Discover how Windows Small Business Server 2008 is designed and priced especially for small businesses, so you can improve productivity and help protect your vital business information.

Affordable, Integrated Solution

Windows Small Business Server 2008 is designed for small businesses. It is designed to work with existing technology, build on Microsoft best practices, and deliver a comprehensive network at an affordable price.

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Have virtually anytime, anywhere access to your business desktop, including e-mail, files, business applications, and more.
Share resources and equipment, such as Internet access, printers, and fax machines, to get the most value from your technology investments.
Enjoy compatibility and scalability. As your business needs change, Windows Small Business Server 2008 can change with you—easily add users, servers, and applications, or expand into other Microsoft technologies.
Work more efficiently and add more value to your business with an integrated administrative console.
Work confidently with a top performing network based on Windows Server 2008 technologies.

Protect Your Business Data

Windows Small Business Server 2008 helps protect your vital business information from loss, by backing up the data on your network and helping enable you to recover accidentally deleted files.

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Use antivirus and anti-spam protection to help protect your information from malicious attacks, viruses, and spam.
Keep your computers and servers current and your network healthy and up to date with the latest updates.
Get better control over your business and business information with daily and weekly reports alerting you on the health and security of your technology. A single administrative console gives you or your IT consultant a daily view of PCs and servers and makes it easier to manage common IT tasks.
Get an at-a-glance snapshot of the security and health of your PCs and servers from a 'green check' report.

Grow Your Business Capacity

Windows Small Business Server 2008 gives you highly secure access to business contacts, calendars, e-mail, files, and other important desktop resources from any Internet-connected computer, virtually anywhere at any time, so you can be productive while you’re away from the office or on the road.

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Improve your day-to-day efficiency by using a central repository for storing and sharing information.
Connect with customers, vendors, and suppliers easily and professionally, with access to contacts, appointments, and files from any Internet-connected computer or a Windows Mobile–powered smartphone, so you can be responsive even when you are away from the office.
Create a bigger business presence with online marketing tools from Microsoft Office Live Services Small Business*, so you can differentiate your business and present a more professional image to your customers.

Editions Overview

Windows Small Business Server 2008 comes in two editions: Standard and Premium.

Review the different technologies included in each edition with Burnbank and determine which version makes the most sense for your business.

Windows Small Business Server 2008 Editions

Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition becomes a second server solution. Windows Small Business Server 2008 Standard Edition will run on one hardware server, and Windows Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition will run on two hardware servers, with the second server running Windows Server and SQL Server for line-of-business applications.

Windows Small Business Server 2008 will include individual Client Access Licenses (CALs) for Standard and Premium Editions versus a common CAL for both.

Windows Small Business Server 2008 will include the option to purchase a single CAL (in addition to 5/10/20 CAL Packs) in all channels.

All processor and memory limits will now match Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition.

¹ 120-day trial included in the product

² Office Live Small Business is available in the following languages (countries): English (Canada, U.K., U.S.); French (Canada, France); German (Germany); and Japanese (Japan).

³ Windows Live OneCare for Server is available in the following markets (languages): Australia (English), Austria (German), Belgium (Dutch, French), Brazil (Portuguese), Canada (English, French), France (French), Germany (German), Hong Kong (English), Ireland (English), India (English), Italy (Italian), Japan (Japanese), Mexico (Spanish), Netherlands (Dutch), New Zealand (English), Singapore (English), Spain (Spanish), Switzerland (French, German), United Kingdom (English), United States (English, Spanish)

⁴ Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server is available in the following languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish, and Russian.

⁵ For the first year of availability, customers using applications that are not yet certified for use on SQL Server 2008, a copy of SQL Server 2005 Standard will also be included in SBS 2008 Premium. SQL server 2008 (or 2005) Standard can be installed on either server: If you install SQL on the first server then you must install the management tools on another machine.