Guide to Small Business Server Editions and Licensing

Small Business Server is an "all-in-one" server solution, bundling server operating systems with relevant applications and services. It provides organizations with application server technologies like folder and printer sharing, an email server, tools to manage Internet access, internal websites (intranets), remote access, support for mobile devices, and backup/restore tools.
As its name suggests, Small Business Server is designed for small organizations. It supports a maximum of either 25 or 75 users and would be appropriate for organizations that will not exceed this number of simultaneous user connections in the near future.
The purpose of this guide is to help you find the Small Business Server edition and licenses appropriate to your organization's needs.

Versions and Editions
Upgrading and Downgrading
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Versions and Editions

Microsoft offers both the 2011 and the 2008 versions of Small Business Server through Stifter-helfen.de - IT for Nonprofits in order to allow organizations to select the server operating system that will meet their needs.
All versions and editions are available only as 64-bit operating systems and can be installed only on a server with a 64-bit processor.

The following table provides information about each version and edition offered through Stifter-helfen.de - IT for Nonprofits. For more details about licensing, see Microsoft's Small Business Server Licensing FAQ (PDF).

In dieser Übersicht finden Sie Informationen zu jeder Edition des Small Business Servers, der im Rahmen des Stifter-helfen.de - IT for Nonrprofits Spendenprogramms erhältlich ist. Weitere Details zum Thema Lizenzierung finden Sie in folgendem PDF-Dokument von Microsoft Small Business Server Licensing FAQ (PDF).

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Upgrading and Downgrading

You can use Software Assurance to upgrade and downgrade the operating system and associated licenses for two years after you obtain the Standard edition or Premium Add-on. Using Software Assurance to upgrade directly through Microsoft means that you don't need to request the new version through Stifter-helfen.de - IT for Nonprofits, so it won't count as an additional request toward your limit of five server products per two-year cycle.

If you have active Software Assurance on SBS 2008 Standard, you are eligible to upgrade to SBS 2011 Standard. If you have active Software Assurance on SBS 2008 Premium, you are eligible to upgrade to SBS 2011 Standard and SBS 2011 Premium Add-on.

If you exercise downgrade rights with Small Business Server 2011 Standard Edition, you mustdowngrade all component parts of the server software.

If you exercise downgrade rights with Small Business Server 2011 Premium Add-on, you cannot downgrade to Small Business Server 2008 Premium Edition: you can downgrade to SQL Server for Small Business 2008 and Windows Server 2008 Standard.

There are no downgrade rights for Small Business Server 2011 Essentials.

With Software Assurance, CALs obtained for older versions of Small Business Server are compatible with newer versions of the software if the new software is obtained within two years.
CALs offered through Stifter-helfen.de - IT for Nonprofits are always for the currently offered version.

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