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Much awaited version of SmartStart CD is released by HP. The new SmartStart CD 8.7 is released!!. SmartStart 8.7 supports latest version of Windows Server OS and is much needed for customer who wish to implement SBS 2011 on their servers.

SmartStart CD 8.7 added support for below said Operating Systems:

• Microsoft Windows Server  2011 Small Business
• Microsoft Windows Server  2011 Small Business Essentials
• Microsoft  Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
• Red Hat enterprise Linux 5.6

You could download the HP SmartStart 32 bit from here

You could download the HP SmartStart 64 bit from here

Using SmartStart CD 8.7, you can perform assisted installation of Windows 2011. To find out whether your HP Server support SBS 2011, please refer the Windows Server Certification and Support matrix link from HP, the link is available here.

Please check whether your Server is listed under SBS 2011. If it is not listed, please wait till the page gets updated, HP may be updating this page frequently.

If you wish to know how to perform assisted installation of Windows using SmartStart CD, then you could refer our article here. The steps to implement  OS is almost same

http://www.tricksguide.com/hp-smartstart-cd-8-7-sbs-2011-released.html