Windows Server 2012 Essentials Releases to Manufacturing

Today, Windows Server 2012 Essentials has reached the release to manufacturing (RTM) milestone. The product is being delivered to our hardware and ecosystem partners, and it will be generally available in all channels on November 1, with OEM partners shipping server systems by the end of the year.

For detail information visit the following link.
https://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/10/09/windows-server-2012-essentials-released-to-manufacturing-available-for-evaluation-today.aspx

Comments

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  For home use Server 2012 Essentials is great. But for business you have to be kidding and trying to force customers into using your 365 office service? Well its just not going to work. I wonder if MS does take note of any of these comments...

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  Will there also be a cheap update pack for us Windows Home Server 2011 guys?

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  To Insignificate - no, the $400ish price tag is it.

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  No, there is no more 'SBS' product. It was announce sometime in July i beleive, that SBS 2011 Standard would be the last version. SBS 2011 Essentials, will go forward, re-branded and refreshed onto Windows Server 2012 Essentials. It will not include Exchange, but it has the ability to integrate with an On Premesis Exchange Server, should you chose to deploy one. titlerequired.com/.../on-premises-exchange-integration-windows-server-essentials Essentials will be a difficult purchase for home users due to the price tag (IMO) Essentials also has some interesting new features that you should look into, DirectAccess is now part of the OS and will work with a Single NIC. There is also the TransMog feature, that allows you to upgrade to Full Server Standard, whilst keeping the Essentials features like Client Backup and RWA, media streaming is lost when you transmog. Also, you should not enable the HyperV role when you transmog. If you want to use Virtual Machines, then install your Essentials as a HyperV Guest.

• Anonymous
  January 01, 2003
  While Windows Server 2012 Essentials does not include Exchange, there is integration built into Essentials which makes managing Exchange running on a 2nd server or VM very simple.  For an overview of this functionality, please see blogs.technet.com/.../email-options-supported-by-windows-server-2012-essentials.aspx.  Thanks.

• Anonymous
  October 10, 2012
  Bring back SBS, please. None of our customers is interested in a system without Exchange.

• Anonymous
  October 10, 2012
  Is it possible to configure Access Anywhere without having to turn on Upnp on your router?

• Anonymous
  October 17, 2012
  Killing SBS is going to make SBS2008 the next XP.... live long and prosper!!!

• Anonymous
  October 17, 2012
  Exchange is the best mail system on the planet. SBS is the core of my business. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

• Anonymous
  October 17, 2012
  I just bought Windows Server 2011 Essentials for my business (4 employees) in July.  Anyone know if there will be an upgrade option to 2012?

• Anonymous
  October 17, 2012
  I have a total customer base of 3000 + users all on SBS Standard Products with Exchange. We will not be using Essentials. Cloud is rubibsh and just another glossy word for "outsourcing". Its a fad and a fashion it will not last. The sooner Microsoft stops trying to be Apple the better. Again, we have a another manager somewhere in Microsoft that has made a dictative decision and hs no idea what our customers want. I am talking about the customers that talk to us reseelers and trust us more than Microsoft.

• Anonymous
  October 17, 2012
  Does this imply there is not going to be a SBS2012 standard product, Like SBS 2011 Standard? If so then... No Exchange = No SBS 2012 installs

• Anonymous
  October 17, 2012
  I have been using cloud based exchange for 3 years and it is perfect. No more calls at 1am because the email is down and I do not have to manage BES either as Microsoft do that for meas well. The interface gives me the same control as SBS. Cloud is not a fad and is the way of the future. I say to the negative people in this either adopt or die.

• Anonymous
  October 17, 2012
  Some SMB's want Exchange, others use web-based email, such as Yahoo or Hotmail or Gmail, or a freeware POP server.  Since Office 365 is cloud based and includes email, I guess MS decided to make Exchange a separate offering from 2012 Essentials.

• Anonymous
  October 17, 2012
  So is the real problem the price, or is it that Exchange cannot be installed successfully on 2012 Essentials?  So, let's say the price of SBS was $ 20,000 with 25 user licenses.  Let's say Exchange with 25 user licenses is $ 10,000.  So what should the price of 2012 Essentials without Exchange licenses be?  Should there be two versions of 2012 Essentials, one without Exchange licenses, and another including Exchange licenses?  And what about customers who need SQL server, and others who don't?  Now should there be 3 versions?  Some of these posts are ridiculous.

• Anonymous
  October 17, 2012
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• Anonymous
  October 17, 2012
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• Anonymous
  October 17, 2012
  Where is exchange? Looks like we need to start deploying Linux mail servers again.

• Anonymous
  October 18, 2012
  You kidding a sbs without Exchange????

• Anonymous
  October 18, 2012
  Previous versions of the Server "Essentials" product did NOT inlude Exchange Server either. Pay attention people. If you need Exchange for SMB/SME, then get SBS Server 2011 it does have exchange server. Or , wait another 9-12months for the 2012 SBS Edition....(possibly)

• Anonymous
  October 18, 2012
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• Anonymous
  October 18, 2012
  Folks, if you are now just finding this out... with all due respect I think you need to get a bit more plugged into a SMB technology community. May I recommend signing up for sbs2k-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or something where you can interact and share with peers?

• Anonymous
  October 19, 2012
  Also for my customers. No Exchange, no SBS2012. None of our customers want their business in the cloud, which I can understand. So we'll try to keep up and running the current versions till the year 20??

• Anonymous
  October 21, 2012
  Good Bye Microsoft! Welcome Linux!!

• Anonymous
  October 21, 2012
  With our small business customers we haven't used SBS since the 2003 version. Exchange is an enterprise level product that has been pushed down to SMB level. We use Svr Std and Kerio Connect. As a mail platform in the SMB space it runs rings around Exchange. It includes built in backup, easy mailbox level recovery, webmail, superior phone integration, universal web based management console, supports calendar sharing in Outlook and it runs on virtually any windows platform as well as Apple and Linux. On top of that is is considerably cheaper to buy than exchange and due to robustness has a lower TCO. You should do your SMB clients a favour and check it out.

• Anonymous
  October 26, 2012
  What are the file size/resolution limitations of the Media Streaming in Server 2012 Essentials. XBox 360 posts a chart on media types/bitrate limitations, is there such a thing for Essentials. I have media files that aren't showing up in the list for streaming.

• Anonymous
  November 02, 2012
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• Anonymous
  November 12, 2012
  Not one customer of our company is interested in this SBS needs Exchange.

• Anonymous
  November 12, 2012
  No Exchange = No SBS 2012 installs another bad MS decision

• Anonymous
  November 29, 2012
  Quote - "it will be generally available in all channels on November 1" ..... it is now November 29th and Server 2012 Essentials is still nowhere to be seen on the market, so I think whoever sourced the so call facts on this blog got it wrong in a big way !!!

• Anonymous
  November 29, 2012
  Kris: perhaps you should shop around before chastizing the blog poster! You can most certainly purchase Windows Server 2012 Essentials now, including at retailers like Newegg and Softwaremedia.com

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