Chapter 24. Installing the Second Server

Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard (Windows SBS 2011) with Premium Add-on includes a full copy of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard that can be used for any purpose desired, as long as it’s installed on the SBS network. Because Windows Server 2008 R2 is available only in a 64-bit version, the Premium Add-on includes downgrade rights to Windows Server 2008 Standard, which has both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. This allows you to support line-of-business (LOB) applications that don’t yet support a 64-bit operating system.

Because the second server is full Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, you can install any of the normal roles and features on the server as you would any other copy of Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard, including Hyper-V and Remote Desktop Services (the new name for Terminal Services). Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard includes “1+1” virtualization licensing, allowing for virtualization of a single instance of Windows Server as a child partition—but only if the parent partition is used solely for the Hyper-V role. We think a very interesting scenario is to install the second server as a Hyper-V parent, and then install the second server again, virtualized to support any additional roles and features, including Microsoft SQL Server (covered in Chapter 25) and the Remote Desktop Session Host role (covered in Chapter 26).