Windows Small Business Server "Aurora" is a new edition of Windows Small Business Server that introduces cross-premise functionality, providing small businesses with on-premise file and print, security, backup, remote access, and identity management services, combined with optional off-premise services.
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1. WINDOWS SMALL BUSINESS SERVER 2011
ESSENTIALS (FORMERLY SBS :AURORA”)
Sean Daniel
Senior Program Manager
2. SMB Windows Server Family
SOLUTION
SERVERS
TRADITIONAL
SERVERS
Complete server platform,
integrated and optimized
Run your business
• LOB application platform
• Unified/federated identity management
• Communications & Collaboration Suite
Customizable Server platform for businesses
of any size
Self-service
Partner-IT or Internal-IT
Store, protect, access
• Simplified setup and management
• Centralized backup
• Anywhere access
Customizable for exact requirements
• Storage
• Infrastructure
• LOB platform
• Communication &
collaboration tools
• Any other app or
infrastructure service
• Standard deployment
and management
tools and processes
• Virtualization
3. Ideal First Server
Easy-to-use solution
Cloud integration
Simplify your life
Your business with you, virtually
anywhere
Windows SBS 2011 Essentials
Get Ready for
the future
Automatic local backup, simple restore
of server and client computers
Easily connect to online services
Work virtually anywhere, anytime
Helps protect data
Helps organize information
Access from virtually anywhere
Increase business productivity
Simple, secure, dependable
network
Easy-to-use storage and sharing
4. • Windows Server 2008 R2
• Server and Client Setup Experience
• Management
• Remote Web Access
• Health Monitoring
• Premium Add-on
Aurora Shares It’s Base With SBS7
Aurora SBS7
5. “Aurora” Deep Dive Agenda
Initial Configuration & Client Set Up
User Management and Identity
User Experience
Monitoring and Alerts
Server Backup
Remote Access
6. Initial Configuration (OOBE)
• Aurora focus on simplifying the setup experience –
less questions, more defaults
• Completes Initial Configuration of the server and
then install Client Connector on each computer
Aurora
Questions include:
Language, country, locale
Clock and time-zone
Obtain updates
Company name
Server and domain name
Administrator and first user name and password
7. Connecting Clients
Can be done by end user (do
not need to be Administrator)
Install process starts from a
Web page
Summary of Aurora steps:
1. Install .NET framework (if
not installed)
2. Enter SBS network user
name and password
3. Option to move existing
local settings and data
(user profiles)
4. Add Computer Description
5. Option to enable
computer to wake up for
client backups
Client Connector has
support for:
Domain Join Capable
computers
Limited support for “home”
skus
User profile migration for
Windows Pro SKUs
8. User Management and Identity
• Uses Active Directory for
Authentication and
Authorization
• User created has
username & password
• Password Policy
• Users can be standard
user or Administrator
user
• Built-in “Administrator”
account is disabled
• Unified logon across all
access areas
• Optional Federation with
cloud services
9. User Experience
Aurora Dashboard
•Simplified central
management for
common tasks
•Consistent experiences
for discovery, navigation,
tasks and getting help
Aurora Launchpad
•Single “go to” place for
users on or off the
network
•Quickly launch common
tasks
•Receive alerts and
warnings (network wide
or local computer)
Remote Web Access
•Access network file
shares from home or
while on-the-road
•Connect to Computers
•Connect to RWA add-ins
•Customizable Links
Aurora only - All users interfaces are extensible by 3rd
parties and support OEM customization
10. Monitoring and Alerts
• Helps administrators
monitor the security
status of their
network
• Extensible:
• Target events to customer
and/or VAP
• 3 severity levels for the
events (informational,
warning, critical)
• Provide custom actions
for addressing, if
appropriate
Configure alerts to e-
mail with SMTP
server
11. Server Backup
• Based on Windows
Server 2008 R2
backup
• Aurora key scenarios:
• Single File Restore
• Folder Restore
• Server Bare Metal
Recovery
• Client Backup/Restore
• Factory Reset (for
headless servers)
12. Remote Web Access
• Remote Web Access is the new name for SBS 2008 RWW
• Free domain name on *.remotewebaccess.com, with trusted certificate
• Paid Vanity (remote.contoso.com) configuration via supported providers
• Optional (but not recommended) manual configuration case
• Provides secure remote connections to:
• Computers
• Shared Folders
• Links
• 3rd Party add-ins
13. Shared Folders
Management UX
Simply specify access to
folders on the network
SDK support to build
additional cloud
integration
End user UX
Simplified users access
to shared folders
14. • Seamless Cloud Integration
• Add-ins
• Client Backup
• Mac Support
SBS Aurora-only Features
SBS Aurora
15. Seamless Cloud Integration
Suitable for
• Small Businesses looking for cloud enabled services or hosted LOB
applications
• Small Business looking towards BPOS for office/collaboration services
Benefits
• Seamless integration into online and cloud enabled services
• Single point of management for local and cloud based administration
• Enables simple, single sign-on experiences with cloud-based services
• Transparent access for users to both local and cloud based data and
applications
• Integration into BPOS for office/collaboration/email services
• Pre-configured cloud installation wizards to ease deployment steps
16. Add-ins
Add-in
• Functionality that extends
the product to add end user
features, administrative
features, or both.
