Windows Small Business Server (SBS) is an amazing product that delivers high power capability all squeezed into one system box. Obviously, as the author of a book on SBS, you would expect me to say so, but I really do think that.
The functionality provided by each version of SBS 2011 is not identical, even when limiting to the areas that Windows Intune covers. The following table describes the different versions:
SBS 2011 Essentials |
SBS 2011 Standard | |
Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Yes |
Yes |
AD |
Yes |
Yes |
WSUS |
No |
Yes |
Group Policy |
No |
Yes |
Management tools |
Simple monitoring |
Yes |
Exchange 2010 |
No |
Yes |
SharePoint Foundation |
Optional, but not pre-built |
Yes |
Premium Add-on Services |
Optional |
Optional |
User / PC limit |
25 |
75 |
SBS 2011 Standard Edition delivers most of the items of functionality that we have just discussed. It has Windows Server 2008 (or 2008 R2 with the 2011 version), Exchange, and SharePoint Services for the collaboration components. It also...