[There's a reason that Yoda is the unofficial mascot of SBS. Size indeed matters not.] SA folks now have 2012 rights - THE OFFICIAL BLOG OF THE SBS DIVA
Fri, Aug 17 2012 22:55 bradley

SA folks now have 2012 rights

Well for those of you with software assurance on SBS 2011, the SA "make good" is now up on the VLSC web site.

For those with standard - it's one copy of Windows 2012 standard and one copy of Exchange 2010.

For those with Premium add on - it's a copy of Windows 2012 standard and SQL. 

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Sunday, August 19, 2012 11:11 PM by Geoff

So, Susan, for clarity does this mean if you have SA for SBS w/ Premium Add On, you get the copy of Windows 2012 + one Exchange 2010 *AND* Windows 2012 + one SQL? Or am I thinking about this incorrectly? Thanks!

# re: SA folks now have 2012 rights

Monday, August 20, 2012 9:52 AM by bradley

Correct, if you have both, you have two Windows 2012, one Exchange, and one SQL.

# re: SA folks now have 2012 rights

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 2:21 PM by Derek

So for someone running SBS 2008 Standard (no premium add-on), is the recommended migration to move to Server 2012 Standard and Exchange 2010?  This is of course assuming that someone insists on keeping email on-premises.

# re: SA folks now have 2012 rights

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 3:08 PM by bradley

Depends.  Given that you have the right to downgrade an instance inside a 2012 hyperV license to Essentials, you might want to downgrade one instance to Essentials/then either wait for sp3 in order to support Exchange 2010 on there or wait until Exchange 2013 hits your VLSC SA account.

If your clients need RWA/depend on RWW, I'd look to include Essentials into the mix.