• OEM Pre-installation during
factory imaging
• Online and on-premise
Add-in Manager
• A centralized location to
manage add-ins installed
from a share, USB key, 3rd
party share, the cloud . . .
• Includes add-in deployment
infrastructure
17. Mac Support
Mac/Apple clients are now supported out-of-the-
box
Support for Leopard and above
• Macs Support Initial Configuration, Client Connector,
Dashboard, Launchpad (including health alerts), and Remote
Web Access
• Dashboard integration - Mac appears in Computers
list
• Mac access to shared folders
• Mac can use server as Time Machine backup
destination
• Mac client side support for add-ins
iPhone support for Remote Web Access
18. Premium Add-on
• One SKU across both Aurora &
SBS7
• Must be part of an SBS domain
• Can be a follow-on sale sold
standalone after initial Aurora or
SBS7 purchase
• Ideal for:
• Line-of-business (LOB) applications
• Virtualization
• Remote Desktop Services Application
Mode
• Backup domain controller
• Other standalone uses
SQL Server 2008 R2 for
Small Business
Windows Server 2008 R2
Standard
Key Message: Microsoft is now able to provide more than one-size-fits all approach and has offerings for a wide range of customer and partner preferences.
Instructor: Describe The Small Business Challenge
Today’s small business owners face daily challenges in running their businesses, and one of the more difficult challenges is managing an IT infrastructure. However, the primary focus for most business owners is on their core business competencies, not on becoming technology experts. Because investments in technology directly impact the bottom line, there is a constant need to achieve real business benefits and mitigate costs against a backdrop of time pressures and limited technical skills. To add to this pressure, many small businesses are now looking toward cloud services, and what they may offer. However this can add even more complexity and apprehension in adopting new technology.
To assist SMB customers, Microsoft provides two options based on their exact needs and requirements – Solution Servers, which provide a complete server platform that is integrated and optimized for SMB, and Traditional Servers, which allows a fully customizable platform. Ultimately it comes down to a business decision for small businesses – Some organizations may feel comfortable with everything in the cloud or a hybrid-solution. Others, typically those who have already invested in client or client-server line-of-business (LOB) applications, will feel more comfortable with an on-premise server.
The Traditional Windows Server Solution
Windows Server 2008 R2 builds on the award-winning foundation of Windows Server 2008, expanding existing technology and adding new features to enable IT professionals to increase the reliability and flexibility of their server infrastructures. New virtualization tools, Web resources, management enhancements, and exciting Windows 7 integration help save time, reduce costs, and provide a platform for a dynamic and efficiently managed data center. Powerful tools such as Internet Information Services (IIS) version 7.5, updated Server Manager and Hyper-V platforms and Windows PowerShell version 2.0 combine to give customers greater control, increased efficiency and the ability to react to front-line business needs faster than ever before.
Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation is a cost-effective, entry-level technology foundation targeted at small business owners and IT generalists supporting small businesses. Foundation is an inexpensive, easy-to-deploy, proven, and reliable technology that provides organizations with the foundation to run the most prevalent business applications as well as share information and resources.
Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard is the most robust Windows Server operating system to date. With built-in, enhanced Web and virtualization capabilities, it is designed to increase the reliability and flexibility of your server infrastructure while helping save time and reduce costs. Powerful tools give you greater control over your servers, and streamline configuration and management tasks. Plus, enhanced security features work to harden the operating system to help protect your data and network and provide a solid, highly dependable foundation for your business.
The Windows Small Business Server Solution
Technology has always promised to solve problems, not create them. Windows Small Business Server "Aurora" and SBS7 simplify business technology and deliver on that promise.
Previous versions of Windows Small Business Server took significant steps toward reducing the complexity of implementing and managing server technology in a small business environment. Windows Small Business Server "Aurora" and SBS7 build upon that foundation with easier setup, installation, and migration experiences, a simplified management experience, and better network-wide security features for the small business customer. They incorporate the latest Microsoft technologies for networking, data storage and backup, security, document and printer sharing, as well as providing on-premise solutions for advanced e-mail and calendar capabilities, database and line-of-business support. New to the family is integrated cross-premise ability for cloud based workloads, allowing small business customers the flexibility to choose the best environment for their line-of-business and collaboration solutions.
SBS7 continues to be an ideal on-premise solution that includes all the key workloads small businesses need to be productive and competitive. Windows Small Business Server "Aurora" enables a cross-premise solution, allowing small businesses to retain core infrastructure and security features on their local networks, and also includes technologies such as Active Directory Federation Services to enable simple, single sign-on experiences with cloud-based services. This allows end-users to work in ways that are familiar to them, while at the same time making it easier for small businesses to take advantage of the growing set of offerings available in the cloud through platforms such as Microsoft Windows Azure.
Windows Small Business Server "Aurora"
Windows Small Business Server "Aurora" is a new edition of Windows Small Business Server that introduces cross-premise functionality, providing small businesses with on-premise file and print, security, backup, remote access, and identity management services, combined with optional off-premise services.
SBS7
Windows Small Business Server “7” is the next release of SBS 2008 Standard, which is a fully on-premise solution.
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Slide Transition Note: How do we ensure SMB’s are on the Journey to the Cloud