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I\u2019m a big fan of Microsoft\u2019s SBS products.  I got into SBS in a big way with the release of SBS 2003 and installed quite a number at various client\u2019s in the Lower Mainland.  At itgroove<\/a> the trend continued and we\u2019ve had good success with SBS 2008.<\/p>\n

SBS has always been a fabulous value proposition with the bundle of Microsoft technologies \u2013 Windows Server, Exchange, SharePoint and, with the Premium versions, SQLserver.  SBS Premium when combined with additional Windows servers (as DC\u2019s or Terminal Servers or whatever) really packs a punch for customers that fit within the boundaries (75 seats or less).  While it was always something of a pain that customer\u2019s had to choose the Standard or Premium versions up front, the value received for the price paid could not be beat.  If you stacked up the cost for SBS against the standalone cost for Windows Server and the various components it was easy to see what a great deal the package was.  The only real complaint most of us had was the aforementioned choice that had to be made between the Standard and Premium versions at initial purchase time \u2013 there was no add-on upgrade path to go form Standard to Premium.<\/p>\n

Microsoft obviously listened and with SBS 2011 they have made Premium an \u201cadd-on\u201d to Standard.  All SBS 2011 installations now ALWAYS start with SBS 2011 Standard.  Wonderful, now customer\u2019s don\u2019t have to pay for something up front that they may not need for some perifo of time following initial install.  Wonderful!<\/p>\n

However, just like many television commercials say, \u201cWait!  There\u2019s more!\u201d.  Yup, there IS more!  More cost overall, that is.  The base cost of SBS 2011 Standard has risen substantially over SBS 2008 Standard,something in the order of $300 ~ $350 CAD by my estimation.  And the cost of additional CAL\u2019s has risen, as well.  This isn\u2019t a great deal of money but it is a substantial raise as an overall percentage.  The real price rise, though, is that for the Premium version.  In times gone by, the jump from Standard to Premium for the base product was about $800 CAD or thereabouts ($800 \u2013 $900 for Standard, @ $1,600 for Premium).  With 2011 the add-on<\/strong> price for Premium is about $1,800 CAD and the CAL\u2019s are more expensive, as well.<\/p>\n

SBS is still a great bundled product and it still represents a cost savings over the equivalent standalone Microsoft products but it is nowhere near the sweetheart deal that it once was.  Considering what a runaway success SBS has been for Microsoft over the past ten years or so, I can\u2019t help thinking that they may just have killed the gold egg-laying goose with this price increase (or at least have given it one hell of a strangle).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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