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Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials (formerly Windows Small Business Server = SBS) is an integrated server suite from Microsoft. It is designed to run network infrastructures (for small and midsize businesses) having no more than 25 users or 50 devices. Windows Essentials 2012 suite reached end of support on January 10, 2017.

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Essentials (formerly Windows Small Business Server = SBS) is an integrated server suite from Microsoft. It is designed to run network infrastructures (for small and midsize businesses) having no more than 25 users or 50 devices. Windows Essentials 2012 suite reached end of support on January 10, 2017.

More information is available at Microsoft´s Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials page.

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XP Workstation support for Windows 2012 Server Essentials

I need to upgrade my Dell Win2003 server to Win2012 Essentials. I have under 25 users so I won't need CALs. I don't need Exchange. Half my users are still on Windows XP. What exactly works and doesn't work with XP workstations on a Win2012 server? I…
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How to enable RDP drive sharing in Server 2012 Essentials Anywhere Access

I have configured my Server 2012 Essentials to perform Anywhere Access (a subset of RAS + IIS + SSL) with secure RDP to internal hosts. This all works very well. However, the predefined RDP connection files that are offered through the web…
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Upgrade

I have a Windows Server 2012 Essentials installation that has RAID attached storage for all of its shared storage. I'd like to wipe the current install and replace it with Server Essentials 2012 R2. After I do that, I'd like to reattach the RAID…
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Hyper-V pass-trough disks incorrectly identified as SSDs on guest

I have setup a Windows Server 2012 Essentials guest to run on a Hyper-V host (Windows Server 2012). A physical HDD (spinning rust) is setup as pass-through to the guest, but it's incorrectly identified as a SSD on the guest (as seen in the drive…
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Have Windows Server Essentials license, installed standard. Is reinstalling the only option?

tldr; Is there any way to go from Windows Server 2012 Standard to Essentials without reinstalling? I've been setting some stuff up one our new Windows 2012 servers for a few days. I am not a server admin by any means but do any server stuff that I…
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DirectAccess Server firewall rules blocking ports

I have configured DirectAccess on my Server 2012 Essentials box and most of it works great - I can remotely access the server via RDP and the default IIS website on port 80. However, I can't access anything that uses other ports. For this example,…
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RDS does not issue CALs on Windows Server 2012 Essentials

I'm trying to get RDS services running on a clean install of Windows Server 2012. I followed this example http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2833839?wa=wsignin1.0 The licensing server is activated, and CALs installed OK. Nothing is reporting…
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Windows Essentials 2012 Email

Just a quick question that I can't seem to find any information on. I understand that SBS 2011 included Exchange, and that the SBS model is no longer being made (moved to Windows Server Essentials 2012). Does WSE2012 include Exchange the same way…
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Does Server 2012 Essentials include some version of exchange?

I haven't had the time to install it and find out for myself and Microsoft is extremely vague about it.
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How to use two windows server 2012 essential on a same network?

I have a windows server 2012 essential as a dc in my domain abc.local. We have purchased another HP Proliant Server with windows server 2012 essential to intsall an erp software. I am trying to add this new windows server 2012 essential to my…
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Server 2012 Essential Disconnected From Domain Controller(itself)

Running a Health Report on my 2012 Essentials server reports a critical error of: After the password change, the server running Windows Server Essentials has not received a heartbeat from the following domain controllers: my_server my_server…
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Server 2012: Won't restart, only locks

I've hit a problem where Windows simply won't restart—it merely drops down into Locked mode with the session still active. I've tried shutting down (as opposed to warm booting under restart) and running shutdown.exe from the command line. All have…
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Folder redirection not working on workstation OS reinstall

One of our WSE 2012 domain-joined laptop workstations was having some trouble, so instead of spending time to troubleshoot it we decided that I'd wipe it and install Windows anew. I installed Win8 and then updated to 8.1 before joining the machine…
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LDAP Bind failure / GroupPolicy 1006 / ErrorCode 81 (on one workstation only)

Multiple domain accounts on this same workstation yield the same error; those same accounts on other workstations sail through with no problems. It's occurring intermittently: roughly about 9 out of 10 queries fail, but rarely (with decreasing…
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Connect to Windows Server 2012 Essentials without creating new user login for Windows

Is it possible to connect to a Windows Server 2012 Essentials without having to create a new user login for Windows? I want to just take someones Windows 8 machine and connect it to the server to allow it to access the database without having to…
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