An excerpt from the Level Platforms press release: Level Platforms announces immediate delivery of comprehensive best practices monitoring and management for the next wave of Microsoft products for small and midsize businesses. Level Platforms Partners...

Trend Micro Inc. Latest Version of Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security Protects Windows Essential Server Solutions SonicWALL, Inc. SonicWALL Announces Security Solutions for Windows Essential Business Server and Windows Small Business Server Mimosa...

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Damian Leibaschoff] When the Management server is configured in Windows Essential Business Server 2008, 2 group policies are configured as part of the System Center Essentials (SCE) deployment. These policies allow...

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Manish Kapoor] INTRODUCTION This article describes how to reinstall Microsoft® Forefront™ Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition on Windows® Essential Business Server Security Server. ...

Where in the world is EBS? Follow EBS at Convergence EMEA on the EBS Product Manager's blog and/or on twitter.com (EBS_2008). I will be presenting tomorrow with John Elmer, VP of Finance and Information Technology at Rodgers & Hammerstein...

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Mark Stanfill] By default, EBS configures SCE to use the domain administrator account used during setup as the Default Action Account and also as the Data Warehouse account.  These accounts are used to accomplish...

[Today's post comes to us courtesy of Ed Walters and Mark Stanfill] By default, the Windows Server 2008 Default Domain Policy sets passwords to expire every 42 days.  This includes the built-in Administrator account as well if it has not been manually...

Thank you to all who attended the live webcast and launch event for the Windows Essential Server Solutions product line! The event was a great success, and we keep hearing how excited everyone is that SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 are finally out in the market...

Did you find the Virtual Tradeshow useful? Possible, fun? Did you win a prize from Microsoft or one of our vendors? If you missed the event, I posted screen shots of the event on External EBS Product Manager blog . I also included information on the EBS...

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Today we are proud to invite you to attend the official launch of Essential Business Server (EBS) 2008 and Small Business Server (SBS) 2008, making up the Windows Essential Server Solution (WESS) product line, at www.thedreamserver.com . Considering...

Are you a follower EBS_2008 on twitter.com ?  Follow EBS_2008 on launch day and beyond.

The Windows Essential Business Server 2008 trial software is available for download here in the following languages: English French German Italian Japanese Russian Spanish

You are invited to join Microsoft for the virtual launch of Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008. As small and midsize business owners are increasingly concerned about how to both survive and thrive in the current...

RC1 bits The RC1 bits have been made available again at the links below but please remember the following about pre-RTM code: As this is not final release code, you may not install the software in a live operating environment. Thus, it should...

In conjunction with The Dream Server virtual launch on November 12th, Microsoft and its partners are sponsoring a virtual tradeshow that includes both webcasts and exhibits. Please register here early and help promote this broadly! On November 12th...

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 is a stand-alone product that will be available via the Microsoft Download Center free of charge. Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 does not require CALs for the product itself. Read more and download Microsoft Hyper-V Server...