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Cant connect Essentials 2016 to M365

good evening everyone  I have 2 existing servers which no longer synchronize with MS365. I then opened a new M365 tenant yesterday and reinstalled an Essentials 2016, which also does not connect to M365. Is that a Microsoft bug? Is there anything new to consider?

User asked 07/09/2021 18:34
Stephen Titterington

Can't connect via remotewebaccess.com

None of my customers can connect to Server Essentials remotely by remotewebaccess.com Seems to be a Microsoft Nameserver issue. Not good on Microsoft's part as a lot of people are using it at the moment due to Covid. Is there any work-arounds for the time being?

Stephen Titterington asked 07/24/2020 15:30
Chuck Coleman

Can't install Connector after PC in-place install

Hi, My PC is a Windows 11 Home version PC in a Workgroup. I was having problems with the PC freezing so I decided to do an in-place installation of Windows. Everything worked great after the installation except for the Connector. My server is a Windows Server 2012r2 Essentials. I have spent three days researching multiple items but I just can't get Connector to install. As soon as I execute the Connector installation program and check the "I have read and accept the license terms", I get "Installation did not succeed. An unexpected error has occurred." I ...

Chuck Coleman asked 02/26/2025 20:46
Rodolfo Terron

Can't uninstall Exchange 2010- This mailbox database is associated with one or more active MailboxExport requests.

Hello. I am doing an SBS2011-Server 2016 migration and when I try to uninstall Exchange, it says that there is an active export request. I have googled around for answers, but none of the commands seem to work. I have tried rebooting the server and I have followed each step in the guide to the letter. Is there a way to get rid of this active export request via ADSI edit possibly? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.  Here is the output of the command.  C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin>setup.com /mode:uninstall Welcome to Microsoft Exchange ...

Rodolfo Terron asked 05/28/2018 19:06
Martin Baumann

Can't uninstall Exchange Server 2007 after sucessful migration

I followed and completed your guide ' Migrate Exchange Server 2007 from SBS 2008 to a new Exchange Server 2013 on Windows Server 2012 R2 '. The new Exchange server is operational, all mailboxes and public folders were migrated and are seen by the users. Now I'm going to unistall the old Exchange 2007 server. Uninstall fails with the message (german): "Die Deinstallation kann nicht fortgesetzt werden.  Datenbank 'Public Folder Database': Die Öffentliche Ordner-Datenbank 'COM2-SBS1\Second Storage Group\Public Folder Database' enthält Ordnerreplikate.  Entfernen Sie die Ordner, oder verschieben Sie die Replikate in eine andere Öffentliche Ordner-Datenbank, bevor Sie ...

Martin Baumann asked 07/18/2019 10:59
Ken Sheppard

Cert Authority Backup Error

Nearing the completion of a migration from Windows Server 2012 Essentials (not R2) to Windows Server 2019 Essentials.  During step 16 to migrate the Certification Authority, I'm getting an error in PS when I run the Backup-CARoleService command.  I did run the command from an elevated PS. Error is: Backup-CARoleService : The term 'Backup-CARoleService' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. At line:1 char:1 + Backup-CARoleService c:\ADCSBackup ...

Ken Sheppard asked 09/01/2019 21:19
Bill Swan

Certificate Expiry Eventviewer alert Every 15 mins..

Hi Does anyone know where the event viewer alert configuration is for MSExchangeFrontendTransport & MsExchangeTransport. Certificate is expiring on 1st November. It is recorded as an ' ERROR ' so email setup for error are annoying. If anything it should be recorded as a warning.  Would like to change to warning or at least change alert to once a day. Thanks p.s interesting its only happening on exchange server and not Essentials server 2016, wonder when that alert appears...lol

Bill Swan asked 08/21/2019 07:45
Jason Gough

Certificate services on SBS 2011

Hi, I am in the middle of migrating from sbs 2011 to server 2016. So far I have done the following:- I have migrated all email to 365 some time ago. I have installed the 2016 server as a secondary dc I had prior to today moved 3 of the fsmo roles over (I had actually for gotten about the last 2) I have now moved all roles over to the 2016 server I have migrated printers and also file shares over to the 2016 server. I have removed exchange ...

