ANNOUNCING THE AVAILABILITY OF WINDOWS SBS 7 PREVIEW
I am very pleased to announce that Windows Small Business Server “7” (SBS7) Public Preview is available for download.
Built on Windows Server® 2008 R2, this exciting new edition of the all-in-one solution server for small businesses will include Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 SP1, Microsoft SharePoint® Foundation 2010, and Windows Software Update Services. Small business customers will find significant security and management enhancements over previous versions, as well as much richer features for providing file-and-print, email and Internet services to employees.
Together with Windows SBS code name “Aurora”, available to download here since August the 16th, SBS7 is dedicated to providing small business customers with a highly manageable, low complexity solution to help cut costs, save time and be more efficient. SBS7 offers on premise email and collaboration suite functionalities that Aurora’s customers can add through online services.
SBS7 also offers a great opportunity for small businesses with prior versions to upgrade their servers and to simultaneously take advantage of the advancements in security, reliability, and connectivity technology. For this reason, SBS7 offers enhanced migration tools, extensive pre-migration checks, and prescriptive guidance included in the software.
Furthermore, with SBS7, small businesses gain the freedom to securely access all of their communications from virtually any Web-browser or mobile device -- getting more done wherever they are with the integrated Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft Outlook® Web Access (OWA) capabilities.
Customers using SBS7 will also have the opportunity to view, edit, and share Microsoft Office documents online with SharePoint Foundation 2010 and Microsoft Office Web Apps. As the online companion to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel(R), Microsoft PowerPoint(R), and Microsoft OneNote(R), Office Web Apps gives users the freedom to access documents from virtually anywhere.
To learn more about Windows Small Business Server “7”, you can visit our SBS site.
The preview release is available on our Connect site and can be downloaded now. If you haven’t already signed up for the preview, you can visit our Connect site and get signed up. We have also setup a Connect feedback form to capture your reaction to the product, bugs and suggestions as well as a newsgroup where you can discuss the preview with other beta testers.
All the pieces are in place, so don’t wait any longer. Download the preview and start testing with us!
Kevin Kean
General Manager
Windows Home and Small Business Server team
Comments
Anonymous
January 01, 2003
I've installed the preview on a core 2 duo system with 6 GB memory (I had installed 8GB on the board, but it only detected up to 6GB). Install got through it without a hickup, I did get a warning because I had a system partition of only 80GB.Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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September 21, 2010
Is a license for Office Web Apps included? Or does the user need a volume license of Office 2010?Anonymous
September 23, 2010
i installed in as a hyper-v guest 3,5 gb ram 80gm vhd it works fineAnonymous
September 30, 2010
What does Preview mean? Is it Beta, Pre-RTM?Anonymous
October 01, 2010
Does anyone know the tentative (but reasonably accurate) availability date for SBS7 to be purchased? Also, will there be a license upgrade path from SBS2003 to SBS7 (apparently there isn't one for SBS2003 to SBS2008)? Thanks, SteveAnonymous
October 01, 2010
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October 07, 2010
i can't access the Connect SBS7 or SBS "Aurora" pages, the main lauch page seems to work, but when i click on the Join Connect Today I get "An object that you requested, or that was needed to process your request could not be found. " any ideas?