Windows Small Business Server Essentials becomes Windows Server 2012 Essentials
[Today's post comes to us courtesy David Fabritius from Windows Server Marketing]
Hi everyone,
I'm writing today about a significant milestone for Windows Small Business Server (Windows SBS). With the new Windows Server 2012 line up, Windows Small Business Server Essentials has been renamed Windows Server 2012 Essentials. By making Essentials a full-fledged member of the Windows Server family, we are reaffirming our commitment to delivering a flexible, cloud-enabled server platform that is designed and priced for small businesses and the partners that serve them. Formalizing Essentials as a core edition of Windows Server 2012 will more clearly communicate how it fits into the Windows Server family and give it more visibility as a product.
We believe Windows Server 2012 Essentials is the most affordable and easy-to-use server solution for small businesses to date, helping customers with up to 25 users and 50 devices reduce costs and be more productive. It is an ideal first server, and can also be used as the primary server in a multi-server environment for small businesses. It helps you to protect, centralize, organize, and access your applications and information from almost anywhere by using virtually any device. Additionally, Essentials can grow with the needs of your business over time; you can purchase and convert to Windows Server 2012 Standard, removing the maximum user and device limits while retaining all your data and configuration settings as well as the unique value-add features that Essentials provides.
Windows Server 2012 Essentials has been designed to give you the flexibility to choose which applications and services run on-premises and which run in the cloud. In contrast to Windows SBS Standard, Essentials offers lower up-front acquisition and deployment costs. It allows you to take advantage of cloud-based messaging offerings while enjoying an integrated management experience by subscribing to Office 365 or a hosted Exchange service. If you prefer a fully on-premises solution, you have the option of running Exchange Server on a second server (either as a physical or virtual machine) alongside Essentials with the same integrated management experience.
Windows Server 2012 Essentials can also be used as a platform to run line-of-business applications and other on-premises workloads, as well as to provide an integrated management experience when running cloud-based applications and services, such as email, collaboration, online backup, and more.
Windows SBS 2011 Standard, which includes Exchange Server and SharePoint Foundation, will be the final such Windows SBS offering. It will remain available through the OEM channel until December 31, 2013, and will remain available in all other current channels until June 30, 2013. For additional details, please see the Windows Server 2012 Essentials FAQ. I hope to see you at the 2012 Worldwide Partner Conference starting July 8 in Toronto, Canada, where we’ll be talking more about Windows Server 2012 Essentials, and we’ll also let you know when you can try it out.
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Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Write to these guys and voice your opinion directly to the people in charge. steveb@microsoft.com, kevin.turner@microsoft.com and cc kbeares@microsoft.comAnonymous
January 01, 2003
I am some numbers. For a 30 user small business, the increase in costs are staggering if you wanted to go with microsoft's cloud services. these are open license costs... SBS 2011 Standard w/ 30 CALs - $2377 Comparable on-premise solution (two Windows 2008 R2 standard servers, 30 windows CALs, Exchange 2010 standard, 30 exchange CALs) - $4702 SBS Essentials – not an option Windows 2008 R2 Standard w/ 30 User CALS: $1511 Exchange online @ $4/month per mailbox: $1440/yr 10 year cost: $15,911 How are your partners supposed to be able to justify an over $11,000 cost increase of a solution to move to the cloud? These numbers are even more staggering once you get closer to the 75 user limit of SBS. You don't really own or have control over your data. You are stuck waiting on microsoft to fix any problems with the service and "take a number" rather than calling your Microsoft Partner who cares about your business in to fix it for you as quickly as possible. If your internet goes down, internal email also goes down.Anonymous
January 01, 2003
I agree with all my fellow SBSer's. Selling and supporting SBS Standard is my livelihood. ALL my customers chose the on-premises solution as well. I do not have a single SBS Essentials deployed. Now I have to completely restructure my business and explain to my customer’s Microsoft awful decision. Bring back Bill Gates Pete Perry ChicagoAnonymous
January 01, 2003
It is realy bad idea, that MS after so many years of good product, satisfied costumers and loyal Partners, decides to discontinue the SBS. What would the real reason be? Push to the cloud or get rid of the SBS Partner Comunity, or both? Why?!? There is no logical explanation with our sight of view, but MS views it on other way. There are a lot of Costumers and Partners that depeneds on SBS Standard product and is not fair to just switch of the product and push us to the Cloud. MS think again if this is realy right and fair decision.Anonymous
