Microsoft® Windows® Small Business Server 2008 with Windows Server® 2008 SP2, part of the Microsoft Windows Essential Business Solutions family, is the next major release of Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 product. Windows Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008) with Windows Server 2008 SP2 is designed to provide small organizations with an affordable, "all in one" comprehensive network solution that protects important data and drives business growth. Windows SBS 2008 with Windows Server 2008 SP2 is available in Standard and Premium Edition, with Premium Edition now run on a second server with SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition. Windows SBS 2008 with Windows Server 2008 SP2 will be offered in x64-only.

Windows SBS 2008 with Windows Server 2008 SP2 delivers new features and capabilities for small businesses:

• Greater security and data protection
• Simple, easy online marketing presence: Integrates with Microsoft Office Live Small Business to simplify set up and management of professional web sites and private work spaces.
• Better productivity: Integration with Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 and support for Windows mobile devices.
• IT made easy: Deployment, setup and administration is dramatically simplified and improved. New single CALs make Windows Small Business Server 2008 licensing more flexible and cost-effective.
• Manageability: A streamlined administration console; monitoring across servers and client PCs; and customizable, remotely-accessible reports.
• Provides an ideal platform for critical business application with Premium Edition which includes Microsoft SQL® Server 2008 Standard Edition for Small Business and Windows Server 2008 Standard technologies for SBS Premium - now run on a second hardware server.
• New with SBS 2008 is the removal of enforcement of CALs. There is no need to activate additional SBS client access licenses.

Windows SBS 2008 with Windows Server 2008 SP2 from HP is available for purchase with a HP ProLiant server either preinstalled or drop in the box on DVD

• Includes OS and application media, 5 client access licenses, documentation, Certification of Authenticity (COA) affixed to your server, 90-day free technical software support, pre-populated product key that does not require activation. Purchase Microsoft Software assurance within 90-days of purchase to receive extra benefits with your operating system and grant transferability of your OEM license to another server.
• Supported on select HP ProLiant servers and has been tested with ProLiant support software. For a list of supported servers and HP value-add software, visit: www.hp.com/go/windowscert.
• Recommended optional service available for service: HP 2-Hour 24x7 Software Technical Support is a 3-incident package which includes support for SBS 2008 & Microsoft Client Applications, part # U8298E.

Windows SBS 2008 with Windows Server 2008 SP2 is also available to HP authorized distributors and resellers in the form of the Microsoft Windows SBS Reseller Option Kit or SBS ROK. SBS ROK from HP allows you to match your customer's preferred operating system with their chosen HP server. These products offer the same benefits as a preinstalled or on CD operating system and can be sold with any new supported HP ProLiant server and HP BladeSystems. For more information, visit: http://www.hp.com/partners/us/rok

• Customers can purchase Windows SBS 2008 with Windows Server 2008 SP2 Standard and Premium Edition software and 5 Client Access License Packs directly from HP or from their HP authorized distributor and reseller.
• Windows SBS 2008 with Windows Server 2008 SP2 is sold with a HP ProLiant ML/DL100 and ML/DL300 series servers either preinstalled or on DVD.
• Windows SBS 2008 with Windows Server 2008 SP2 is sold with the HP ProLiant BladeSystem Servers BL200 or BL400 series via drop in the box or reseller option kit from an authorized HP resellers or distributors
• Premium Edition now requires a second server as the database server using SQL Server 2008 Standard Edition
• Single and 5 User and Device CALs now available. Additional CALs are not required to be activated.

SP2 supports new types of hardware and emerging standards that will grow in importance in the coming months and years. SP2 simplifies administration by enabling IT administrators to deploy and support a single service pack for clients and servers.

• SP2 introduces an improved power management policy that is up to 10% more efficient than the original in some configurations (both on the server and the desktop), and includes the ability to manage these settings via Group Policy
• SP2 adds support for UTC timestamps to the exFAT file system, enabling correct file synchronization across time zones
• SP2 adds the ability to natively record data on to Blu-Ray media

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Insight Control is a set of software tools designed to make managing your HP ProLiant and BladeSystem environments simple. The Insight Control Environment suites provide a single, integrated management interface in 1 package - for 1 installation & streamlined licensing. For more information on suites and standalone management products, visit: www.hp.com/go/ice.

Software Technical Support for your HP Software, HP pre-installed third-party software is available from HP via multiple contact methods, including electronic media and telephone, for ninety (90) days from date of purchase. Software Technical Support includes assistance with:

• Answering your installation questions (how to, first steps, and prerequisites)
• Setting up and configuring the software (how-to and first steps). Excludes system optimization, customization and network configuration
• Interpreting system error messages
• Isolating system problems to software usage problems
• Obtaining support pack information or updates

Software technical support does NOT include assistance with:

• Generating or diagnosing user generated programs or source codes
• Installation of non-HP products

HP Services offers a full portfolio of comprehensive services and cost-saving updates to help you enhance the performance and availability of software from HP and other leading vendors.
Recommended service for Windows SBS 2008 with Windows Server 2008 SP2: HP 2-Hour 24x7 Software Technical Support

• Support for Windows SBS 2008 with Windows Server 2088 SP2 & Microsoft Client Applications

NOTE: For more information, visit HP Care Pack Services at: http://www.hp.com/services.

Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) is a way for licensed customers to keep current with the latest, most innovative Microsoft products. Under the SA program, customers acquire the right to install any new release of a product covered in the agreement during the term of the coverage. OEM customers must purchase the SA within 90 days of the OS purchase.

To purchase additional licenses or Software Assurance from HP, visit the HP Software License Management Solutions at: http://www.hp.com/software/slms.

Microsoft has determined which HP ProLiant servers are compatible with Windows Server operating systems. HP ProLiant Servers listed in the Windows Server Catalog are compatible with Windows Server operating systems. For more information on HP's Compatible and Support ProLiant Windows Servers please visit: http://h10018.www1.hp.com/wwsolutions/windows/index-all.html

• Microsoft® Windows Small Business Server™ 2008 from HP:
  www.hp.com/go/sbs2008
• Windows Essential Server Solutions:
  www.hp.com/go/winessentialfamily
• Microsoft® Windows Essential Business Server™ 2008 from HP:
  www.hp.com/go/ebs2008
• HP and Microsoft Windows:
  http://www.hp.com/go/windows
• Windows Server Operating System Support:
  http://www.hp.com/go/windowscert
• ProLiant Windows:
  www.hp.com/go/proliantwindows
• HP Microsoft Frontline Partnership web site:
  http://www.hp-microsoft.com/
• HP Partner Portal:
  http://www.hp.com/partners/us/rok