Microsoft has announced the release of the final version of Small Business Server Standard announced 2011th The 7 known previously as the SBS product is in December, the trade come in. So far there is only a preview in English available. In the first half of 2011 followed by another as a version called Essentials of Small Business Server 2011thYour code name is "Aurora".

According to Michael Leworthy, senior product manager of Microsoft's server division is Small Business Server 2011, a new version of the previous version. It offers many of the same features and updated the operating system to Windows Server 2008 R2. In addition, the new release SharePoint 2010, Exchange 2010, a revised Outlook Web application and a private cloud version of Office Web Apps.

Small Business Server 2011 Essentials is a contrast to companies with up to 25 user-oriented version of Windows Home Server. It automates backups and serving as a central file location. For the management of the server would "virtually no IT expertise needed," said Leworthy. In addition, Small Business Server 2011 can be Essentials with cloud services such as the recently released Office 365 use.

One of the biggest changes in the product line SBS 2011 is the elimination of the Premium Edition. Instead, Microsoft offers a premium add-on that is the standard and Essentials edition is available. The add-on provides an additional license for Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and SQL Server 2008 R2 for small businesses. Among other things, by about virtualization Hyper-V is supported.