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• Small Business Server 2008 (formally known as Cougar) announcement

  Today is the start of the Server 2008 PR ramp up. I can today tell you a bit more about Cougar, as was, or SBS 2008 as it will be, the new "family" that SBS is part of and a bit more on Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (aka Centro). Hopefully there will be a couple of surprises and also confirmation of some of the rumours around there. I've sliced the press release made today into 3 sections. This blog entry is based on the SBS 2008 section of which there is an extract below of some key points... Posted Feb 20 2008, 01:59 PM by David Overton with | with 21 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Longhorn, Windows SharePoint Services, Security, SQL Server, Community, Exchange, SBSC, Microsoft, Marketing, Centro, Small business, x64, System Center Essentials, Software plus Service, If you only read one post today, SBS Cougar, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Windows Essential Server Solution Family, SBS 2008

• Windows Essential Business Server announcement

  Today is the start of the Server 2008 PR ramp up. I can today tell you a bit more about Cougar, as was, or SBS 2008 as it will be, the new "family" that SBS is part of and a bit more on Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (aka Centro). Hopefully there will be a couple of surprises and also confirmation of some of the rumours around there. I've sliced the press release made today into 3 sections. This blog entry is based on the Essential Business Server 2008 section of which there is an extract... Posted Feb 20 2008, 01:59 PM by David Overton with | with 12 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Longhorn, Windows SharePoint Services, Security, SQL Server, Community, Exchange, SBSC, Microsoft, Marketing, Centro, Small business, x64, System Center Essentials, Software plus Service, If you only read one post today, SBS Cougar, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Windows Essential Server Solution Family

• "Windows Essential Server Solutions family of products" announcement

  Today is the start of the Server 2008 PR ramp up. I can today tell you a bit more about Cougar, as was, or SBS 2008 as it will be, the new "family" that SBS is part of and a bit more on Windows Essential Business Server 2008 (aka Centro). Hopefully there will be a couple of surprises and also confirmation of some of the rumours around there. I've sliced the press release made today into 3 sections. This blog entry is based on the "family" section of which there is an extract below of... Posted Feb 20 2008, 12:48 PM by David Overton with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Longhorn, Windows SharePoint Services, Security, SQL Server, Community, Exchange, SBSC, Microsoft, Marketing, Centro, Small business, x64, System Center Essentials, Software plus Service, If you only read one post today, SBS Cougar, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Windows Essential Server Solution Family

• Do you need a Windows server solution for people with 50-250 users? Have you heard of "Centro"? Well, Windows Server Centro is now the Windows Essential Business Server and you can now participate in the beta!

  From the http://blogs.technet.com/kevin_beares/archive/2007/11/07/windows-server-centro-is-officially-unveiled-and-has-a-new-name.aspx a small amount about Centro and the tech beta. This is produced by the same team who build SBS 2003 R2 and SBS Cougar. More on those next year. Windows® Essential Business Server is the new Microsoft server solution for small to medium businesses, with 50 to 250 client computers in their organizations. Windows®Essential Business Server offers a standardized server configuration... Posted Nov 17 2007, 07:08 PM by David Overton with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Community, beta, Marketing, Centro, If you only read one post today, SBS Cougar, Windows Server 2008

• Help us to shape next-generation 64-bit technology - from Microsoft Partner Newsletter

  Help us to shape next-generation 64-bit technology We are shipping a private beta of our upcoming 64-bit server for medium-size businesses, codenamed 'Centro', and we're looking for partners to test the technology and give us feedback. The server, which is an x64-only version of Longhorn targeted at smaller enterprises, will integrate Exchange 2007, System Centre Essentials, SQL Server 2005 and ISA Server. To sign up to the beta programme, go to http://connect.microsoft.com/ , click on 'Invitations' (in the... Posted Mar 06 2007, 12:25 AM by David Overton with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Support and Tools, Security, SQL Server, Community, Exchange, beta, Centro, x64, System Center Essentials, ISA Server

• Do you want to beta test Centro, the big brother to SBS based on Longhorn by becoming a TAP partner?

  It is strange how some things are so different and yet so similar. If I was to talk to you about a product from Microsoft that ran Windows, Exchange, SQL and ISA and had some management capability then you might think I was talking about SBS, but this time, that is not so. This time I am talking about the grown up brother - codename "Centro". We are looking for a few good men (or women) to test this and potentially even roll this out with some customers. This is not something to just say yes to without actually... Posted Jan 14 2007, 07:21 PM by David Overton with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Longhorn, Security, Community, Exchange, beta, Office 2007, Centro