Originally Posted by Bert
Agreed, but if you are going to use Home Editions, then you aren't ready for a server. IMO


Lets you join those computers to your SBS domain. I think it was brilliant on Microsoft's part. So many people turn down the whole Active Directory server/client because they already bought 10 computers with Home Premium. Rather than upgrading those and then having to buy SBS 2011, they can move to Essentials.

That's one of the main features of Professional over Home Premium(domain join) which they giving away for free. The only downside is that those computers can't be remotely accessed. At least not w/o a little tweaking.