Also TechNet and MSDN subscribers will access to the download starting today as well. Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Essentials is available on beginning today. Many OEMs and System Builders have already started building specific form factors and solutions based on SBS 2011 Essentials which will start becoming available in the market in May. The product will be available through all channels, including Volume Licensing, starting May 1. The evaluation copy will be valid for up to 180 days, and you fully activate it to a full version with a product key anytime within the evaluation period.

In addition the comprehensive extensibility built into the product makes it easy to take advantage of a wide variety of cloud services and third-party additions.'

At the same time, SBS Essentials ensures that business-critical data is regularly and automatically backed up, the health of the network is actively monitored, and users and computer management are easy and straightforward. SBS Essentials gives small business customers an easy way to get their infrastructure in place using our simple-to-deploy server. 'Built on Windows Server 2008 R2, SBS Essentials is an agile new product designed and priced as a solution for businesses that have fewer than 25 users and don’t have a client/server network in place. Windows SBS 2011 Essentials can be used by up to 25 users, requiring no CALs for user access. (formally Windows Small Business Server Code Name “Aurora”) is ideal as a first server for small businesses, providing 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 such as Office 365, hosted e-mail, collaboration and CRM. Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Today at 18:00 BST / 09:00 PST Microsoft made available the final release code evaluation version of Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 Essentials RTM available to download as a trial from TechNet or as full product through the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN). Redmond Good Morning release for Europe’s Good Evening! We have two UK deployments of the Standard version of the product and one of the Essentials version, which today became available to download in final release / RTM form. As you may know from previous posts, The Full Circle ( have more UK customer deployments of the new release of Microsoft’s Windows Small Business Server 2011 than any other UK partner, but thus far we’ve only been able to talk about the Standard version of the product until now.

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