Jason Gough asked 08/23/2019 15:44
Art Saffran

Certification Authority Database

In the Migration Guide from 2012 to 2016, the steps to export the Certification Authority Database. The screenshots towards the end of this section show the Server 2012 R2 server. I assume the Certification Authority Database should be backed up on the new 2016 server. Is that correct? Also, minor note: the instructions say to stop the Certificate Services but not to restart. I assume they should be restarted and did so. Thanks. --Art

Art Saffran asked 09/03/2018 21:08
Helen Mooc

Certify SSL Manager

Hello I am getting an error in the Certify SSL Manager when I am testing the certificate setup: Could not verify URL is accessible:  http://remote.domainname.ca/.well-known/acme-challenge/configcheck I installed the Certify SSL manager on the Essential server 2016 and following the steps to setup a free certificate for vpn service. Do you know why?

Helen Mooc asked 01/09/2019 21:58
Jean-Christophe BARREAU

Change Essential Reports name

Hi, When we receive the reports for our customers on Essential, we would like to be able to personalize the report. In fact, often on our customer we name the main serveur SRVAD, so we receive all reports by mail with the same label : "Report of integrity for SRVAD"!!! DO you think it's would be possible to mention something like "Report for integrity for DOMAIN - SERVER" instead?    THanks,   JC    

Jean-Christophe BARREAU asked 08/05/2018 18:21
Allen Stone

Changing computer name

Hello All:   I recently changed the name of my domain using the primer from here. After changing the domain name, I was unable to change the computer name from aestone.stone-and-stone to aestone.stoneandstone1, see attached, I keep getting an error message saying that "aestone.stone-and-stone.local was unexpected. The full computer name is aestone.stone-and-stone.local, I want that to be aestone.stoneandstone1.local. Can someone tell me how to change the full computer name. I have not yet re-installed the essential role on the computer. thanks for any and all responses

Allen Stone asked 02/17/2022 18:39
Harlan Lax

Changing DNS entrees on client machines

I have migrated everything and I am on the cleanup steps.  Both servers point to each other for DNS but the clients still point to the original server.   Did I miss a step where the clients point to the new server for DNS

Harlan Lax asked 09/21/2019 21:03
Gavin Steiner

Changing the way Server Essentials creates new user shared folder permissions

Hi everyone! I think the way Server Essentials manages Shared Folder permissions is awful. Instead of adding a new user to a group it adds the user to the shared folder's permissions and then sits and changes permissions on every subfolder and file. What a mess. Does anyone know how to safely remote the shared folder management from the Server Essentials Management without hurting anything so that when a new user is added it doesn't add them to the folder? I'm much happier using a group to manage the permissions and adding the new ...

Gavin Steiner asked 01/22/2021 14:29
Ian Wilson

Chapter 2 - System State Backup

Hi!  I'm reading through the guide for the migration from SBS 2011 > 2019. When the guide recommends doing a system state backup in step 2, I will already have a full server backup done through Windows Server Backup from the previous evening. As this includes the system state, can I safely skip making a second system state backup a few hours later? Thank you.

Ian Wilson asked 10/14/2022 12:01
User

Checking configuration of Exchange 2016 server. No Send Connector

In checking over the configuration of my Exchange 2016 server I don't see any send connector on the 2016 server.  The only send connector is on the 2011 server.  I can't believe that this is correct. At what step in the migration should the send connector have been created?   Thanks Bruce

User asked 08/19/2021 20:30
User

Clarifications for some steps in the SBS 2003 to 2016 Essentials Migration tutorial

Hi, I'm about to migrate my church's SBS 2003 server to 2016 Essentials (we now need to support Windows 10, after all). I've read through the migration tutorial a few times, and need a little clarification on a few steps. I'm best described as having enough knowledge to be dangerous (mainly to myself...). Major Step 6 "Install Windows Server 2016 Essentials as a new replica domain controller in the SBS 2003 domain", sub-step 44: Choose a DSRMpassword. What are the restrictions on this password? (Can it be the same as the generic domain administrator account, for ...

User asked 11/17/2017 13:48
Benjamin Slivka

Cleaning up (deleting, moving) archaic SBS Active Directory entries?

