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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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GP and AD group memberships are different

I'm running into an odd situation: domain group membership as reported by Group Policy differs from that of Active Directory. DOMAIN\user.name was already a member of DOMAIN\some_group_1. I added it to the AD group DOMAIN\some_group_2. The command…
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Intermittent Ping/DNS timeouts

Can anyone suggest anything which might cause a server to fail to resolve DNS requests at regular intervals without affecting other network traffic to that machine? I've looked into it extensively over the last few weeks. We run an AD controller…
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Mapping a folder on Synology NAS to all Authenticated Users W2K12 Essentials

We have a W2k12 essentials server with about 10 users on it. I want to add a group policy to map to a folder on our Synology NAS drive. I believe I'm having a permissions issue, but not sure. I added the drive map in GPE and targeted it to…
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Windows Application Log: Persistent errors BINLSVC 1284

This is WSE 2016 with the Client Restore Service enabled. We're getting persistent errors in our single DC's event log: I found this related…
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Error 0x8007045D when trying to copy a file

I have a Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 machine and I'm trying to copy a file that is 4.00GB on an NTFS drive and am getting the following error: Error 0x8007045D: The request could be performed because of an I/O device error. I have tried…
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Change the Company Name of Windows Server 2016 Essentials

Does anyone know how to change the company name you entered when you originally setup the server? The company name has a typo and needs to be fixed.
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Windows Small Business Server 2003 -> Windows Server Essentials 2016

I have a Windows Small Business Server 2003 box that we use as a file server, domain controller, and remote access server. We have four Windows 7 Clients connecting to the SBS 2003 box. We bought a new server and would like to install and migrate…
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Logical Drive 1 Fatal Error System Logs

When a Client Backup starts on my 2012 Server Essentials, it fails and I receive the following error in my System log: Logical drive 1 of array controller B120i [Embedded] returned a fatal error during a read/write request from/to the volume. …
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VPN , clients connect but no network

I have a Server Essentials 2012 server that has anywhere access enabled for VPN access, and web access. this has worked fine for a year with no problems that the occasional tickle would't fix. About 1 week ago I added a 2012 r2 standard to the…
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Essential Business System licensing grace period

After our initial installation and configuring we are ready to migrate users over to our EBS domain. We have installed enough device CALs to cover the organization however they must be assigned to the device manually before users can log into their…
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How to avoid the issue of the account used to join a domain to become a local administrator?

While joining (for the first time) workstations to the domain provided by our server running Windows Server Essentials, I've encountered the following subtle behavior: The account that I would use to join the domain, using the Windows Server…
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Do I have to install all three ESSENTIAL BUSINESS SERVERS?

We are currently thinking about deploying Essential Business Server 2008 at our head-office. My question is that do I have to install all three of the servers provided by EBS ie MANAGEMENT, MESSAGING, SECURITY? Can I leave out the MESSAGING server…
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials .local to .com easy change? Probably hard or not possible though

After installing Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials with a .local suffix, now I read that .local is a big no no... and need to change it from SERVER.MYDOMAIN.local to SERVER.MYDOMAIN.com. Sarching high and low and Youtube, apparently it can be done,…
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Essential Business Server

We are trying to run the Preparation Wizard for Essential Business Server 2008 and receive the following error. "A list of servers could not be collected from Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Ensure that your network is functioning…
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Windows Essentials 2012 Server: Client connector does not work, Clients can't join

Several Windows 7 clients should join the Windows Essentials 2012 Server but the Connector always throws an error: ServerLocator.log: GetAdapterAddress with Error 0 ComputerConnector.log: ccomputerconnector::ErrorDlgProc:IDD_PROPAGE_ERROR…
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