January 01, 2003
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January 01, 2003
This is NO Option ... Small businesses have not always the best connection to the internet. I can not afford to be offline with E-mail and have the Mailsystem in the cloud - my customers will fire me. My customers also do not want and allow by law to have the email system in the cloud ... I will have to use NON Microsoft products to stay in business ... good bye from germanyAnonymous
January 01, 2003
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January 01, 2003
Is there any more information on if you purchase SBS 2011 with Software Assurance if you'll be eligible to upgrade to Exchange 2013 when it is released? Or will you be limited to the stand alone version of 2010?Anonymous
January 01, 2003
What can I say, this has to be the worst decesion microshaft has every made ! Thanks Microsoft glad I went to the effort to become a partner, became a technology specialist is this now defunct product ! Anyone want to open a coffee shop, surely you can't remove coffee from the market !Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Let's not forget Microsoft is dropping SBSC as well of which partners were paying just $329 to meet the Action Pack requirement and now required to pay $1,850 for the Silver Small Business Competency plus two exams. Microsoft hears the complaints so they offer us 46% off the fee for first time enrollment until the end of the year like that’s supposed to make us feel better when you compare it to $329. Hey Microsoft, we’re small businesses too on a budget.Anonymous
January 01, 2003
I have cultivated numerous addon's and techniques to help businesses take their small team to the next level and to give them the features of the enterprise. In Australia, the cloud is difficult to use. We have slow internet access and a miss trust of placing our data overseas. We also face our clients not wanting us to store their files overseas. Having a real Exchange server in a real Windows Server platform has been a godsend. We have also used many features of Exchange that can't be done via the cloud. We have used third party email tools and addin's. It is time for my team to reskill however now we need to think about the options. Will we reskill (or at least add more skills, extend current skills) with Microsoft products or is it time to look at products other than Microsoft. I have always been loyal to Microsoft and have always had a passion for it's products but now, I am left cold. It would be interesting to hear what others are doing about this. I am proud to have been an SBS MVP for 5 years however, I am not proud of this news. This is the death of a great many skills that my team have learnt, which they have been proud of. This is taking technical skill out of the SMB engineers and leaving it solely with the enterprise. Many of my guys feel ashamed to look at essentials and feel it is a dumbing down of what they know (Maybe call it "Simple Server"). No skill needed. The future ahead, using solely Microsoft, is very doubtful. It is time to find an Exchange alternative and maybe even change server platforms.Anonymous
January 01, 2003
@ Sandeep I'm talking about what I will use in 2014 or 2015 when I need to retiremy SBS 2011 that I'll most likely install now instead of the "new" 2012 product.Anonymous
January 01, 2003
The Windows Server 2012 Essentials FAQ dicates "If you have Software Assurance on Small Business Server 2011 Standard edition, you will receive one Windows Server 2012 Standard edition license and one Exchange Server Standard 2010 license." Microsoft should at least include Windows Server 2010 Essentials as well. This leaves the customer having to pruchase it and then asking the partner "I thought I'm entitled to free upgrades because I pruchased Software Assurance?"Anonymous
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January 01, 2003
I’m reading everyone’s comments and is goes without saying I concur with everyone…well…except one. Our venting is good therapy to make us feel better and hopefully Microsoft is listening. Are they though? Viewing Microsoft’s server web site and the new server lines-ups, and seeing the documentation they have posted, they’re invested in this very unfortunate change. I’d be surprised if they reverse their decision. Needless to say it’s a downright move to force SMB to the cloud. Period! There is no way I’m going to present an all on-premises solution with 2012 servers to emulate SBS to my small business customers. They’ll tell me to take a leap because of the cost and Microsoft knows this because they created it. Unfortunately small businesses are aware of cloud services. I’m even asked about it as an option when I present SBS. People are “thinking” they’re supposed to go to the cloud. It’s becoming status quo. Microsoft knows this as well. I simply ask my customers where do they want their data. Their answer? Let’s put it this way…I’ve yet to implement SBS Essentials. Small businesses simply want their data where they have control over it. They also don’t like the fact when their internet services goes down, their business is dead in the water. Every person and business regardless of size should have the option of choosing where they want their data and Microsoft should have the products to meet that requirement. They should not be dictating it when it comes to data. I believe it to be unethical. The Microsoft mentality of “we think we know what’s best for your business and you don’t” is what upsets me the most. Its arrogant and short-sighted.Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Believe me, Stuart, I get it and will adapt. I have to. I have before. In this situation though I disagree with the logic and the taking away the customer's option “to choose” between all on-premises or cloud.Anonymous
January 01, 2003
Microsoft!!! I know you are big player in this game, but you have to learn A LOT from your competitors about loyality to your partners. After all those years we are running SBS.... This desition explains that SBSC is a peace of *** for you. Hellooo VojkoAnonymous
July 05, 2012
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July 05, 2012
This is a standard marketing message but I can understand why in the light of Microsoft's forthcoming WPC conference. The 'ideal first server' was, and still is Windows Small Business Server 2011 or a few prior versions still in circulation. The wording used in this blog reflects a lack of consideration for the SBSC and SMB Partners who have shown years of loyalty only to be forced into areas they are either not ready to, or have made the informed choice not to go into. Too much 'telling' and not enough 'selling'. Microsoft, if you chose to change tack when it comes to the products and services you deploy, I hope that it also means a change in the way your marketing and sales team interact with your entire Partner community. Better partner profiling, better internal education when it comes to your sales and marketing teams understanding Partner business plans and their environments, as well as more relevant sales and consultative training - all of this needs to be dramatically improved as you disenfranchise the biggest market in place to keep you in the game. There may be louder whispers in the corridor to go direct with more of what you have in your portfolio but that's no reason to irritate the thousands of independent partners who have shown such loyalty so far. Irritated independent partners can always look elsewhere...Anonymous
July 05, 2012
A lot of us have good reasons to AVOID the cloud... Why push everyone into an environment that is not always the best answer?? A lot of businesses still NEED on premisis exchange, and the cost for providing that functionality has has just gone through the roof.Anonymous
July 05, 2012
I am kinda torn here...part of me says ABOUT TIME and part of me is a little sadden by this news. My IT firms never really jumped on the SBS band wagon, it was never truly enough server for the clients we worked with. But, evolution does happen and eventually everyone's ride must come to an end. To my friend Susanne, you know that Microsoft never truly got behind the SBSC community, I know this since I have been out of it for a while. We all showed loyalty to it, true...but did they really care. After all, they made the same amount of profit selling Windows and Office and this will remain the cornerstone of their business model for years to come. We know better as I pro's but we are a small amount of their overall revenue. Stuart Crawford Toronto, ON <a href=http://www.ulistic.com>MSP Business Consultant</a>Anonymous
July 05, 2012
Hey Pete I shared a story today on one of my Ulistic webinars about my buddy who does AS400 support. His livlihood as well..but things change. I know it hurts but time to move onto something new mate! SBS was a half decent product...but like my buddy who does AS400 (he still does just a lot less)...he had to pick up something new. Stuart Crawford http://www.ulistic.comAnonymous
July 05, 2012
"Windows SBS 2011 Standard, which includes Exchange Server and SharePoint Foundation, will be the final such Windows SBS offering" Ok, what is the recommended solution for organizations that have 30-40 users, require Windows Domain, Exchange email, Sharepoint, centralized management, have limited Internet connectivity, and even more limted budgets where the price point is similar to SBS 2011 Standard?Anonymous
July 05, 2012
There is no choices taken away..it will just be another company name...just not a complete MS solution. I started with Banyan Vines, then Novell and then Microsoft...what is next?Anonymous
July 05, 2012
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July 05, 2012
Microsoft needs to listen to it's partners, we need the choice and cloud and on prem solutions. A lot of customers I work with have 40-60 users and sbs standard was a perfect solution. Now that has been taken away. I hope microsoft change their mind on this.. Very bad move indeedAnonymous
July 05, 2012
http://www.kerio.com/ I hear is a suitable replacement.Anonymous
July 05, 2012
