July Meeting of Michigan Small Business Server User Group

Well we had a real nice meeting of the Michigan Small Business Server User Group last Wed night and thought I'd recap on the blog. About 30 people in attendance, which we were happy to see in the height of summer vacation.

We had a great discussion on Internet Security by Interlink Networks. Their product Lucidlink is a great little way to get secure Radius authenticated wireless in your small business network. It's a pretty simple point and click and can be used to verify users in a matter of seconds. It works on 2000 and XP clients and they appear to now have a Pocket PC beta going on. The nicest thing...for 3 wireless users and less the product is FREE. Download it today and check it out. If you're a micro office that uses wireless this is a great way to get highly secure Radius authentication without all the setup mess.

Other discussions focused on the new Small Business Specialist program which drew mixed reviews but overall hopefully will be a step in the right direction for small consultants. Also a nice discussion of backups and backup types was discussed as we seem to touch on this and disaster recovery each month.

Next month Microsoft is renovating the office so we won't have a mtg but we'll be back with a vengeance in September after SMB Nation on the 14th at 6:30. Same Place Same Time. Great to see as well as many as 8 possibly going to SMB Nation from our group. They won't be disappointed!