Essentials 2007 no longer part of Cougar release

It's official. Essentials 2007 is no longer going to be part of the next release of Small Business Server 2008 (SBS 2008), currently code named Cougar. Dave Mackie quotes an internal Microsoft source as saying: Q: Why did you decide not to include System Center Essentials in SBS 2008? A: We are optimizing SBS for its core customers, small businesses with up to 50 desktops. The management tools...