Microsoft needs to see the real world where most places do not have the connections needed for cloud usage (aka speed and reliability). But apparently management has just decided to run full speed off the cliff and hope they grow wings.Anonymous
July 05, 2012
Looking forward to the fallout of all the applications that leverage an on premesis Exchange server. Life is going to get costly for the Small Business... Because they are obviously the market that can afford it...?! Dissapointed. Dismayed. Is betrayed too strong a word? :-(Anonymous
July 05, 2012
What a short sited decision by Microsoft - absolutely patheticAnonymous
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July 05, 2012
I agree with Sandeep and others. This is NOT a good decision. Some people just don't want to move to the cloud, period. Others have political reasons they can't. Others still want things onsite so they can customize. For example, I know a lot of SBS customers who have Faxmaker and use it to route faxes to employee emails through their Exchange Server that comes with SBS! There are many custom low cost solutions that leverage SBS's many awesome abilities. Microsoft. This is NOT a smart move. JamesNTAnonymous
July 05, 2012
MS you just killed my whole business with this decision. Not very cool and you pi$$ed off quite a few loyal SBSers today :(.Anonymous
July 05, 2012
Terrible. Our biggest source of revenue, and our biggest source of customer satisfaction, is being eliminated and replaced with... a fluffy cloud of nothing. I find it hard to believe that channel partners have anything positive to feel or say about this, especially guaged on the reactions of colleagues that linked me this. For clients who've reliably purchased small business solution packages from us since the late 90's, it seems we have to advise them that Microsoft's offerings for more than a decade, have been discontinued.Anonymous
July 06, 2012
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July 06, 2012
Good to see support for SBS 2011 till 2020 (via exchange 2010). Cloud computing is fine for those who have NO issues with security, slow and intermittent broadband connections. The problem is not one of my clients want someone else to be in control of their data.Anonymous
July 06, 2012
I didn´t make up my mind about that yet. One thing is clear: A Small Business Competency with an exam for a prouct which will become unavailable sonn, is totaly nonsense!Anonymous
July 06, 2012
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July 06, 2012
@Schweg I don't know if we will have until 2014-2015. MS plans to stop putting SBS 2011 in distribution by the end of this year. Quantities will become limited. Also, by the end of this month, you won't be able to get SBS 2011 with SA. Strongly urge your customers to get SA since they will get Server 2012 and Exchange 2010 ($2200+ value) for the price of SBS 2011 Standard ($800).Anonymous
July 06, 2012
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July 06, 2012
@Sandeep. End of 2013, not end of 2012.Anonymous
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July 06, 2012
The cloud is an option IF you have an ISP that is reliable and fast enough. Many of our clients (even in Phoenix, Arizona) do not have cloud supportable ISP connections so SBS was the choice to provide them service and quality results. Forcing everyone to the cloud will not work. Period. This is obviously a decsion made by out of touch people in a city with big bandwidth. They obviosly did not look at their true client base or infrastructure. NOT A GOOD CHOICE by MS. We need the on premise options provided by SBS at the price point that made clients choose Microsoft products. Forcing clients to expensive choices will only result in current dedicated SBS technicians to begin offering other vendor products.Anonymous
July 06, 2012
MS really needs to reconsider this decision! Are they trying to push SBS customers to Linux and Google? There are a number of things that the cloud can never offer that SBS provides. Without these benefits there will be little reason for small companies to use MS Office products. The costs and complexity of a multi-server configuration will prevent it when free solutions can do the same thing, minus the SBS benefits. There are many reasons that small businesses don’t want to move to the cloud. Security, Local Control, Local backup, Storage capacity , Privacy, etc. Until we all have Gigabit fiber at home and even afterwards there will be a need for small companies to have onsite storage and control of their most important information, including Messaging, Central user control and Intranet. The SBS product they now use will need to be replaced with something else, provided by someone else, who will reap the benefits down the road. SBS has been the server that small business have started with for years. Killing SBS is like trying to have full grown trees without the seeds, or have children without the messy infant and toddler stage. It looks nice to marketing and management types but it is not possible. The next generation will start leaving MS at a faster pace if there is no reason to stay.Anonymous
July 06, 2012
