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Microsoft debuted the newest edition of Small Business Server (SBS 2008) and Essential Business Server (EBS 2008). Microsoft's software platforms offer the capabilities of Microsoft's advanced server technologies to small and midsize organizations in a cost-effective bundle. Intended for companies with up to 75 users, Windows Small Business Server is a cohesive server solution created to help businesses keep their information safer and their workers more productive.

MS SBS 2008 is available in basic and premium editions. The basic package includes MS Windows Server 2008, Exchange 2007 Server, SharePoint Services, and Windows Server Update Services 3.0. The premium edition also includes Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

Microsoft EBS 2008 is meant for companies with up to 75 desktops and offers network staff greater manageability of their environment by eliminating complications and streamlining common tasks. With support for Windows Mobile phones, SBS 2008 and EBS 2008 can significantly help boost productivity by allowing connectivity to business messaging, scheduling, contacts and files to workers who are away from their desks. To read Microsoft's press release, visit Microsoft Introduces Small Business Server 2008 and Essential Business Server 2008.

How Progent's Certified Experts Can Assist Your Company to Integrate Microsoft Windows SBS 2008
The optimal installation of Windows Small Business Server calls for an IT consulting company with real-world experience and an extensive knowledge-base in designing and implementing data-driven strategic business technology solutions. The experience of Progent's Microsoft-certified consulting group, with more than 10 years of consulting in Microsoft products, assures you results in designing, deploying and managing MS Small Business Server solutions that are well integrated with the Microsoft product family of system and application servers.

Progent's consultants can help you to integrate the main components of the MS Windows SBS 2008 and Windows Essential Business Server packages and can also offer a range of other affordable services to enhance the productivity, reliability, security, speed, and maintainability of information networks based on Windows Small Business Server 2008 or Windows EBS 2008:

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Planning and Support
Progent offers a variety of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 planning and maintenance services that can assist small businesses to take advantage of Microsoft Windows Server 2008. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist you to evaluate the areas where Microsoft Windows Server 2008 could enhance the business value of your network so that you can cost-justify an upgrade. Progent can show you how to pilot Microsoft Windows Server 2008 so that you can assess its reliability, throughput, and compatibility handling your applications. Progent can provide consulting for creating a rollout plan, evaluate and enhance your current network infrastructure, develop archiving and recovery procedures, analyze security architecture and policies, help in setting up actual and virtual machines, design fault-tolerant solutions such as server clustering, educate your internal IT management team, and set up automated round-the-clock monitoring processes to track system security and performance.

Exchange Server Planning, Configuration, and Maintenance Support
Progent's Microsoft certified support team can show you how to design and implement a smooth Microsoft Exchange 2007 upgrade strategy that minimizes productivity downtime, simplifies long-term support requirements, and makes your Exchange Server 2007 easy to administer. Progent's Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 support, troubleshooting, and consulting offerings include expertise with the integration of outside vendor add-ons to Exchange Server 2007 and the creation of unified messaging implementations powered by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Services feature integration with your network, connectivity with handheld communication devices, automated tracking of performance and network security, spam protection, security update and service pack management, Help Desk support, daily data backup, and comprehensive messaging administration support.

Office SharePoint Server Help
Progent can offer assistance for planning, configuring, and managing productive Microsoft SharePoint Server solutions that will dramatically improve important aspects of your company's information network including teamwork, web portal, company-wide search, forms-driven business processes, access to management intelligence, and content management. Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist your company to assess the business benefit for implementing SharePoint Server 2007, provide setup and integration support, help your business to configure Microsoft SQL Server as a back-office database, enhance your network architecture, integrate your off-the-shelf and specialized application software to work with Microsoft SharePoint Server, create a company-wide protection plan that incorporates portal technology, and provide remote and on-premises troubleshooting and Help Desk Call Center support.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Programming and Support
Progent's SQL Server consultants can make sure your company configures Microsoft SQL 2008 efficiently, and that your SQL-based database system is integrated seamlessly with your applications. Progent offers continuous network tracking to ensure your corporate information system is healthy, and Progent's online Help Desk Call Center is ready to offer rapid solutions for SQL-related issues. Progent's certified computer security consultants can evaluate your company-wide security processes and mechanisms and recommend enhancements for more complete protection. Progent's developers can assist your company to develop or personalize line-of-business applications or eCommerce sites rely on information controlled by Microsoft SQL Server 2008.

Desktop Consulting and Support Services
Progent's Microsoft-certified desktop support experts can deliver a broad range of cost-effective services to help your company to install, configure, repair, and administer desktop PCs and laptops based on Microsoft Windows. Progent can provide on-premises or online technical support for single machines or laptops or help you to plan and carry out a company-wide rollout of the most current release of Microsoft Windows. Progent can also configure Office or Microsoft Dynamics applications on your workstations so they integrate efficiently with all Microsoft applications, products from third-party publishers, SQL databases, and line-of-business services throughout your network. Progent can also supply consultants and technical workers to assist your company to prepare for and complete a company relocation or merger designed to produce minimal interruption to your business.

Security Inventory Bundles
Progent has put together two low-cost service packages designed to enable small businesses to get a professional network security evaluation from a GIAC and CISA-certified security engineer. With Progent's External Security Inventory Scan, an engineer runs an extensive examination of your IT infrastructure from outside your firewalled perimeter to uncover potential weaknesses in the security posture you expose to the public. With Progent's Internal Security Inventory Scan, a security expert executes a network scan from a secure machine within your firewall to uncover the risk to internal assaults. Both security inventory packages are configured and executed from a protected external site. The process is managed by an engineer who has earned high-level security credentials who generates a report that details and analyzes the information collected by the security scan and suggests cost-effective improvements if call for.

Virtual Instruction for Workstation Applications
Progent provides live virtual training for an array of desktop applications and environments including Microsoft Office Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Adobe Acrobat Writer, Photoshop CS, Crystal Reports, and Windows XP and Vista. Live online learning offers all the advantages of conventional in-person sessions, including immediate interaction between clients and trainers, but avoids the costs of transportation and the challenge of attempting to synchronize the availability of multiple trainees. Available to individuals or groups of all sizes, virtual learning permits the teacher to run the class from a remote office and the students can be dispersed throughout a campus or across the the U.S. Virtual instruction utilizes proven learning aids like virtual white boards, electronic hand-raising, and shared applications. Classes can be short and targeted for specific subjects or extended in time and wider in coverage. Instructors and clients can go through examples individually or as a group.

Urgent Remote Technical Support
Progent's Technical Response Center provides national remote support for Windows and Cisco-based small business information networks. Progent's Microsoft and Cisco-Certified support experts offer telephone support and remote direct computer connection to isolate and resolve network problems quickly and affordably. The scope of technical expertise available from Progent's team of nationwide service engineers makes it possible to escalate even the toughest problems to competent specialists as required.

For more details about Progent's support for Microsoft SBS 2008, phone 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.