Coming Soon: Windows Small Business Server 2003 Service Pack 1

Gentlemen, start your engines! OK so my 5 year old enjoys Nascar but are you ready to get up and roll with Service Pack 1 for Small Business Server? The SBS Service Pack 1 Download site is up and ready to roll. Now it's just a matter of time.

What's included in SBS Service Pack 1 you say?
Windows Server™ 2003 SP1
Windows® SharePoint™ Services 2.0 SP1
Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003 SP1
Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003 SP1
Windows XP SP2 for Client Deployment
Windows Small Business Server 2003 SP1 Component
Microsoft® SQL Server 2000 SP4 (Premium only)
Microsoft® Internet and Security Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 (Premium only)

For resellers and partners new SKUs and Media will be available shortly.

And if you're wondering if this is it for this year you're wrong. Microsoft has committed to 2nd Half of 2005 rolling out SBS 2003 R2 with just a little more including improved patch and update management, no doubt including features of Windows Server Update Services. Also included will be new server and client anti spam technology integration.

And then in 2007 will be SBS built on Longhorn. Included will be things like:

Simplify skills required to deploy, configure, manage and troubleshoot SBS environments
Improve iWorker experience
Stronger Desktop Integration
Stronger LOB support
Extranet scenarios

Definitely SBS will be with us for the long haul! If you want a drill down of SBS SP1 items check out my next post.