Video Killed the rockstar.. Spent all my working years with SBS. bad news.Anonymous
July 06, 2012
This seems premature. They didn't have to announce this until next year at the earliest (when partners would begin to seriously ask about the SBS roadmap). So why announce it now? My guess is that MS is very concerned about cloud competition, and not in terms of end users but rather partners. They clearly want to force partners to learn to implement Office365 NOW, not 12 months from now. Why? Because partners will implement what they have learned to implement. Change is hard. Once they start with Office365 they are unlikely to start dealing with similar services from Google or Amazon or others. This is about getting partners onboarded into the Office 365 ecosystem NOW.Anonymous
July 06, 2012
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July 06, 2012
What a disastrous move by Microsoft.... Killing off SBS and your grassroots IT Evangelists in one fell swoop. Microsoft simply does not “get” how the SMB market work.... Our customers will NOT suddenly jump to the cloud.... In a large city we have 2 ISP options.... Local Phone company and Time Warner Cable. Good luck keeping your “cloud” available on that! Not to mention the regulatory, support and other issues of “trusting” the cloud with our customer’s data.Anonymous
July 06, 2012
Microsoft needs to listen to it's SBS parters, this is a very made move for the reasons stated in all the comments so far. If microsoft FORCE me to move my clients to Office 365 instead of giving us the choice then i will find alternative solutions. I'm sure a lot of people feel the same way. Microsoft has been warnedAnonymous
July 06, 2012
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July 06, 2012
Im pretty sure you can still install exchange on 2012 standard, it just will be allot more expensive compared to the all in one sbs, it will be a pretty hard sell to small businesses for sure, when sbs was already a hard sell. www.opswatch.caAnonymous
July 06, 2012
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July 06, 2012
Just a link to another blog with partners like myself, all of them upset about the death of SBS. Many, like me, built their business about SBS. WAKE UP MICROSOFT! msmvps.com/.../microsoft-says-next-stop-is-the-cloud.aspxAnonymous
July 06, 2012
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July 06, 2012
For those VARs looking for a solution as an alternative to this please take a look www.getappstorm.comAnonymous
July 06, 2012
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July 06, 2012
Microsoft has just signed the death warrant for their largest base of evangelists and for their largest client base and potential client base. Most of my client's cannot afford the 2-3 times increase in cost for the Microsoft alternative to SBS. Most of my clients are in the legal, medical or non-profit segments of the market and cannot or simply do not want to have a public cloud solution or have restrictive bandwidth caps which make it even more expensive or impossible solution. I am a 13 year MCSE veteran so I am not scared off by the Enterprise products but I am no longer going to be pursuing any additional Microsoft certification. I will actively be pursuing alternatives to SBS for a continued on-premise solution. If my client does not have physical control over their own data on equipment which they own in a location they own and secure, they have no rights to their data.Anonymous
July 06, 2012
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July 07, 2012
This news has floored me today. One of the worst decisions ever out of Microsoft. 90% of my clients use this product and most just refuse to use the cloud at this stage. I have setup a couple of Office 365 clients, but its far less flexible, and as others have said, you're limited by poor connections and unknown data locations/backups etc. I guess the only option here is to offer full products at a far greater expense, and hope they take it up. I have skills in the stand alone products (not as fine tuned of course as the intricacies of SBS) so my business will do fine. I wonder what their decision was for this, was it slow sales? I can't imagine it. Or is it them trying to push everyone the cloud. Interesting times ahead thats for sure.Anonymous
July 07, 2012
For clients of 25 users or above, Zimbra mail server on Linux seems to be a great alternative. Lower cost than Exchange online, on-premise solution, supports ActiveSync. Free underlying OS, no OS CALs necessary. Say goodbye to a base of loyal small business customers by forcing our hand out of an on-premise exchange solution.Anonymous
July 07, 2012
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July 07, 2012
Wow! maybe MS is embarrised that they released SBS 2011 with so many errors in the event logs ;) I'm stunned that they are putting so much emphasis on the cloud and trying to force change on your most loyal support group. With all the changes ahead, the backbone of small business connectivity should have been left alone, particularly as fast and reliable internet is NOT universal. I also see much potential data security breaches the more businesses join the cloud, just too risky to trust someone else with your data. CHANGE YOUR MIND MICROSOFTAnonymous
