SBS 2008 has reached a major milestone and has RTM'ed (Released to Manufacturing). You can read more about this announcement on the
SBS Official Blog. The following information was released to those on the Cougar Beta Program on 21st August 2008.
We are very excited to announce the RTM of Small Business Server 2008 today! This is a huge milestone for the team here, as well as all of you who have played a pivotal role in providing feedback on this product. We on the product team want to say "THANK YOU!" for the hours you've spent installing builds, discussing issues on the newsgroups, and filing all of those bugs we love! The SBS Community CANNOT be topped, and this release is just another example of that!
What's next?
We'll be making the Evaluation builds available on the Microsoft CARE site within a month
Complimentary Not for Resale copies of SBS will be awarded to Beta participants, based on participation.details from Kevin Beares coming soon!
RTM product to be available in Retail and Volume Licensing early October, stay tuned to your favorite OEMs for launch plans Please join us in celebrating this important day! We couldn't have done it without you!
Cassie Hicks and Dean Paron
Windows Small Business Server 2008