And I hear there will be some included tools for hybrid options with Azure, although I haven’t investigated this much more it sounds like Azure Backup, Azure File Sync and Storage Migration Service, which includes Azure options, will be of interest to some… See below links for some more info. Personally I am not focused on these products anymore, but check it out–security stuff here is getting really cool (Windows Defender ATP, encrypted virtual networks, etc.). But, when it is ready to go for reals, there are some pretty cool features here, for Windows Server nerds.

Okay, yeah–so they had some issues with the original release. However, I recognize that some organizations in this bracket will still be refreshing (perhaps just once more) on this platform, so this post is just some quick tidbits I wanted to share on notable announcements that came out of Ignite, and the launch of these products this fall. Now with regard to the SMB space, I would usually be recommending that most organizations, especially very small sized business of 25 users or less, be looking toward the Microsoft 365 Business subscription rather than toward Windows Server based products or Open volume licensing. So the 2019 lineup of products are basically all here now–Office 2019, Windows Server 2019, Exchange Server 2019, etc.

Server essentials