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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>SBS stuff and then some... : SBS2008</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/sbsuk/archive/tags/SBS2008/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: SBS2008</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Launch dates confirmed! SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 to be launched 12th Nov 2008</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/sbsuk/archive/2008/07/08/launch-dates-confirmed-sbs-2008-and-ebs-2008-to-be-launched-12th-nov-2008.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:32:48 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3085605</guid><dc:creator>Sonal Gathani</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/sbsuk/comments/3085605.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/sbsuk/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3085605</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment>http://blogs.technet.com/sbsuk/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=3085605</wfw:comment><description>&lt;p&gt;So we finally have the long awaited official dates for the launch of SBS and EBS, which were announced on Monday at the Microsoft WW Partner Conference in Houston. We also now know that the RC1 candidate is now being reached for both SBS and EBS, and these will be available here at &lt;a href="http://www.multiplyyourpower.com"&gt;www.multiplyyourpower.com&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;SBS (previously code-named Cougar), and EBS (previously code-named Centro) are both a part of the new &lt;a href="http://cid-5b93d51472a8416a.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/WESS%20Content/WESS%20Factsheet%7C_Brochure.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Windows Essential Server Solutions&lt;/a&gt; (WESS) family brand name, which is a family of integrated, all-in-one IT solutions designed and priced for small and midsized businesses.&amp;#160; &lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;We still don't have the UK pricing, but the official Microsoft pricing for &lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/sbsuk/pages/sbs-pricing-and-licensing.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;SBS&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/sbsuk/pages/ebs-pricing-and-licensing.aspx" target="_blank"&gt;EBS&lt;/a&gt; was announced earlier this year in May.&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Microsoft UK are working on finalising the UK launch event date - watch this space for more info!&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Thanks, and have a great day - do give me a shout if you have any questions&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p&gt;Sonal&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3085605" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/sbsuk/archive/tags/SBS2008/default.aspx">SBS2008</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/sbsuk/archive/tags/Server+launch+2008/default.aspx">Server launch 2008</category></item></channel></rss>