I've successfully migrated from my 7.7 year old SBS2011 computer to my brand new WS2019E computer. Thanks to your great guide. Now, I started with SBS 4.5 way back in 06/1999. And migrated (using the Microsoft step-by-step instructions) to SBS 2000 in 4/2002, and then to SBS 2003 in 11/2005, and then to SBS 2011 in 6/2012. So I have accumulated 20+ years of Active Directory entries from four versions of SBS. See for example the slivka.local > MyBusiness > Security Groups below. I don't want to risk breaking anything, so I'm not eager to ...

Benjamin Slivka asked 03/29/2020 20:33
Randall Spangler

Cleaning up user attributes after migration to O365

When running Exchange Server on premise, whether SBS or regular Exchange, a lot of entries are left in each user account's attributes. If you open ADUC, open a property page for a user, then click on the Attribute Editor tab, there are a lot of attributes which are related to the local Exchange server. As an example, the following attributes are among those that get populated for Exchange: homeMDB homeMTA legacyExchangeDN msExchHomeServer msExchMailboxGuid proxyAddresses targetAddess and several more. When the conversion is made to Office 365 and the ...

Randall Spangler asked 10/04/2019 02:44
Michael Teresko

client backup failure in WSE2012

My client backups have been working fine for some time. However, a week ago, one workstation (running win 8.1) backup has suddenly started failing with the message "An unknown error prevented backup from completing successfully. " I've gotten it to back up manually a few times by rebooting or restarting the backup service, but now nothing works. I've run chkdsk on both the client and the backup drive with no errors found and I've also run a repair on the client backups, once again with no problems. All the other client backups are running normally. Suggestions?

Michael Teresko asked 04/13/2018 16:22
James Larson

Client Connector for Windows Server Essentials Not Working After Windows 10 v1903 Update

Hello everybody, After client computers update to Windows 10 v1903, they are showing offline in the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Dashboard.  They can still connect to the shared folders no problem and sign in to the Launchpad, but the Server doesn't know what's up with them because it thinks they are offline; plus, client backups are not happening.  Is anybody else experiencing this?  Is there a newer update for the connector software? Thanks for you help in advance, James

James Larson asked 08/09/2019 00:49
James Larson

Clients not backing up after Windows 10 v2004 Update

Hello all, I finally decided to upgrade my client machines from Windows 10 Pro v1909 to v2004, which apparently I shouldn't have done just yet.  After the update, none of the clients are backing up to Windows Server 2016 Standard.  I'm using the Essentials Experience Role to automate the backups.  The Essentials Dashboard on the server reports the computers offline ever since I did the update, so that can't be backed up.  However, the client machines' Windows Server Essentials icon is running in the task trays, I can sign in to the Dashboard, and access the server ...

James Larson asked 11/20/2020 22:05
John Doe

Computer has reduced context menu in device tab, marked disabled in deviceslist.xml

WSE2016 14393.5291, Clients Windows 10 21H2, 'skipped domain' All my 5 PCs have now a reduced context menu in the devices tab in Dashboard. They're displayed correctly, shown 'online' when switched on, status is OK, automatic backup works (but manual has to be started from the machine itself) but context menu and tasks menu to the right is reduced to 'view computer properties. 'remove computer' and 'restore files or folders...' (see pic) Seems to be related to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Server\Data\devicesinfo.xml where all machines are marked 'disabled' instead of 'active' (see pic) C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Server\Data\activealerts.xml does contain old ...

John Doe asked 10/06/2022 05:04
Art Saffran

Computers do not appear on new 2016 server after migration

Migrating Server 2012 to Server 2016 Essentials and on the Dashboard/Devices I see the new server and an item titled Archived computer backups (50). I added one test computer that was connected to the old server using the new connector software but this computer still appears on the Archived computer backups list. The test computer runs Windows 7 Pro 64-bit. Thanks. --Art

Art Saffran asked 09/02/2018 02:53
User

Configure Exchange 2016 Certificates

I'm looking to purchased a UC Cert for the new Exchange 2016 server, with mail.domain.com and domain.com as specified in the guide.  Can i also add remote.domain.com as this is currently used by users, or does this cause a DNS loop as the existing SBS2011 uses remote.domain.com? I'm guessing that it probably does, but wanted to check. Thanks.

User asked 09/20/2019 08:49
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