The official blog for Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server support and product group communications.
[This post comes to us courtesy of Swapnil Rane from Commercial Technical Support] This post will reduce your efforts to identify which log to refer to and where to find it. This can be very useful when you are troubleshooting issues on an Essentials server. We have compiled a list of important logs and their… Read more
In Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2, all of our online services integration features, including Azure Active Directory and Office 365, are supported only in environments that have a single domain controller. In environments with more than one domain controller, integration of these services is blocked due limitations in the user account and password synchronization mechanism… Read more
[This post comes to us courtesy of Swapnil Rane and Rituraj Choudhary from Global Business Support] This post explains how to increase the logging level for the individual components of Server Essentials role for troubleshooting purposes. In order to accomplish this, we need to modify the Logging.config file. This file can be located at C:\Program… Read more
[This post comes to us courtesy of Sabir Chandwale, Harshal Charde, Ajay Sarkaria and Rituraj Choudhary from Global Business Support] In our previous post, we covered steps involved in configuring VPN on Windows Server Essentials. In this post, we will cover common problems that could result in failure of VPN functionality in your Windows Server… Read more
[This post comes to us courtesy of Harshal Charde, Kriti Thakral and Sandeep Biswas from Global Business Support] In this post we will discuss about configuring Health Report email notification using O365 in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. The Health Report for Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials provides you with consolidated information about the Windows… Read more
[This post comes to us courtesy of Kumud Dwivedi from Content Publishing] If you are a small to midsize business that is looking to enable employees and external partners to improve collaboration and securely access shared data, we now have a solution guide to address this. Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and Windows Server 2012… Read more
[This post comes to us courtesy of Md. Sabir Chandwale and Rituraj Choudhary from Global Business Support] In this post we will discuss about Virtual Private Network feature on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. Virtual Private Network can be straightforwardly installed and configured on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials by running the Set up… Read more
[This post comes to us courtesy of Maanavi Bisaria and Rituraj Choudhary from Global Business Support] We will cover the following aspects of Remote Web Access (RWA) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials in this blog: Configuring Remote Web Access Customizing Remote Web Access Configuring Remote Web Access To configure RWA, open the HOME tab… Read more
[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Ajay Sarkaria, Rituraj Choudhary, Harshal Charde and Sandeep Biswas from Global Business Support] The purpose of this post is to help you successfully migrate from a previous Windows Server SKU, Small Business Server SKU, or a Windows Server Essentials SKU current in Product Lifecycle to Windows Server 2012… Read more
We have been experiencing some good amount of volume around SBS 2011 Standard migrations recently. If you are stuck on one of such migration issues please start by following these outstanding yesteryear blogs: SBS 2011 Standard Migrations – Keys to Success SBS 2011 Standard Migrations – Keys to Success – Part 2: The Setup Phase… Read more