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Windows Server 2012 Essentials: Shutdown client machines after a backup
A client of ours who is running a Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials on their SBS 2011 Standard network (for client PC Backup) likes their machines to shutdown each night after a backup. This...
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials Feature Comparison
A lot of people have asked what is the difference between Server 2012 Standard and Essentials, and then the difference again when an Essentials box is transmogged. I don’t know of any official resource...
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials: Transmog to DataCenter?
A question popped up on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials forum about Transmog scenarios, and whether a Transmog to 2012 Data Center edition would work. I suggested that i saw no reason why that...
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SBS, Essentials, RWA and SSL
I have blogged before about setting up the RWA on Essentials, we all remember that mammoth post right? The countless hours we wasted trying to make the wizard work, troubleshooting certificates with...
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Quick Fix: Reset Windows Firewall SBS & Windows Server Essentials
Whilst troubleshooting a problem on a server, have you ever reset Windows Firewall back to Defaults? It would seem like a logical step in some cases, however it could have unexpected consequences. Did...
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Manually creating a Certificate Request Windows Server 2012 Essentials (SBS...
Following on from my recent post about SSL issues, another topic of conversation is the actual SSL installation process for the RWA. Again i have blogged on that before, and the new Essentials 2012...
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Quick Fix: Transmogged Essentials 2012 no UR1?
Did you Transmog your Essentials 2012 Server to remove the 25 User Limit? Following the release recently of UR1 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials, we have learned that it is not being automatically...
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials, An Error prevented the Dashboard from opening
This is an issue that has caught me out once or twice in my testing and general messing about with Essentials over the last age, and also someone in the forum just posted a question along these lines...
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials : After Transmog SILSVC Error
Back in November, a chap in the Forum had dipped his toe into the world of Transmogging, and encountered an error that was being thrown up in the logs after the process had completed. The SILSVC should...
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials : Media Streaming Problems?
I recently got myself a Nokia Lumia 820, and one of the benefits of having this Windows phone, (apart from looking like the coolest kid in school) is that i get to use the very funky My Server App....
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Enabling WSUS on Windows Server 2012 Essentials
Skipping over the usual boring intro on the whys and wherefores of a subject i write about i thought id just crack on and tell you how to get this done. First on your Essentials Server you will need to...
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Update Rollup 2 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials
You may have seen that Microsoft have released Update Rollup 2 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials. The update resolves some issues documented in the KB here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2824160 If...
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Unravelling the mystery of Client DNS with Essentials family Servers
Probably the best title for a blog post ever right? Having seen and read about a lot of people struggling with DNS resolution problems with their clients on Essentials (2011/2012) networks, and also...
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DirectAccess, Essentials 2012 and the mystery of DNS Failures
I am writing this post in order to try and highlight the issues people are having with DA, and suggest a course of action. Rather than simply reply to comments about various bits not working. It was...
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Essentials 2012 R2 – The Role & Licensing
In conversation with some Microsoft folks recently we found out about some, what ill call, small print, in the EULA of Essentials and Essentials R2. If you had previously purchased Server 2012...
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials –You do not have permission to open the...
A question came up in the Essentials Forum recently which prompted me to build quite a large lab, and not even manage to repro the issue. The issue affects both the Essentials Role and the SKU., but it...
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Windows Server 2012 R2–November Update Rollup
Another quick announcement – November UR for 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1 & Windows 8.1 includes no fewer than 15 fixes for issues that will also affect Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials....
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Quick Fix: SBS & Essentials OU Structure
Are you new to managing an OS other than Small Business Server? If so you may be forgiven for thinking that that ‘MyBusiness’ OU Structure present in SBS for as long as i have worked with it, is the...
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Essentials 2012 R2 – Client Restore
Congratulations on the purchase of your brand new Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Server. I’m sure she will give you years of trouble free.. er.. serving. No doubt one of the features that attracted...
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Windows Server Essentials – Configuration Troubleshooter
I had a support case this week where it became apparent to me that there is no quick and easy way to test Essentials Servers for Configuration errors. Manually working through IIS or Certificates is...
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