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Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference

I will be at WPC in Houston in a couple of weeks. Please feel free to contact me if you want to meet.

EBS Public Preview in German, Italian, Chinese and Japanese

Expect the public preview site to have EBS in German, Italian, Chinese and Japanese as early as the end of this week. Our partners in Windows Internaitonal were instrumental, thank you.

Evaluate Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Public Preview today

Windows Essential Business Sever 2008 is an integrated and affordable solution that offers the Microsoft software midsize businesses require - preconfigured, integrated and manageable from a single administrative console, and at a significant discount compared to standalone products. And when you download the latest public preview, you're automatically registered to access valuable public preview resources assembled in one convenient location.
Please review the Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Public Preview system requirements before you proceed. Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration.

You will also need the product keys to activate the Windows Essential Business Server 2008 Public Preview software which will be made available to you on the download page. The Public Preview software is being made available so you may test and explore the software. As this is not final release code, you may not test the software in a live operating environment.

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Chris

SCE SML clarification

There is some confusion about SCE SML with EBS. The following (or something very similar) will be up on the official web sites soon:

Windows Essential Business Server supports up to 30 System Center Essentials 2007 (SCE) Server Management Licenses (SMLs), the maximum number of SCE SMLs permitted by the SCE software. SCE SMLs are included with the purchase of Windows Essential Business Server (EBS):

· 12 SCE SMLs with EBS Standard Edition
· 15 SCE SMLs with EBS Premium Edition

A SCE SML is not required for the operating system environment hosting SCE. Additional SCE SMLs may be purchased for managing additional operating system environments in the EBS-connected network without exceeding maximum of 30 SMLs.

solid platforms from which to run a small to midsize business

TechEd Reflections: Microsoft, SMB, and success
By Curtis Franklin
InfoWorld

"I've been working on Microsoft's new Small Business Server and Essential Business Server, and the folks in Redmond have done some very good things for the SMB market in areas ranging from management interface to licensing. (Yeah, I know –- sanity in licensing. Who would have thought?) A full Test Center review of each is coming, but my impressions haven't really changed dramatically since the first time I saw them –- these are solid platforms from which to run a small to midsize business."