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Windows Small Business Server 2008

Brief Description
Public Preview Software – Release Candidate 1
Designed for small businesses, Windows Small Business Server 2008 is an affordable, integrated server solution that helps you protect your business data, increase productivity and present a more professional image to customers – giving you the tools you need to help grow your business capacity.

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Quick Details
Version:5537
Date Published:7/23/2008
Language:English
Download Size:19864.6 MB

Overview

Windows Small Business Server 2008 (Windows SBS 2008) is an integrated server solution that helps you protect your business data, increase productivity and present a more professional image to customers. By providing many of the features used by larger companies --e-mail, an Internet connectivity, internal Web sites, remote access, support for mobile devices, file and printer sharing, backup, and restore--Windows SBS 2008 gives you the tools you need to help grow your business.

Windows SBS 2008 is available in two editions: Standard and Premium.

Standard Edition includes the software to install the primary Small Business Server. To install Standard Edition, you will need to download:
  • SBS__RC1_DVD1_Installation.iso - Small Business Server Installation


Premium Edition includes software to install an additional Windows Server (either x86 or x64) for your domain, with the option of running SQL Server. To install Premium Edition, you will need to download:
  • SBS_RC1_DVD1_Installation.iso - Small Business Server Installation

  • SBS_RC1_DVD2_AddServerInstallationx86.iso - Additional Server Installation x86

  • SBS_RC1_DVD3_AddServerInstallationx64.iso - Additional Server Installation x64

  • SBS_RC1_SQL2008.iso - SQL Server 2008 for Small Business RC1


More information about Windows SBS 2008 editions is available here.

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System Requirements

  • Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008
    Notes:
    Windows SBS 2008 Standard is available only as a 64-bit operating system.
    Windows SBS 2008 Premium enables the installation of an additional server in the SBS domain. Both 64-bit and 32-bit operating system software is available for this server.
    As this is not final release code, you may not install the software in a live operating environment.

    Small Business Server (applies to Standard and Premium editions):
    Processor:
  • Recommended: 2 GHz x64 or faster

    • Memory:
  • Recommended: 4 GB RAM

  • Maximum: 32 GB

    • Available Disk Space:
  • Minimum: 60 GB


    • Additional Server (applies to Premium edition only):
    Processor:
  • Recommended: 2 GHz (x86 and x64 processors)

    • Memory:
  • Recommended: 2 GB RAM

    • Available Disk Space:
  • Recommended: 40 GB


    • Additional system requirement guidance is available here.

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