Introduction

If you run a small business with between 5 and 75 personal computers (PCs), you don’t need us to tell you that the highly competitive marketplace, economic cycles, time pressures, and technological demands are constantly exerting pressure on your bottom line.

Your business needs the same technologies that large companies need. You need the ability to share information with customers, partners, and employees. You have the same worries about spam, malware, and security. And you have the same need to manage resources and employee access to those resources. The major difference is that small businesses usually have to cope without an in-house IT staff.

Windows Small Business Server 2008 allows small businesses to operate at the same technology ...

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