Application server technologies are tightly integrated to provide and offer management benefits such as integrated setup, enhanced monitoring, Remote Web Workplace, a unified management console, and remote access.

Starting with Windows Server Essentials 2022, this product is only available through OEM providers.

With the release of Windows 2000, however, Microsoft spun off Small Business Server 2000 as a separate offering.

[4] This edition of Windows Server 2008 is available outside the product suite, supporting a maximum of 15 Client Access Licenses.

Those upgrading to SBS 2008 Premium edition via Software Assurance were compensated with a free license for the latest version of ISA Server.

Businesses that install them require to obtain client access licenses (CALs).