Small Medium Business (SMB) IT continues to gain respect, what about SOHO?
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DECEMBER 26, 2013
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about a name change from Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials to Windows Essential Server 2012. Before I joined Microsoft, I spent countless hours with my roommates with Windows NT4 server, Proxy Server, and more software, trying to share an Internet connection with my room mates. Posted by Sean Daniel. at 4:39 PM.
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