Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Emanuel — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:32:16 GMT

Hi,

thanks for the info!

Thought you should know that the link to the press release is broken though.

Emanuel

Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Girish's Graffiti — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:02:43 GMT

The Official SBS Blog: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products.

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Steven Teiger — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:40:15 GMT

Shouldn't that say:

Both Windows Small Business Server 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server 2008 are designed to run ONLY on 64-bit hardware.

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Teneo — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:16:46 GMT

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-20EBFamilyPR.mspx

doesn't work

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Marshall — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:24:24 GMT

Well.... Just clicked on the link and MS site seems not to have the article.....

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

DV — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:57:12 GMT

Did they remove ISA from SBS?

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Fritzly — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:31:31 GMT

There is an issue with the link: clicking on it I go here:

http://www.microsoft.com/library/errorpages/smarterror.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-20EBFamilyPR.mspx

Btw any idea when a beta will be available to download?

TIA

Fritzly

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

DV — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:43:17 GMT

Two questions,

What version of SQL 2008 is included in SBS?

Was ISA removed from the Premium version?

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Joseph Worrall — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:25:02 GMT

What about ISA????

The Official SBS Blog : Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products:

The Official Blog of the SBS "Diva" — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:22:30 GMT

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The Official SBS Blog : Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products:

MVPs — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:33:30 GMT

The Official SBS Blog : Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products : http

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Jevgenij — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:41:03 GMT

Hi,

SBS 2003 has ISA 2004, what about ISA on SBS 2008?

Will it be totally replaced by RRAS?

Thanks

On SBS 2008

OnQ — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:14:50 GMT

Yep, it's now official. Microsoft has released some additional information about the next version

On Numbers

OnQ — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:35:56 GMT

50? or 75? Which is it? In reviewing the product propeganda about SBS 2008 from the Essentials site at

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

SBS2003Pre — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:33:44 GMT

So, for my customers that we have configured ISA 2004 with SBS Premium 2003 now have to upgrade to Windows Essential Business Server? That sounds expensive? Sounds like SBS 2003 Premiums Users that want to keep ISA are left out in the cold.

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Andy — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:33:14 GMT

Will this also be 32-bit or only 64-bit ?

Windows Small Business Server 2008

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:58:47 GMT

Amigos, finalmente foi divulgado o nome final do produto e sua composição. Realmente perdemos o ISA Server

Windows Small Business Server 2008

Tecnologias — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:32:46 GMT

Amigos, finalmente foi divulgado o nome final do produto e sua composição. Realmente perdemos o ISA Server

What about ISA in SBS?

Ivan — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:18:20 GMT

What the hell happened to ISA server on SBS?

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Paul — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:33:03 GMT

What happened to ISA in SBS???

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

SBS Bloggers — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 04:54:28 GMT

Andy and OnQ,

SBS 2008 will be 64-bit only, and it will support up to 75 users.

"Cougar" has a name - SBS 2008

Nathan Mercer's blog — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:01:19 GMT

Earlier today we announced the official name of the next version of Small Business Server - SBS 2008,

El sucesor de SBS 2003 ya esta listo

Blog de David Aponte — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:58:34 GMT

Al parecer el sucesor de SBS 2003 (Small Business Server) ya está por hacer RTM, según lo he

Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Microsoft Product's — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:21:59 GMT

Today Microsoft is announcing the Windows Essential Server Solutions family of products. The family includes

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Jeff Dempsey — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:36:33 GMT

32 or 64 bit?: It is 64 bit only. Exchange 2007 requires 64 bits.

SBS Premium 2003 -> 2008 From what I heard, if you have SA, then you get the ISA as well

Upgrade? There is not (nor has there ever been) an in-place upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit operating systems. You can't do it with XP32->XP64 or Vista32->Vista64, nor can you with Server32. There is a migration path, however.

50 or 75? SBS will support 75 users, but once you have 50, it is time to look at WEBS. Think of it as a way to upsell. If you have a client with 45 users, and they are planning to grow, go with WEBS. If you have a client with 30 users and the growth curve is flatter, go with SBS, knowing that when they get to 60+ users, they need to start looking at WEBS.

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Gwen Zierdt — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:31:29 GMT

Microsoft has announced the Essentials 2007 will not be part of Cougar (SBS 2008) http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/gzierdt/archive/2008/02/21/essentials-2007-no-longer-part-of-cougar-release.aspx

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Phil — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:50:08 GMT

can you migrate from SBS 2003 P to Windows Essential Business Server . If so, I wonder the head aches involved? Can Windows Essential Business Server sit on the edge of the network with two NICs since it has ISA simimlar to what SBS 2003 P does now.

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Stefano Colasanti — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:20:08 GMT

What is going to happen to company whch bought SBS 2003 Premium Edition with SA? I understand that we will get SBS 2008 Premium Edition but between the loss of ISA and the elapsed time between the release of SBS 2003 and SBS 2008 made our choice to invest in SA a bad and costly investmment. Any idea if and when a public Beta will be available? I have already allocated the fionancial resources to buy a new server but being able to test SBS 2008 would b very helpful.

TIA

Stefano

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Randy S — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:31:26 GMT

What about those that need to upgrade now, or need a new installation now? Will there be any sort of "Buy it now, get SA (for free) and upgrade when the new version comes out" deal available?

I certainly hope so....

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Exchange — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 07:10:27 GMT

Does the exchange in SBS support UM unified messaging.

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Tom — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:19:04 GMT

Why is everyone asking about ISA?

Windows Essential Business Server 2008 is built upon Windows Server 2008 and includes:

Exchange Server 2007

Forefront Security for Exchange Server

System Center Essentials 2007

Next version of Internet Security and Acceleration Server

It is part of SBS 2008. It's the part that says "Next version of Internet Security and Acceleration Server"

Premium will only add SQL 2008, but it is on a separate server so you also get Windows Server 2008 to run SQL on.

Bob's nieuws week 8

Bob's Nieuws — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:43:40 GMT

Bron: webwereld.nl Microsoft heeft afgelopen week een vijandig bod uitgebracht op de aandelen van Yahoo

re: Introducing the Windows Essential Server Solutions Family of Products

Brian — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:19:51 GMT

Tom, It looks like EBS 2008 and SBS 2008 are separate products, and SBS 2008 has no mention of ISA. By the comments and lack of reply, there is no one from MS monitoring this to answer the question either.

Lack of ISA destroys the viability of SBS for my customers, and EBS's iron requirments (3 server minimum) and cost are not viable either to truly small business customers.

SBS Premium was VERY easy to sell as included ISA provided a high quality firewall for a reasonable "upgrade" or "premium" cost. While there appears to be some nice improvements to SBS with regard to business wide backup and native 64 bit capability, the lack of ISA is a deal killer.

Where can I find out more?

The Essential Business Server Team Blog — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 03:18:52 GMT

Windows Essential Business Server is a new product and information is just becoming available. Many people