Welcome to the Windows^® Essential Business Server 2008 site hosted on Microsoft Connect – Microsoft’s community destination for submitting and viewing suggestions and feedback.

Designed for medium-sized businesses, Windows^® Essential Business Server 2008 is an affordable, integrated server solution that helps you protect your business data, increase productivity and present a more professional image to customers – giving you the tools you need to help grow your business capacity.

Public Preview

A Public Preview of the Windows^® Essential Business Server 2008 will be available for download at the Microsoft TechNet Evaluation Center.  Ideal candidates for the Windows^® Essential Business Server 2008 Public Preview are people with:

    · IT Skills and comfortable with server technology
    · Additional hardware as the Public Preview should not be installed on production equipment
    · Time to test and ability to provide quality feedback to the product team

Please review the Windows^® Essential Business Server 2008 Public Preview system requirements before you proceed. Actual requirements and product functionality may vary based on your system configuration.

To participate in the Public Preview Click Here.

Review, Rate, Vote and Submit Product Suggestions
The Windows^® Essential Business Server 2008 team is interested in your suggestions and ideas. We rely on the community to vote and rate these suggestions to help the team prioritize what is important. In order to submit and view suggestions you need to sign-up for the Windows^® Essential Business Server 2008 Connect program. 

To join the Windows^® Essential Business Server 2008 Public Preview Connect program you need a Windows^® Live ID, and will need to be registered with Microsoft Connect.  Click here to join.

If you are already signed up for the Windows^® Essential Business Server Connect program, simply sign in with your Windows^® Live ID.

Thank You,
The Windows^® Essential Business Server 2008 Team