Windows Essential Business Server Goes RTM

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Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) has been released to manufacturing (RTM) with general availability on November 12 according to the team blog: The Essential Business Server Team Blog. The EBS brings Windows Server and related technologies to medium-size organizations with few or no IT support staff.

EBS is an all-in-one server stack designed to meet the needs of medium-size businesses. The server bundle can be configured with support from Microsoft's channel partners.

The server is available in two editions, Standard and Premium. For a comparison of features, see Compare Features. In general, Essential Business Server includes the following technologies bundled for small businesses:

Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition

Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server

Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway Medium Business Edition

Premium version includes