Microsoft will announce the first release candidate for its small business edition of Windows Server 2003 in June, officials said at a meeting here with CRN. Microsoft’s Small Business Server 2003, which will incorporate Windows Server 2003, Exchange 2003 and Windows SharePoint Services, is going to be promoted heavily for its ease-of-deployment capabilities and enhanced remote user features, officials said at the Windows Server 2003 launch in San Francisco on Thursday.
I don’t understand why though. Its not exactly a hard task to install the software yourself…
“For instance, the out-of-the-box experience for creating portals and configuring remote connections will be easier for small businesses that have mobile workforces and telecommuters.”
Is that going to unplug all the little potential security holes plugged by the default, out-of-the-box, ‘locked down’ standard of other versions of the server?