Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 was the last Small Business Server version Microsoft produced, when they developed Windows Server 2012, this was available in three variants: Microsoft recommend that users should move to the latest version of their product to continue receiving support and updates. This means that the product will continue to operate however if a security flaw is found, Microsoft will not provide a fix for it.

When the Microsoft product support life cycle ends, it means that the product will no longer receive any security updates, patches or new features and direct support (including paid) will no longer be provided by Microsoft. Microsoft did extend Exchange Server 2010 support till 13th October 2020, however Microsoft highly recommend that companies still using it should upgrade to Exchange 2013/2016 or Microsoft Office 365. SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard for Small Business Microsoft SBS 2011 Premium was a separate add-on product and provided the ability to install a second Windows Server 2008 R2 Product Microsoft SBS 2011 Standard had several server components which included: Product This was due to the Windows Server 2008 R2 also reaching End of Microsoft support life-cycle.

Microsoft Small Business Server (SBS) 2011 official Microsoft support ended on 14th January 2020.

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