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Update Rollup 2 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials Available Now

Posted 6 days ago

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The Update Rollup 2 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials has been released and is now available for download from Microsoft Update. You can read about the issues this rollup update addresses in Microsoft Support Knowledgebase 2824160 . The client-side...
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How to Manually Create the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard and WSUS Group Policies Objects

Posted 1 month ago

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[This post comes to us courtesy of Charanjeet Singh and Rituraj Choudhary from Microsoft Commercial Technical Support] Certain Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are created and configured by default during the installation of Windows Small Business Server...
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Running DHCP Server on Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Posted 1 month ago

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[This post comes to us courtesy of Rituraj Choudhary from Microsoft Commercial Technical Support] Windows Server 2012 Essentials is enabled to run on a network with the DHCP Server service running on the router. This blog post describes the method...
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Windows Server Essentials Integration Module for Windows Azure Backup is Now Available

Posted 2 months ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Yang Cao and Ashish Sukhija] Hello everyone, we would like to update you on an Add-In software that is now available for Windows Server 2012 Essentials. We have updated the Windows Server Essentials integration...
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Enterprise Hotfix Rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Available Now

Posted 3 months ago

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An enterprise hotfix rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 has been released which contains 90 hotfixes released after the release of Service Pack 1. These hotfixes improve the overall performance and system reliability of Windows 7...
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Update Rollup 1 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials Available Now

Posted 3 months ago

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Windows Server 2012 Essentials Update Rollup 1 has been released today and is available for download from Microsoft Update. You can read about the issues this rollup update addresses in Microsoft Support Knowledgebase 2781267 . In addition to the server...
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My Server Windows App for Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Posted 4 months ago

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Hi, my name is Clinton Ho, lead program manager on the Windows Server Essentials team. I’m proud to announce the availability of the My Server Windows app , available as a free download in the Windows Store. Similar to the My Server Windows Phone app...
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Windows Server Solutions BPA Updated January 2013

Posted 4 months ago

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Update Rollup 4 for Windows Server Solutions BPA ( KB2796170 ) is now available via Microsoft Update. New Rules Added DefWebSiteExtended - This rule checks whether the default website is extended correctly. RemoteVDirAuthentication - This rule checks...
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Web Services and Extensibility for Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Posted 5 months ago

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Hi, I’m Mike Chen, program manager for the Windows Server Essentials team, and today I would like to share with you the extensibility story for Windows Server 2012 Essentials. I’ll start with an overview of the extensibility points across Dashboard, Launchpad...
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Expanded Software Assurance (SA) grant for Windows SBS 2011 Standard

Posted 5 months ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy David Fabritius from Windows Server Marketing] As part of the Windows Server 2012 announcements earlier this year, we shared the Software Assurance (SA) grant information for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard...
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Managing File History in Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Posted 6 months ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Yang Cao from Sustained Engineering] One of the key values Windows Server 2012 Essentials offers is network-based computer backup. With client computer backup (a centralized, image-based backup), in the event...
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Windows Management Framework 3.0 applicability on Windows Small Business Server 2008/2011 Standard

Posted 6 months ago

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The Windows Management Framework 3.0 ( KB2506146 for Windows 2008 SP2 and KB2506143 for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) has been recently offered as an optional update on Microsoft update distribution clients such as Windows Server Update Services, and Windows...
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Connecting Windows 8 to Small Business Server 2011 Standard after the Installation of the Latest Update Rollup 3

Posted 6 months ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Sabir Chandwale and Charanjeet Singh from Commercial Technical Support] Update Rollup 3 for Small Business Server 2011 Standard addresses the warning message while joining a Windows 8 client machine to Small Business...
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Using Windows Server 2012 Essentials with more than 25 users

Posted 6 months ago

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[Today's post comes to us courtesy David Fabritius from Windows Server Marketing] Windows Server 2012 Essentials is primarily designed as a first server solution for small businesses that need support for up to 25 user accounts and up to 50 devices. But...
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Update Rollup 4 for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Available Now

Posted 6 months ago

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Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Update Rollup 4 has been released today and is available for download from Microsoft Update. You can read about the issues this rollup addresses in Microsoft Support Knowledgebase 2757007 . In addition to...
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Connection to Office 365 Account may Fail or Timeout When You Try to Connect from Windows Server 2012 Essentials Dashboard

Posted 6 months ago

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When you try to connect to Office 365 from the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Dashboard, the connection may fail or timeout. Here is how the Office 365 tab shows up: It will eventually time out without showing up the Exchange Online Mailbox information...
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How to connect to SBS 2008 domain clients using RWA from a remote Windows 8 computer

Posted 6 months ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Charanjeet Singh and Rituraj Choudhary from Commercial Technical Support] After you login to a Windows Small Business Server 2008 Remote Web Access from an external Windows 8 machine and attempt to connect...
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Add-On Software Now Available for Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Posted 6 months ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Duncan Chalmers, release manager for Windows Server Essentials] Hello everyone. I’d like to update you on three additional add-on software that are now available for Windows Server 2012 Essentials. We have added the...
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Storage Spaces and Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Posted 6 months ago

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Hi this is Yang Cao again, program manager on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials team. Today’s topic is about one of my favorite features in Windows Server 2012, Storage Spaces. If you Bing “Storage Spaces + Windows Server 2012” you’ll get over 400 million...
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials Health Report Add-in and Management Pack are released!

Posted 7 months ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Ning Kuang from Sustained Engineering] We are excited to announce the RTM release of Health Report Add-in and Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 Essentials! Health Report Add-In for Windows Server 2012 Essentials...
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Unable to connect to Windows 7 SP1 client on a SBS 2011 Standard or SBS 2011 Essentials domain after it has been updated with RDP 8 update

Posted 7 months ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Rituraj Choudhary and Manish Kapoor from Commercial Technical Support] After you have applied updates from KB 2574819 and 2592687 to enable Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0 on a client running Windows 7 Service Pack 1...
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Multiple Authentication prompts after applying KB 2574819 and 2592687

Posted 7 months ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Rituraj Choudhary and Manish Kapoor from Commercial Technical Support] After you have updated a Windows 7 Service Pack 1 client with KB 2574819 and 2592687 to enable Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0, and attempt to connect...
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials Releases to Manufacturing

Posted 8 months ago

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Today, Windows Server 2012 Essentials has reached the release to manufacturing (RTM) milestone. The product is being delivered to our hardware and ecosystem partners, and it will be generally available in all channels on November 1, with OEM partners...
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Get Started with the Dashboard in Windows Server 2012 Essentials

Posted 8 months ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Mike Chen from Windows Server Essentials team] “One of the greatest challenges for small businesses from the IT perspective has been that they can’t afford a dedicated IT pro to set up, deploy, and administer their...
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Update Rollup 3 for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard and Update Rollup 6 for Windows Small Business Server 2008 Available Now

Posted 8 months ago

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Charanjeet Singh from Commercial Technical Support Team] Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard UR 3 and Windows Small Business Server 2008 UR 6 has been released and is available for download. You can read about...