Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Released to Manufacturing

REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 16, 2003 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that Windows®
Small Business Server 2003 has been released to manufacturing. Based on groundbreaking innovations that dramatically simplify the deployment process, ongoing management and use of server technology, Windows Small Business Server 2003 enables small-business customers to ensure that their data is automatically protected, significantly increase their productivity and improve their connection with customers. Specifically tailored to address the requirements of small businesses, Windows Small Business Server 2003 now makes server technology a viable and approachable option for this underserved market segment. For partners who are often the sole IT administrators supporting small businesses, Windows Small Business Server 2003 expands their market opportunity by enabling them to access and service a larger set of customers with higher value-added services.

“Windows Small Business Server 2003 delivers the benefits of enterprise-quality computing to small businesses in a familiar, easy-to-use Windows-based experience,” said Bill Veghte, corporate vice president of the Windows Server (TM) Group at Microsoft. “We designed Windows Small Business Server 2003 as an integrated package that enables small businesses to easily find, share, communicate and remotely access information with the confidence that their data is secure.”

Integrated Innovation for Small Businesses

Windows Small Business Server 2003 is an integrated server solution specifically designed to meet the unique needs of small businesses. By tightly integrating and tailoring the powerful features of several core technology components in the Windows Server System (TM) , Windows Small Business Server 2003 provides a new level of simplicity that enables small businesses to cost-efficiently leverage the value in technology adoption. With Windows Small Business Server 2003, now small-business customers can do the following:

  • Automatically protect their business information. Small businesses can centralize disparate information into a standardized common computing system that helps ensure the right people have access to sensitive information, important files are backed up regularly and their connection to the Internet is secure.

  • Reach more customers and serve them better, 24 hours a day. Capturing new business opportunities and delivering high customer satisfaction requires small-business owners to professionally manage customer and partner communications through powerful new features in Outlook®
    2003 with Exchange Server 2003 and to conduct business nonstop with Web sites that are always accessible.

  • Quickly set up and easily operate a Windows Server.

    Innovative wizards capture best practice experiences in straightforward, automated step-by-step tools so that customers can simply and powerfully perform tasks required for day-to-day network management.

“We’re amazed at the increase in productivity we’ve seen since we deployed Windows Small Business Server 2003,” said Roberta Domres Laird, information systems manager at the Center for Health Training in Seattle. “Because we don’t worry about the technology, we can all focus more on providing better support and service to our clients.”

Windows Small Business Server 2003 enables small-business technology providers to expand their customer base and services portfolio by offering a server technology solution that can be quickly and easily deployed, managed and used. With Windows Small Business Server 2003, partners benefit from the product’s integration because they spend less time on technology implementation and maintenance and can focus more on higher-value services and offerings for their customers.

“Small businesses deserve to have the ability to derive value from a strong return on their technology investment,” said Orlando Ayala, senior vice president of the Small and Midmarket Solutions and Partner Group at Microsoft. “Now with Windows Small Business Server 2003, customers can realize great business value and partners can expand their business opportunity by confidently offering a solution that is built to maximize efficiency and simplicity and that enables them to extend the value of the services they provide for their customers.”

About Windows Small Business Server 2003

A member of the Microsoft®
Windows Server family, Windows Small Business Server 2003 is the fourth-generation release tailored specifically to the needs of small businesses. Whether it is the only server or the center of a multiserver network, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 is the simplest way for small businesses to get the power of Microsoft Windows Server 2003, plus Microsoft server-based solutions for e-mail, fax, database and security technologies to help protect shared Internet access — all as one integrated solution with unified setup and centralized management. More information on Windows Small Business Server 2003 can be found at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/sbs/.

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