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The SBS family has traditionally been focused on pre-installed core infrastructure services, simplified management through an integrated console and pre-configured collaboration applications and patch management tools. The approach is continued with the release of SBS 2011 Standard. Our newest member to the SBS family, SBS 2011 Essentials also focused on simplified management pre-configured core infrastructure services, however now looks towards the power of the cloud to provide integration with collaboration and LOB applications.

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  • Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard

    Designed and priced for small businesses with up to 75 users, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard (SBS 2011 Standard) delivers ...

    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.

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  • 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 ...

    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 Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on

    Windows Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-On gives small businesses a flexible and cost-effective solution for deploying ...

    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 Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Technologies and SQL Server 2008 R2 for Small Business.

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Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 combines several server technologies for an all-in-one small business network suite based on Windows Server 2008 R2 Technology.
 
SBS 2011 comes in two editions: Standard and Essentials*. The table below highlights core benefits and features for each edition.
 

Core scenarios and support options

 

 

SBS 2011 Premium Add-on Core scenarios and support options



* Hyper-V role is not available for SBS 2011 Standard or Essentials, however us supported through the Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on.

(1) SBS 2011 must own the Active Directory FSMO roles, additional Domain Controllers and member servers are supported.
# Time limited migration domain join available

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