Today, small business owners are facing a virtual explosion in volume of digital data, especially as they are migrating from paper to digital in many of their processes. They are looking for solutions to help them organize, share, and protect their data while searching for simpler, less expensive ways to run their businesses and to leverage their current investment. With the life blood of their business inside their machines,  increased need to for security, control and simplicity are the hallmark of their quest.  All of these things are benefits of a dedicated server.

Daisy chaining Desktop has been an cost effective way to share information in an office in the years gone past.  Easy sharing of resources have poor security and data integrity issues existing intrinsically with application failures. Shut down or frozen stations sometimes without apparent reason create havoc with accounting software  even though it seems like a momentary problem with an item like quicken because  it generates little to no errors to the user or the possibly a non descript error causing a major calamity with a relational database like Peachtree, DacEasy, Mas 90/200/400 or others. AdWare accumulation, , operating system settings, memory issues and hard disk fragmentation are pressure points.

 Technology is your onsite technology guy!

Small Business Server 2003 is a proactive solution for applications and operating systems across the board.  With this server Microsoft uses "Push Technology" which drives patches, service packs and the like across the network to the desktop connected there to when the information has been appropriately listed on the server.  What's more it is all done with a simple logon by the user.  What this really means is hours of labor and downtime are recovered or eliminated just by this use alone which in many cases will pay for the purchase and installation of the program with this functionality.

There are still a great many businesses that have mechanical devices, antiquated single user programs or spreadsheets that are dedicated to handling their detailed billing but have not selected an accounting software to perform integrated accounting processes. These user spend thousands of human resource dollars that could be recovered to improve their bottom line by the elimination of the hidden expense of mistake recovery, length verification and repetitive data entry and transaction tracking.

Small Business Server can make improvements on your accounting and other relational databases.

With features like file sharing, printing, e-mail, faxing, Internet access, and the ability to run line-of-business applications economically windows Business Server operating systems provides a complete business server solution. .

You could avail yourself to the use of a windows server with less than 5 desktops or notebooks or any combination there of which could include these devices contacting the network off premises. 

If you have a small business then you probably don't have the resources to run an it department and thus "you" are the helpdesk and the "IT" department.  Small Business Server allows you to obtain heavy weight  functionality with little administration once the system is installed.  The benefit is that it keeps maintenance cost down while providing an optimum venue for secure remote assistance should you need it.

Help automatically protect your business information

Centralize, protect and keep your data up to date with a secure connection to the internet. A series of best practice configuration defaults help make sure your business is using the server in the right way There are four flavors of server software that would help you protect your business information.. With a Server Product you can:

	Reliably Backup Your business data
	Review System Logs that track processes
	Restore lost data
	Provide Reliable Anti-Virus protection for all attached desktops
	Secure Your networks with network address translation with an internal firewall

Get more done every day

Make it easier for your employees to find, share, communicate and remotely access information. With Small Business Server 2003 you can:

	Access business data from any computer via the web
	Improve individual and team collaboration and productivity

Reach more customers and serve them better, 24x7

E-mail, web presence and remote work enable your employees to conduct business in a professional manner and assure your customers that you are the right choice for their business. With the Windows Server of 2003 you can:

	Host your own e-mail
	Establish a web presence
	Connect instantly using instant messaging

Focus on business, not technology

Quickly set up and easily operate a Windows Server designed to run your small business. You can:

	Deploy servers quickly
	Easily migrate from peer-to-peer to the Server 2003 Environment
	Monitor your servers’ health