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# Could Lion Server herald a new breed of enterprise apps?
- URL: https://werd.io/could-lion-server-herald-a-new-breed-of-enterprise-apps/
- Published: 2011-07-21T05:49:50.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-12T11:00:46.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: General, #ben-684a32da145d7d001be71dae, enterprise 2.0, mac os x, mac os x lion, mac os x lion server, servers, #Migrated-1749693130536, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-06-11 21:52

Together with today's Mac OS X Lion release, Apple [also released a set of server extensions in the App Store for $49](http://www.apple.com/macosx/server/). To run Lion Server on your machine, you make sure you're running Lion (available from the App Store for $29), and then buy the server upgrade. Like all of their new offerings, this is for less-technical prosumers rather than professionals - so while the hardcore technical set will complain about lack of features (as they've done with Final Cut Pro X), consumers can run an easy-to-use mail, file, web and wiki server *via the app store*.

The ability to install other networked apps via the App Store could change enterprise networks forever. Imagine installing a social networking platform, a Virtual Learning Environment or a conference call bridge via one click in the app store, and configuring it via a visual wizard. Not necessary in sysadmin-equipped environments, but in SMEs and even homes? Huge.