July 08, 2012
I am pretty sure that most SMB consultants will be irritated enough to move their clients to the "Anyone but Microsoft" cloud. And maybe we won't feel as compelled to help MS by being the "software police" and making sure the client licensing is perfect. Most of us have invested a great deal of time and money in Microsoft, and today we are the bug, not the windshield.Anonymous
July 08, 2012
I sincerely hope Microsoft will reconsider this decision.Anonymous
July 09, 2012
There's an interesting discussion on the channel9 forum between classical SBS and cloud proponents. It's quite heavy and offers insights into how the "modern" all-cloud people are thinking. channel9.msdn.com/.../Microsoft-continues-to-please-their-existing-customersAnonymous
July 09, 2012
Wow.... I can't believe that Microsoft is going to force all of us to leave and take "our" customers with us. Microsoft is completely missing the ball on this one and it is going to cost them in the long run. It's nice to know how everyone here jumped through all of Microsoft's hoops to get certified and push their product sending an untold amount of $$$ to Redmond only to get dumped on by this decision. All I can say is WOW! They really need to rethink this one......Anonymous
July 09, 2012
If Microsoft drops Small Business Server, many companies that support small businesses will look elsewhere for solutions like Kerio. Cloud is not always the answer.Anonymous
July 09, 2012
>>>It's quite heavy and offers insights into how the "modern" all-cloud people are thinking. >>>channel9.msdn.com/.../Microsoft-continues-to-please-their-existing-customers Essential reading. The cloud people are basically saying to those with poor internet connections: Your problem!Anonymous
July 09, 2012
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July 10, 2012
Respect. I believe that Microsoft does not know the meaning of this word either with partners or customers. Like me, many small business IT support our business based on SBS solution. How do we explain to our customers that we have low cost options to support your business.Anonymous
July 10, 2012
The low cost option is called linux. If you don't have any server-side windows applications, it can function as a domain controller, windows file server, print server, and a replacement for exchange server with no operating system costs at all. Microsoft obviously could care less about the small business market and are just trying to be greedy. As if there are no viable alternatives to windows on the server side.Anonymous
July 11, 2012
Stupid, Stupid Stupid So many Small businesses in rural area's have not got a stable enough internet connection to warrant cloud based servers, This will now cost a fortune for the already struggling bussinesses, time to go back and start looking at Linux Solutions for the SME market.Anonymous
July 11, 2012
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July 11, 2012
After installing more than 100+ SBS servers I firmly believed that it was one of the better products they made. I wish they felt the same...Anonymous
July 12, 2012
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July 12, 2012
First the usability/UI joke that is Windows 8. Now this. I guess it's a good thing few people bother buying Microsoft shares. This was kind of expected, eventually. However for me, it means I'm now in the market for an alternative fully self-hosted solution, for those customers who want/need that, who will not be dictated to by Microsoft betting their farm on the cloud. Bye bye, Microsoft.Anonymous
July 12, 2012
Yo Microsoft - Where's the survey to your PARTNERS? This is just insane! ... OR... It's Microsoft saying you will sell cloud products like it or not. Oh sure, there are alternatives to SBS but at what cost to the end user? Give me SBS Standard 2012 without SharePoint. Base Server (Files/Print/RWW/etc) plus Exchange and the market potential will remains huge. The majority (all for our company) prefer to have total control over their environment and not have a reliance on the internet. While there are businesses that can put the infrastructure in place to mitigate their reliance on an internet connection, the majority of SMB's cannot. Where do we write the good ol' boys at Microsoft? If the answer is posted, everyone needs to respond.Anonymous
July 13, 2012
I think this makes a lot of sense. I worked in the SMB tech sector for 10 years and I have watched, slowly at first, and now VERY rapidly switch to Cloud services. I have even found sever websites such as Jetdeskit.com that are already making a very strong move to capitalize on this trend.Anonymous
July 16, 2012
You can not trust Microsoft to do anyting. Time afther time Microsoft is killing of products unexpectdly.Anonymous
July 16, 2012
