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Microsoft Windows Server 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.

Microsoft Windows Server 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.

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

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Dynamics CRM with Windows Essentials AD + Azure AD

I'm trying to configure a new Dynamics CRM 2016 on premise installation with Claims based authentication for Sharepoint Online (Office 365) and Internet facing access. We currently have a Windows 2012 R2 Essentials domain controller synchronizing…
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Server Essentials Client Backups Failing

All the client backups are failing for some reason. I didn't set up the server but from what I can tell it has never worked. I checked the server essentials event logs on a client and the server and noticed the following errors... Client (Same on…
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Anywhere Access on 2012 is blank page

I used to have anywhereaccess on our Windows 2012 R2 Server working perfectly. We share a building with other businesses and the IT system had maintenance, since then I've received this error: They're adamant it's nothing they've done but…
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Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 Management Service not starting

We are a small office running Windows Server Essentials 2012R2, and server dashboard stopped working. It's not showing users or devices connected to the server. Server backup also stopped working. This happened before and we resolved it by deleting…
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Windows Server 2012 - one user logging on many computers

I am a newby to Windows Server World. I want to setup company's network (around 7 computers and 15 employees) like this: - all computers joined to my domain - every employee having his own user account - every employee being able to log into any…
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Client Back Database Repair Fails

Somehow my client backup database got corrupted. When I start a repair action, it runs for hours and it fails to repair with the following message: An unknown error prevented the backup repair process from starting. Make sure that all services are…
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Windows server 2012 essentials GPO AD/SYSVOL MISMATCH

I am having an issue with Group policys and will do my best to describe the issue below: GPRESULT, ADSI and GPT.ini shows the group policy with mismatching AD/SYSVOL versions, the SYSVOL version always being 65536. However Gpresult also shows that…
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Are there drawbacks of using Windows Server 2012 Essentials as a public web server?

I need an operating system for an IIS-based web server that should serve both public and private (authentication required) web content and -services. (In other words, it should host all the stuff we develop with ASP.NET.) Looking at the Windows…
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Why does IKEv2 fail on Windows 8 and Android strongSwan, but not on Windows 7?

I'm trying to allow Windows and Android clients to connect through a VPN to a Windows Server 2012 Essentials machine. The VPN works fine over SSTP, but for performance reasons, I want to move to IKEv2. IKEv2 works on a Windows 7 client, but on…
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Running Server Essential 2012 along server 2003

i want to install server 2012 on a new machine which will run side by side with my windows small business server 2003. When i install it however i get the choice of clean install or migration. I do not want to migrate i just want to run it…
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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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Windows Essential Business - limitations/experience?

Our company is mid-size, and we are considering the purchase of both Exchange server and SQL server. Buying all the software products and CAL's seperately seems kind of expensive, so I'm wondering if anyone have hands-on experience with Windows…
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Removing MediaAdmin and ServerAdmin managed server accounts in Active Directory

Our Active Directory Domain contains two Managed Service Accounts, MediaAdmin and ServerAdmin: I don't remember adding them, and Google tells me that they are related to the Windows Server Essentials role. Their HostComputers attribute is an empty…
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Why does NETWORK SERVICE own my RAID?

I inherited a Windows Server Essentials 2016 machine that's set up with a C system drive and a D RAID. The problem is the D drive, on which everything works as expected below the top level. At the top level, though, I'm quite limited in what I can…
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Make 'Log On To' Active Directory setting permanent

In Active Directory (Windows EBS Server 2008 testing envionment), I have set a user the ability to log onto all computers. (Eg: Properties of User -> Account tab -> Log On To button -> Select All Computers option) This is all fine but the setting is…
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