Windows Small Business Server 2011 (SBS 2011) comes in two editions: Standard and Essentials. In addition, the Small Business Server Premium Add-on is available for SQL based line of business (LOB) support, or as an additional member server.

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard: Available today!

Your all-in-one network solution

Designed and priced for small businesses with up to 75 users, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard (SBS 2011 Standard) delivers enterprise-class server technology in an affordable, all-in-one solution.  SBS 2011 Standard helps protect your business information from loss by performing automatic daily backups. Additionally, it allows users to be more productive with features such as e-mail, Internet connectivity, internal websites, remote access, and file and printer sharing.

Increase Data and Network Protection.  SBS 2011 Standard provides automatic local backup and restoration of all your business critical data on the server, helping you to focus on your core business objectives rather than worrying about the status of your IT.

Benefits

Benefits of Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard include:

• Automatic backup of business data and simple recovery features

• Affordable and easy to deploy, use and maintain

• Enterprise quality functionality and productivity capabilities

• Organize and access files from virtually anywhere

Take Advantage of a Scalable Platform that Grows with the Business.  As your business needs change, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard grows with you and meets your changing demands with a highly scalable platform. Easily add users, servers and applications, or expand into other Microsoft technologies as business needs evolve.

Stay Connected.  Enable your users to easily access e-mail, contacts, and calendar to connect with their clients, vendors and suppliers seamlessly from virtually anywhere.

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials: Available for purchase starting May 1

Get ready for the future and take advantage of the cloud

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.

Be more secure with automatic local backup and restoration.  Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials helps to ensure your data is safe by performing automatic, daily backups of every computer and server on the network. Restore individual files, folders, or an entire PC or server with simple disaster recovery tools.

Benefits

Benefits of Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essential include:

• Daily automatic backups of clients and servers

• Affordable and easy to deploy, use, and maintain

• Organize and access files from virtually anywhere

• Effortlessly connects to online services in order to expand capabilities

Bring your office with you and work from virtually anywhere. Provide remote access to important information so you can solve business challenges when away from the office. Using a personalized web address, you can access your computer and documents from any common web browser.

Get ready for the future and take advantage of the cloud.  Demand for online services is growing fast all over the world, especially in the small business space. Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials has been designed to facilitate the connection to the cloud with its integration between on-premise and online services with SBS 2011 Essentials Add-ins.

Add-ins provide functionality that extends SBS 2011 Essentials to add additional end-user or administrative features. Add-ins can be online and on-premise, or a mixture of both:

• Online Service Add-in - Software that integrates Essentials functionality with a hosted online service, e.g., Cloud backup, Office 365, Hosted Email, Online CRM, etc.

• On-premise Add-in - Software that enhances the intranet functionality of Essentials, e.g., Server Power Management tools, Security & Group Policy, Anti-Malware, etc.

See the full range of current available Microsoft and partner add-ins at our exclusive Pinpoint experience.

Use this tool to research, trial and purchase add-ins if necessary. These will include cloud and on-premise add-ins available and be refreshed automatically.

Small Business Server Solutions Differentiators	Essentials	Standard
A Fully On-Premises Small Business Solution. Incorporates best-of-breed 64-bit product technologies to deliver a complete server solution environment well suited for small businesses. The product technologies include Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Technologies, Exchange Server 2010, SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Windows Server update  Services.
Tailored to Online Services.Provides a cross-premise solution based on Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Technologies, allowing small businesses to retain core infrastructure and enables simple, single sign-on experiences with cloud-based services.

Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on

Get access to the latest technologies

Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On gives small businesses a flexible and cost-effective solution for deploying additional servers on a network running Windows SBS 2011. It provides a platform for running line-of-business (LOB) applications that are based on the SQL Server operating system, role-based server deployments (such as additional domain controllers), and virtual servers that run in a Hyper-V environment. It also gives you the flexibility to access a second application platform when you need it, yet requires minimal IT resources.

Designed as an add-on component for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials or Standard, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On includes:

• An additional license for Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, which allows you to deploy another server on your Windows SBS 2011 network. Windows Server 2008 R2 builds on the award-winning foundation of Windows Server 2008, expanding existing technology and adding new features to enable businesses to increase the reliability and flexibility of their server infrastructure. New virtualization tools, Web resources, management enhancements, and exciting Windows 7 integration help save time, and reduce costs.

• SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business featuring a range of features that can help businesses maximize the value of their information with greater capabilities in development, manageability, business intelligence, and data warehousing. SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business has exactly the same capabilities as SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard, however it is only available to use in the SBS 2011 environment.

The Premium Add-on makes it ideal for:

• Running Business Applications

• Virtualization with Hyper-V

• Remote Desktop Services

• Additional Domain Controller

• Branch Deployments

• Other Standalone uses

Benefits

Benefits of Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on include:

• Ability to run a vast number of line-of-business applications on an additional server

• Capacity to make more informed business decisions with the rich analysis and reporting technologies

• Access to full Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Technologies

• Cost effective solution for a small business environment

Visit the Compare Features page for more details on the product technologies in SBS 2011.

Visit the Compare Features page for more details on the product technologies in SBS 2011.