WOW - I love this announcement - Here is wyh >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SBS 2011 will be avaible until end of Une 2013 via all channles (and as OEM until end of december 2013 ) . Source go.microsoft.com/fwlink If customers obtain now the SBS 2011 Standard with SOFTWARE ASSURANCE, they can migrate to WS 2012 Standard + Exchange 2012 Standard as single products. If customers obtain now the SBS 2011 Standard + PREMIUM Addon with SOFTWARE ASSURANCE, they can migrate to SQL 2012 Standard + WS 2012 Standard + Exchange 2012 Standard + SQL 2012 Standard as single Products! This means, that once they migrated to the single products, there will be no longer the user limit from the SBS 2011 ! WOW - This is a bargain. I will encourage all my new customers to get the SBS 2011 (+Premium Addon) PLUS SOFTWARE ASSURANCE See this download.microsoft.com/.../WS2012_Licensing-Pricing_FAQ.pdfAnonymous
July 16, 2012
I could understand an "Essentials" SBS offering for customer with under 25 users - on prem server could be smaller footprint (i.e., cheaper) where they buy the licenses in 5-user packs, but needs some kind of migration path for customers that go over 25 that preserves the investment. SBS Server Standard would start at 25 users and the buy licenses in 5 and 20 packs like today up to the existing 75 limit. Would allow Microsoft to push micro-businesses to the cloud but still allow larger small businesses to stick with SBS. To completely drop the SBS on-prem offering shows a real lack of understanding of what the customers are asking for - trust the resellers - we talk to more customers than your Microsoft marketing/product managers!Anonymous
July 19, 2012
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July 24, 2012
This will save our clients a lot of money while we continue to support Office 2003 and SBS 2011 until 2020. Imagine 10 years without having to go through Microsoft Licensing or worry about upgrades? And think of the revenues our clients will save and get to spend on us patching older systems. Then after 10 years Apple / Google might have a free solution which does the job.Anonymous
July 26, 2012
mnri, if your going to purchase SBS 2011 with software assurance, do it now. my reseller Tech Data is changing skus etc at the end of July! Good luck ordering it then!Anonymous
July 31, 2012
Guys, seriously !! Start selling Cloud, grow with it, don't resist it.Anonymous
August 02, 2012
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August 03, 2012
I agree with a lot of the comments, however I do understand that Miccrosoft, like eveyone else, wants to make sure that they run a profitable business. However I think that by dropping a product that they have improved to the point where its an excellent and essential tool for small businesses, and forcing the small bussinesses to look at the cloud options and renewable charges (which many do not want) is somewhat arrogant. In reality, why would a company now choose Microsoft ? Apple have a nice cheap server add-on to their os, make nice kit and basically attract end-users. or Google docs and their domain stuff - cheaper than 365 and been around longer. At least with SBS you have a must have app - sort of like the IPhone in the small business world - I don't think Apple would be so silly as to drop it do you ? Even if it lost them money its brilliant for marketing as it gets them out in people's pocket. Don;t get me worng, I am a Microsoft fan, however this is enough to make me look seriously at alternatives for myself and the the 50-60 companies I support - I guess this will be the same for most small it support proffesionals!Anonymous
August 04, 2012
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August 13, 2012
Cloud based what a joke I have hordes of customers who went cloud and now have come back to on premises, Small businesses need simple tco and simple to use That is what SBS is they have just pushed milions of users to linuxed based sbs like clearos Thanks Microsoft for being Stupid and not understanding your cutsomers needsAnonymous
August 15, 2012
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August 28, 2012
SBS was a bloated horridly priced mess. I can get most if not all of SBS functionality with hyper-v running server standard for AD(if needed), and another vm running Linux and Zimbra for everything else. I'm an MS partner and i was this coming and began developing a new platform for SBS customers..:) i'ts time the MS SBs community did too.Anonymous
September 11, 2012
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September 12, 2012
www.youtube.com/watch Absolutely disgusted with MS for dropping SBS Standard - How are small businesses with low speed internet going cope with 365? Absolutely disgusted!Anonymous
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Microsoft's decision to drop SBS just goes to show they never understood the Enterprise at the SMB or higher levels. Going to the cloud is a way to phase out shrink wrap licensing. So, in three years or so, you will be very lucky to buy any shrink wrap Microsoft Office product for a "desktop" like a Mac, Mac mini, Windows x PC, etc.
Microsoft wants to get a continuous revenue stream -- and giving you something you can run on your own network without software assurance isn't going to hit that goal.
I think it just makes Microsoft less relevant to future generations that will ignore such caveman thinking.Anonymous
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