Today we are pleased to announce the availability of the Release Candidate for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. Ideal as a first server for small businesses with up to 25 users, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials provides a cost-effective and easy-to-use solution to help protect data, organize and access business information from virtually anywhere, support the applications needed to run a business, and quickly connect to online services for e-mail, collaboration and CRM.
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Windows Home Server – RC
Windows Home Server is part of a long-term vision by Microsoft to create a new platform for the home. Windows Home Server helps families and home-based businesses with multiple computers to organize, share, and automatically back up photos, videos, music, and other important documents. With over 130,000 registered Microsoft Connect users, there is a strong and vibrant community of enthusiasts helping to improve Windows Home Server software.
Link – https://connect.microsoft.com/windowshomeserver?wa=wsignin1.0
So what’s to become of Windows Home Server?
After the furore at the end of last year of the removal of Drive Extender from Windows Home Server "Vail" and Small Business Server 2011 Essentials things have gone quiet in Redmond. The last few years have seen Microsoft advertising Home Servers all over CES, with its "Mommy, Why Is There A Server In The House" and "Home Server Feng Shui" campaigns, but this year there was nothing.
Windows Phone 7 comes to Windows Home Server Codename “Vail” and Media Center set-top boxes
It seems like Microsoft’s got big plans for its Windows Phone 7 devices. The Windows Home Server team recently posted a blog post about an upcoming WP7 app called “My Server” which allows you to access your Windows Home Server Code Name “Vail” over the internet. This feature requires the Remote Web feature enabled on the Windows Home Server and once authenticated it allows you to:
Windows Phone 7 comes to Windows Home Server Codename “Vail” and Media Center set-top boxes
It seems like Microsoft’s got big plans for its Windows Phone 7 devices. The Windows Home Server team recently posted a blog post about an upcoming WP7 app called “My Server†which allows you to access your Windows Home Server Code Name “Vail†over the internet. This feature requires the Remote Web feature enabled on the Windows Home Server and once authenticated it allows you to:
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 RTM
Service Pack 4 (SP4) for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is now available for download. SQL Server 2005 service packs are cumulative, and this service pack upgrades all service levels of SQL Server 2005 to SP4 . You can use these packages to upgrade any of the following SQL Server 2005 editions:
- Enterprise
- Enterprise Evaluation
- Developer
- Standard
- Workgroup
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=b953e84f-9307-405e-bceb-47bd345baece
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Best Practices Analyzer
Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 BPA (Windows SBS 2011 BPA) is a diagnostic tool that is built on the Microsoft Baseline Configuration Analyzer (MBCA) technology. Windows SBS 2011 BPA scans a computer that is running the Windows SBS 2011 server software, and compares the existing server settings to a predefined set of recommended best practices.
Windows SBS 2011 BPA performs the following tasks:
- Gathers information about a computer that is running the Windows Small Business Server 2011 server software
- Determines if the server settings comply with a set of best practices that are recommended by Microsoft
- Provides a report of the scan results, which identifies variances from the recommended best practices
- Identifies conditions that may lead to problems with the server
- Recommends solutions to potential problems
Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=bbf35af9-f1ee-4397-b544-af3f31d7e32f
Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Releases to Manufacturing
As you are reading this we are making the final steps to bring the product to the market so that you can acquire throughout our large network of partners. We are finalizing international versions, delivering the product to distribution channels and handing it off to our OEM partners so that they can begin pre-installing the software on new servers. Starting in early January, you will find SBS 2011 Standard and Premium Add-On in volume licensing, and from mid-January you will be able to download a trial copy from our website.
Designed and priced for small businesses with up to 75 users, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard delivers enterprise-class server technology in an affordable, all-in-one solution. Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard not only helps to protect, access, and manage your information from virtually anywhere, but also allows your business to be more productive by providing:
Windows Home Server code name “Vail”– Update
When we first started designing Windows Home Sever code name “Vail†one of our initial focuses was to continue to provide effortless support for multiple internal and external hard drives. Drive Extender provided the ability to take the small hard drives many small businesses and households may have acquired, and pool them together in a simple volume. During our current testing period for our Windows Home Server code name “Vail†product, we have received feedback from partners and customers about how they use storage today and how they plan to use it moving forward.
Windows Home Server code name “Vail”– Update
When we first started designing Windows Home Sever code name “Vail” one of our initial focuses was to continue to provide effortless support for multiple internal and external hard drives. Drive Extender provided the ability to take the small hard drives many small businesses and households may have acquired, and pool them together in a simple volume. During our current testing period for our Windows Home Server code name “Vail” product, we have received feedback from partners and customers about how they use storage today and how they plan to use it moving forward.
Controlling Exchange ActiveSync device access using the Allow/Block/Quarantine list
In Exchange 2010 we added a feature called the Allow/Block/Quarantine list (or ABQ for short). This feature was designed to help IT organizations control which of the growing number of Exchange ActiveSync-enabled devices are allowed to connect to their Exchange Servers. With this feature, organizations can choose which devices (or families of devices) can connect using Exchange ActiveSync (and conversely, which are blocked or quarantined).
Link – http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2010/11/15/456931.aspx
Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials
Building on the Windows Small Business Server 2011 announcements and adding to that exciting momentum – today on the Storage Server blog, Microsoft announced a new edition targeted at small business, Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials is part of the Windows Storage Server family of network attached storage appliances. It shares common features and usability with both Windows Home Server code name “Vail†and Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and is optimized for:
- Server and PC backup, including file, folder and image based restore
- Centralized storage for file data and easier sharing
- Console driven administration for easier management
- Access to your data from virtually anywhere through Remote Web Access
- Network health monitoring for both Windows and Mac PC’s
- Active Directory Domain join
Microsoft takes the wraps off Storage Server ‘Breckenridge
On November 8, Microsoft took the wraps off a new version of Windows Storage Server, which seems to be is the product codenamed “Breckenridge.â€
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials, like its Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 sibling, is a platform for network-attached storage appliances. The difference is Storage Server Essentials is aimed at small businesses (up to 25 users) — companies which may or may not have dedicated IT pros on staff.
Link – http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-takes-the-wraps-off-storage-server-breckenridge/7921
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 is now available!
Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 has been released to our OEM manufacturers! Our OEMs tell us that they prefer a solution that integrates flawlessly into an Active Directory, supports that latest storage management applications, plays nice with industry standards and has an easy to use interface that IT pros understand. Buying industry standard servers running Windows Storage Server is 4x less expensive than buying a proprietary appliance and the features people want most are included without paying more later.
Windows Small Business Server 7 Beta Download
“SBS 7†is an update to our traditional offering with a refresh of the components inside, designed specifically to provide small businesses with a complete IT solution for their business needs. It’s perfect for small businesses who already have a server or prefer to use email and collaboration tools hosted directly on premise.
