Computer business Microsoft finally decided to give its new small business server bundle “Centro” an official name.  The product is set to ship by the end of 2008 and will be available for testing early next year.

The new product from the leading computer business will be called Windows Essential Business Server and is designed for companies with 25 to 250 computers.  It essentially involves a bundled install of many different Microsoft server products.

By Microsoft’s estimates, there are 1.2 million businesses that fit into this category throughout the world, and many of them need sophisticated IT set-ups.  As technology gets more complicated, many small businesses have infrastructures that resemble those of a lot of enterprises.  

The new computer business product will have a Standard Edition and a Premium Edition, but both will be based on Windows Server 2008.  The Standard Edition of the suite will involve Exchange Server 2007 for messaging, Forefront Security for Exchange, System Center Essentials for management and Internet Security and Acceleration Server for firewalling and security.  The Premium Edition will have all those features plus the next version of SQL Server.

According to the computer business, companies can buy all these products today.  But the Windows Essential Business Server cuts costs because the bundle is cheaper than buying everything “a la carte” and also easier to install.  One license will deal with all products together.

The management console is going to also be easier to deal with, and companies like CA, Citrix, Full Armor, Symantec and others have designed add-ins so they can have centrally-managed products.

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