The new version offers an easier way to publish database information such as your own inventory catalog on the Internet as well as increased performance, reliability, and availability. VPNs can save companies from additional telephony costs by providing a way for workers outside of the telephone area code to dial in to their local Internet connection and use the Internet to perform the long distance connection at virtually no cost to the remote user. The Small Business Server Fax Server has been completely redesigned into the new, reliable Shared Fax Service . This feature allows users to send faxes from their desktop through a multiple shared fax modem or interface. This can all be administered through your Small Business Server.
Administrators can configure calling times, priorities, and manage the fax queue.
The new service offers support for all Windows 2000-based Class 1 Fax modems as well as introducing support for Brooktrout fax boards and AVT ISDN cards. Broadcast Fax support - Documents are spooled from the client machine to the server one time and the image is delivered to the list fax numbers in the fax queue without tying up the client machine or network traffic during the broadcast fax job. Small Business Server includes a Shared Modem Service that enables the client machines to use modems shared on Small Business Server to connect to external information services. Use of the shared modems can also be restricted to individual users or groups of users so you can determine who connects to external networks. Health Monitor 2.1 Administrators and Power Users can view system performance metrics, set and modify thresholds to report server health, and configure alerts.