Today′s small business owners face daily challenges in running their businesses, and one of the more difficult challenges is managing an IT infrastructure. However, the primary focus for most business owners is on their core business competencies, not on becoming technology experts. Because investments in technology directly impact the bottom line, there is a constant need to achieve real business benefits and mitigate costs against a backdrop of time pressures and limited technical skills. To add to this pressure, many small businesses are now looking toward cloud services, and what they may offer.
However this can add even more complexity and apprehension in adopting new technology. To assist SMB customers, Microsoft provides two options based on their exact needs and requirements - Solution Servers, which provide a complete server platform that is integrated and optimized for SMB, and Traditional Servers, which allows a fully customizable platform. Ultimately it comes down to a business decision for small businesses - Some organizations may feel comfortable with everything in the cloud or a hybrid-solution. Others, typically those who have already invested in client or client-server line-of-business (LOB) applications, will feel more comfortable with an on-premise server.
