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Published inJan 2012
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781849682961
Edition1st Edition
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David Overton
David Overton
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David Overton

David Overton has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has worked at Microsoft in the UK for more than eleven years. David fell in love with Small and Medium Business when he was given responsibility for engaging with journalists at the time of the launch of Small Business Server 2003 in the UK. For the next four years David was responsible for improving SBS deliveries by Microsoft partners. As well as his day job, David is also a writer: he has written for consumer publications Windows XP and Windows Vista magazines, and he blogs at http://davidoverton.com, where he helps readers find solutions to questions and problems. In 2009, David published his first book on SBS 2008 which was well received. When not working or writing, David likes to spend time with his family and also tries to fit in sailing any time of the year in any weather.
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Windows Small Business Server


Windows Small Business Server (SBS) is an amazing product that delivers high power capability all squeezed into one system box. Obviously, as the author of a book on SBS, you would expect me to say so, but I really do think that.

The functionality provided by each version of SBS 2011 is not identical, even when limiting to the areas that Windows Intune covers. The following table describes the different versions:

 

SBS 2011 Essentials

SBS 2011 Standard

Windows Server 2008 R2

Yes

Yes

AD

Yes

Yes

WSUS

No

Yes

Group Policy

No

Yes

Management tools

Simple monitoring

Yes

Exchange 2010

No

Yes

SharePoint Foundation

Optional, but not pre-built

Yes

Premium Add-on Services

Optional

Optional

User / PC limit

25

75

SBS 2011 Standard Edition delivers most of the items of functionality that we have just discussed. It has Windows Server 2008 (or 2008 R2 with the 2011 version), Exchange, and SharePoint Services for the collaboration components. It also...

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David Overton

David Overton has been in the IT industry for over 25 years and has worked at Microsoft in the UK for more than eleven years. David fell in love with Small and Medium Business when he was given responsibility for engaging with journalists at the time of the launch of Small Business Server 2003 in the UK. For the next four years David was responsible for improving SBS deliveries by Microsoft partners. As well as his day job, David is also a writer: he has written for consumer publications Windows XP and Windows Vista magazines, and he blogs at http://davidoverton.com, where he helps readers find solutions to questions and problems. In 2009, David published his first book on SBS 2008 which was well received. When not working or writing, David likes to spend time with his family and also tries to fit in sailing any time of the year in any weather.
Read more about David Overton