Windows Small Business Server Essentials becomes Windows Server 2012
Essentials - The Official SBS Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2012/07/05/windows-small-business-server-essentials-becomes-windows-server-2012-essentials.aspx
Hi everyone,
"I’m writing today about a significant milestone for Windows Small
Business Server (Windows SBS). With the new Windows Server 2012 line up,
/Windows Small Business Server Essentials/ has been renamed /Windows
Server 2012 Essentials/. By making Essentials a full-fledged member of
the Windows Server family, we are reaffirming our commitment to
delivering a flexible, cloud-enabled server platform that is designed
and priced for small businesses and the partners that serve them.
Formalizing Essentials as a core edition of Windows Server 2012 will
more clearly communicate how it fits into the Windows Server family and
give it more visibility as a product.
We believe Windows Server 2012 Essentials is the most affordable and
easy-to-use server solution for small businesses to date, helping
customers with up to 25 users and 50 devices reduce costs and be more
productive. It is an ideal first server, and can also be used as the
primary server in a multi-server environment for small businesses. It
helps you to protect, centralize, organize, and access your applications
and information from almost anywhere by using virtually any device.
Additionally, Essentials can grow with the needs of your business over
time; you can purchase and convert to Windows Server 2012 Standard,
removing the maximum user and device limits while retaining all your
data and configuration settings as well as the unique value-add features
that Essentials provides.
Windows Server 2012 Essentials has been designed to give you the
flexibility to choose which applications and services run on-premises
and which run in the cloud. In contrast to Windows SBS Standard,
Essentials offers lower up-front acquisition and deployment costs. It
allows you to take advantage of cloud-based messaging offerings while
enjoying an integrated management experience by subscribing to Office
365 or a hosted Exchange service. If you prefer a fully on-premises
solution, you have the option of running Exchange Server on a second
server (either as a physical or virtual machine) alongside Essentials
with the same integrated management experience.
Windows Server 2012 Essentials can also be used as a platform to run
line-of-business applications and other on-premises workloads, as well
as to provide an integrated management experience when running
cloud-based applications and services, such as email, collaboration,
online backup, and more.
Windows SBS 2011 Standard, which includes Exchange Server and SharePoint
Foundation, will be the final such Windows SBS offering. It will remain
available through the OEM channel until December 31, 2013, and will
remain available in all other current channels until June 30, 2013. For
additional details, please see the Windows Server 2012 Essentials FAQ
http://download.microsoft.com/download/8/0/8/80882EEE-96E1-486F-889D-6C0ACFCC1E42/Windows_Server_2012_Essentials_FAQ.pdf
I hope to see you at the 2012 Worldwide Partner Conference starting July
8 in Toronto, Canada, where we’ll be talking more about Windows Server
2012 Essentials, and we’ll also let you know when you can try it out."
Microsoft goes public with Windows Server 2012 versions, licensing | ZDNet:
http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-goes-public-with-windows-server-2012-versions-licensing-7000000341/
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/2012-editions.aspx
http://download.microsoft.com/download/4/D/B/4DB352D1-C610-466A-9AAF-EEF4F4CFFF27/WS2012_Licensing-Pricing_FAQ.pdf2 See
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