The world of local and regional government work is changing. To meet the growing demands of the current and developing regulatory environment and the expectations of their constituents, local and regional governments need to deploy new processes, technologies, and systems to improve efficiency and services to their constituents while operating on dramatically reduced budgets.

More and more of these local and regional governments are choosing Microsoft Windows® Small Business Server (SBS) as a cost-effective and innovative solution to help their agencies to improve productivity and leverage existing infrastructure, applications, and investments without increasing costs.

The Microsoft Windows Small Business Server often provides local and regional government and its various agencies with file and printer sharing, access to data away from the office, an internal Web site, and a full-featured messaging system that also enables their employees to access e-mail from mobile devices.

These public entities simply cannot afford unplanned downtime, much less a catastrophic loss of their entire system (OS, Applications, and Data). If their SBS fails, the restoration of their OS, Applications and Data can take hours to days. If even a small amount of data is lost, they may fail to conform to applicable regulatory requirements and may face legal liability for such noncompliance.