Small business owners are searching for simpler, less expensive ways to run their businesses and to increase their return on information technology (IT) investment. They rarely have dedicated on-site IT professionals or administrators to run their networks; however, they may use technology providers to acquire IT solutions. These technology providers need to find more cost-effective ways to provide support to their customers.

Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard edition contains technologies from Microsoft Windows Server™ 2003 and Microsoft Exchange Server 2003