pubDate>
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About a week ago I received notice that I&#8217;d been shifted from being an MVP for Small Business Server to one of the first five Essential Business Server MVPs.
So what does that mean in practical terms? For those of you stopping by, there will be a whole heaping lot more focus on mid-market topics here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Irish Pub In Winter</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/12/an-irish-pub-in-winter.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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Is there anything more awesome than that?
CiNPA AKA Cincinnati Network Professional Association&#160;put together&#160;a &#8220;Twas The Night Before The Night Before Christmas&#8221; get-together on the 23rd of December.
It&#8217;s happening at Molly Malone&#8217;s, just over on the bluegrass side of the Ohio River.

Since it&#8217;s Tuesday, there will be live Irish music, and Texas Hold&#8217;em (starting at 9p) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Essential Business Server Premium Carries Downgrade Rights</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/11/essential-business-server-premium-carries-downgrade-rights.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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OK, this is something that people have been freaking out about, and with good reason.
Essential Business Server 2008 Premium Edition includes an extra server. As in, an extra license of Windows Server 2008 Standard and a license for SQL Server 2008 Standard. Although this extra server can be used to hold a variety of roles, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free Money For Small Business Specialists</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/11/free-money-for-small-business-specialists.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/11/free-money-for-small-business-specialists.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, so&#160;this isn&#8217;t real money, but free CALs. Which is&#160;better than Monopoly money. And waaaaaaay better than a now worthless gift card from a failed retailer.
To coincide with the October release of the Action Pack, Microsoft also pushed a new version of the SBSC Add-On Pack. That&#8217;s a special edition of extra Action Pack goodness&#160;only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>31 Servers, The EBS Way</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/09/31-servers-the-ebs-way.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/09/31-servers-the-ebs-way.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Ever wonder how many servers can exist in an Essential Business Server environment?
To be honest, as many as you want. The sky&#8217;s the limit&#8230;until you start talking about actually managing those servers using EBS and SCE.
Since SCE requires a server management license AKA SML for each server OS instance it manages, that imposes a hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows Essential Server Family Training Webcasts</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/08/windows-essential-server-family-training-webcasts.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Starting September 4, Microsoft will be offering an 8&#8211;part&#160;series&#160;of 1 hour webcasts covering Essential Business Server 2008, their new offering for mid-sized businesses.
If you&#8217;d like to attend live,&#160;here&#8217;s a list of&#160;registration links for each webcast&#8230;

WES10PAL: 5W/50 Series &#8211; Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Part 1 of 8: Introduction September 04, 2008 from 10-11AM (US &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to the Funcar</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/07/welcome-to-the-funcar.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right folks.

Black Warrior Technology has become an official member of the Microsoft Small Business Racing Team.
Which means The Arrowhead of Awesomeness can officially appear on the #00 Toyota Camry driven by Michael McDowell for Michael Waltrip Racing.
Why?
Because there is no type of sport that does more for its sponsors than racing/motorsports. And the motorsport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Down, One To Go</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/07/one-down-one-to-go.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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The first of my speaking engagements&#160;at Worldwide Partner Conference went smashingly well yesterday. That was the Windows Mobile keynote in room 372 BCEF&#160;talking about&#160;Mobility in Small and Medium Sized Businesses.
The room was full, and I don&#8217;t remember anyone leaving during the session at all. Despite the fact that my own Awesome Per Minute ratio was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Matter Of Time</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/07/a-matter-of-time.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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There&#8217;s no single more important thing to the long-term health of any network system than accurate time.
Without accurate time, there is no way to assure than any transactions flying in that environment will maintain fidelity.&#160;In other words&#8230;
There&#8217;s no way to know that databases, Active&#160;Directory, file systems, or anything else that uses any kind of timestamp [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At Worldwide Partner Conference in July</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/06/at-worldwide-partner-conference-in-july.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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It&#8217;s officially official.
I&#8217;ll be part of two sessions at Microsoft&#8217;s Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston next month!
In a stunning development that should shock no one&#8230;
Both of them have to do with mobility solutions&#160;AKA Windows Mobile.
Here are the official session codes and titles. I&#8217;ve even&#160;included links to&#160;a pair of .vcs files so you can lay the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three Pretty Servers</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/06/three-pretty-servers.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK&#8230;

So this is really just a tease shot, yes.
Instead, think of it as a whetting of your appetite.
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		<title>Essential Business Funcave</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/06/essential-business-funcave.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s officially unofficial&#8230;

My primary focus is shifting to Essential Business Server.
Well, not that SBS was ever really a focus for me. Still don&#8217;t know how that happened.
But it doesn&#8217;t take a badge to push information that matters, right?
First up&#8230;
Virtualizing Essential Business Server (posts tomorrow)
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		<title>Losing More Than It</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/06/losing-more-than-it.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have to see this.
Watch closely at the start of the video, to see what lights this candle.
Office Worker Goes Absolutely Insane &#8211; Watch more free videos
That&#8217;s right, someone knocking over a stack of papers.
Here&#8217;s the last half, in color and with sound.
Office Worker Meltdown Second Angle &#8211; Watch more free videos
What I really don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Survey</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-survey.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 07:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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Thanks to everyone who was in New Orleans earlier this month, and who took the time to fill out the mobility survey. Some awesome info there.
Erick &#8220;Pimp Mastah&#8221; Simpson happened to uncover a weird little something today. Prolly having to do with the curious interaction of permissions that allows the SharePoint survey to work&#160;with totally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Going To WPC?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 23:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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I am. And I hope to see you there!
Man, is this my shortest post ever, or what?
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		<title>No, I Don&#8217;t Have A Crystal Ball</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisrue.com/funcave/2008/05/no-i-dont-have-a-crystal-ball.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 23:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But maybe I can tell the future. [EDIT: But I completely forget the link. Doh!]

Been preaching the mobile device revolution was the next big thing for a couple of years now. And decent web browsing would be the key.
Honestly, there&#8217;s no magic.&#160;You can see what&#8217;s coming, as long as&#160;you are&#160;paying attention.
If you don&#8217;t, I can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Quick Shoutout For Pam</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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And with this being the big day for LT, I especially wanted to give a big shoutout of thanks to the LT Program Chair this year, the always amazing Pam Smith!
She and her team did an amazing amazing job with LT this year, and I know all of my classmated will join me in giving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today Is A Big Day For Me And 39 Good Friends Of Mine</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the final class meeting for the 25th anniversary class of Leadership Tuscaloosa. This afternoon, we graduate.
I’m feeling…really overwhelmed by it already.
When I applied for Leadership Tuscaloosa, I knew it would be great. Even Running Antelope knew how important it was to me. When my acceptance letter came, I was away travelling somewhere. She [...]]]></description>
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