Designed for small businesses, Windows Small Business Server 2008 is an affordable, integrated server solution that helps you protect your business data, increase productivity and present a more professional image to customers giving you the tools you need to help grow your business capacity. And when you download the latest public preview software, you're automatically registered to access valuable public preview resources assembled in one convenient location.
Affordable, Integrated Solution
Windows Small Business Server 2008 was designed for small businesses. It is designed to work with existing technology, build on Microsoft best practices, and delivers a comprehensive network at an affordable price.
- Have virtually anytime, anywhere access to your business desktop; including e-mail, files, business applications, and more.
- Share resources and equipment, such as Internet access, printers, and fax machines, to get the most value from your technology investments.
- Enjoy compatibility and scalability. As your business needs to change, Windows Small Business Server 2008 can change with you--easily add users, servers and applications, or expand into other Microsoft technologies.
- Work more efficiently and add more value to your business with an integrated administrative console.
- Work confidently with a top performing network based on Windows Server 2008 technologies.
Protect Your Business Data
Windows Small Business Server 2008 helps protect your vital business information from loss, by automatically backing up the computers and servers in your network and helping enable you to recover accidentally deleted files.
- Use anti-virus and anti-spam protection to help protect your information from malicious attacks, viruses, and spam.
- Keep your computers and servers current and your network healthy and up to date with the latest updates.
- Get better control over your business and business information with daily and weekly reports alerting you on the health and security of your technology. A single administrative console gives you or your IT consultant a daily view of PCs and servers and makes it easier to manage common IT tasks.
- Get an at-a-glance snapshot of the security and health of your PCs and servers from a 'green check' report.
Grow Your Business Capacity
Windows Small Business Server 2008 gives you highly secure access to business contacts, calendars, e-mail, files, and other important desktop resources from any Internet-connected computer, virtually anywhere at any time, so you can be productive while you're away from the office or on the road.
- Improve your day-to-day efficiency by using a central repository for storing and sharing information.
- Connect with customers, vendors, and suppliers easily and professionally, with access to contacts, appointments, and files from any Internet-connected computer or a Windows Mobile-powered Smartphone, so you can be responsive even when you are away from the office.
- Create a bigger business presence with online marketing tools from Microsoft Office Live Services Small Business, so you can differentiate your business and present a more professional image to your customers.
Windows Small Business Server 2008 supports a maximum of 75 users or devices.
Windows Small Business Server Standard components:
￭ Windows Server 2008 Standard technologies,
￭ Windows Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition
￭ Windows SharePoint Services 3.0,
￭ Windows Server Update Services 3.0,
￭ Windows Forefront Security for Exchange Server,
￭ Windows Live OneCare for Server and integration with office Live for Small Business.
Windows Small Business Server Premium components:
￭ Windows Server 2008 Standard technologies,
￭ Windows Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition
￭ Windows SharePoint Services 3.0,
￭ Windows Server Update Services 3.0,
￭ Windows Forefront Security for Exchange Server,
￭ Windows Live OneCare for Server and integration with office Live for Small Business.
￭ Windows Server 2008 Standard technologies for SBS Premium
￭ Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition for Small Businesses.
Windows Small Business Server 2008 RC0 delivers a "new setup and administrative experience; many new management features; a revamp of the Premium Edition to include both SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition technologies and a 2nd copy of Windows Server 2008; a new server backup wizard built on the Windows Server 2008 block-based backup technologies; a redesigned Remote Web Workplace and built-in anti-virus and anti-spam support," Paron added.
Windows Small Business Server 2008 comes in two editions: Standard and Premium
Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition becomes a second server solution. Standard Edition will run on one hardware server and Premium Edition will run on two hardware servers, with the second server running Windows Server and SQL Server for Line of Business applications.
Windows Small Business Server 2008 will include individual Client Access Licenses (CALs) for Standard and Premium Editions vs. a common CAL for both.
Windows Small Business Server 2008 will include the option to purchase a single CAL (in addition to 5/10/20 CAL Packs) in all channels.
Requirements:
First Server:
￭ Processor:
Recommended: 2 GHz or faster
￭ Memory:
Recommended: 4 GB RAM
Maximum: 32 GB
￭ Available Disk Space:
Minimum: 60 GB
Second Server:
￭ Processor:
Recommended: 2 GHz (x86 and x64 processors) and 1 GHz (IA64) or faster
￭ Memory:
Recommended: 2 GB RAM
￭ Available Disk Space:
12.2 GB of available hard-disk space
Both Servers:
￭ Network Card: Ethernet network interface card from the windows server catalog
￭ Internet: Some Internet functionality may require Internet access (fees may apply) and a Windows Live ID Account
￭ Fax Modem: Fax Services require fax modem
￭ Supported Client Operating Systems:
Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition SP2 or later; Windows Vista Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate; Windows Mobile 5.0 or later
- DVD-ROM drive
- Super-VGA (800 � 600) or higher-resolution monitor
- Keyboard and Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
-Internet access (fees may apply)
Limitations:
· This software is for evaluation and testing purposes.
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· Evaluating Windows Small Business Server 2008 does not require that you activate the product or enter a product key.
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· If you need more time to evaluate the software, you can reset (or rearm) the 60-day evaluation period up to three times, extending the original 60-day evaluation period by up to 180 days, for a total possible evaluation time of 240 days. After the evaluation period ends, you need to uninstall the software or upgrade to a fully licensed version of Windows Small Business Server 2008.
