Its finally time to upgrade that old Microsoft Small Business Server 2003 to the new Microsoft Small Business Server 2008.  Microsoft has announced the product is slated for shipping the second half of 2008.  The new “SBS” takes strong solutions and incorporates them into a fully integrated product for your small business needs.  SBS is designed to give you an all in one solution to help protect business data, increase productivity and present a professional image for clients.  This affordable solution integrated it’s robust server 2008 technology with MS Exchange 2007 for e-mail and calendar functionality.  They have also added new and approved features like MS ForeFront Security for Exchange Server and Windows Live OneCare for the server.  Microsoft ForeFront Security gives you built in anti-virus and anti-SPAM while MS Windows Live OneCare helps to protect, maintain and manage your server.  Other products included are Windows SharePoint that helps you share internal documents as well as coordinating calendars, managing issues and participating in discussions all when on the road.  For more information please feel free to e-mail chris@alphakor.com

Chris Brenner