Microsoft to discontinue Essential Business Server

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Microsoft will discontinue future development of Essential Business Server, effective June 30th, 2010.  A few points about this announcement:

 

  • Microsoft remains fully committed to small and medium-sized businesses and our Partners who serve them
  • The technology capabilities many midsize businesses are turning to (such as virtualisation, management, and cloud computing) are already available through other offerings, including: Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft System Center and the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS)
  • Customers with Software Assurance will be offered an open agreement to receive the license for many stand-alone products that would have been included in EBS 2010.
  • Current EBS customers can look forward to a support cycle that holds true to the Microsoft five-year mainstream and five-year extended support lifecycle

Windows Essential Business Server 2008