There have been some changes to the product components in SBS 2008 versus what was part of SBS 2003 R2, so how does that affect what I am entitled to as a Software Assurance customer?
A. Microsoft is committed to ensuring our SA customers are “made whole” when it decides to make changes to existing products. As a SBS 2003 R2 SA customer, you get rights to the new version of the Small Business Server 2008 solution. The following chart outlines the stand-alone licenses that will be granted to our SA customers for those components of the SBS 2003 R2 solution that are no longer part of SBS 2008: SBS 2003 R2 Commponent ProductSBS 2008 Component ProductOffice Outlook 2003Office Outlook 2007For Mac Users: Entourage 2003For Mac Users: Entourage 2008Internet and Security Acceleration Server (ISA) 2004*ISA 2006 + separate copy of Windows Server 2003 R2** until Threat Management Gateway 2010 is released upon which, TMG 2010 license will be grantedOffice FrontPage 2003*Office SharePoint Designer 2007* Premium Edition** ISA 2006 does not run on Windows Server 2008Please see here for contact information to order your stand-alone licenses and media.
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