Mac OS X: Join your Mac to a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials domain Apple Macintosh are increasingly popular in a business environment with Windows Active Directory. Learn how to connect your Mac to the Windows domain and enjoy the best of both worlds. how to join a mac to a windows domain server 2012, yosemite, mavericks, connector Read More
Windows 10 showing as Vista in WSUS and not updating at all. In WSUS on WSE 2012 R2 Windows 10 reports as Windows Vista and Windows 10 does not get any updates. The problem looks similar as we had with Windows 8 and Server 2012 reporting as Windows 6.x. gpo, wmi filter, wsus database, vista, windows 10 Read More
How to join a Windows 10 Pro to a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials domain with the connector Microsoft released an updated Windows 10 Connector for Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials that makes it possible to join a Windows 10 Pro to your domain. connector, join, windows 10, windows server 2012 R2 essentials Read More
How to install WSUS on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Install WSUS on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and configure it to use Computer Groups with GPO’s. Select the Microsoft products to be updated and choose the classifications of products to be included. wsus, windows update, gpo, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Read More
Disaster recovery or bare metal restore of your Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials server Step by step tutorial how to do a disaster recovery on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials with the native backup solution. disaster recovery, backup, restore Read More
Restore files and folders in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials From the Windows Server Essentials Dashboard choose Devices and click 'Restore files and folders for the server'. Choose to restore from the most recent backup and choose a location for the restored files and folders. restore, files, folders Read More
How to backup your Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials server to USB drives In this tutorial we describe how to backup the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials server to USB drives. For a reliable backup solution we will need at least 3 USB drives, two of them should always be stored at an offsite location. Those drives should be at least twice the size of the drives and/or partitions you include in your schedule. backup, disaster restore Read More
The WDS server may not start, and an error is logged in the System log when you start the WDS server After you have installed DHCP server you should have changed WDS Server so that it no longer listens on port 67 which is the default port DHCP listens on. Normally you would not install DHCP on the same server where WDS server is located but this is SMB country where we have most of the time only one server. wds server, port 67, dhcp Read More
How to install and configure remote assistance Install and configure 'offer remote assistance' as we used to have on SBS 2011 can be done on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials but it requires some steps to complete remote assistance, dashboard, msra Read More
Deploy and install printers using group policies Printers shared on the server can be deployed and installed by using group policies. Those Group Policies are created as soon as you deploy a printer from Print Management. It can either be deployed based on User or Computer. gpo, printers, deploy Read More
Join a Windows 8.1 client to your Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials domain By installing the Connector we join the computer to the domain. On a PC, it provides client backup, a tray icon and the Launchpad, the Dashboard for management of remote servers, and a VPN profile with the capability of auto-dialing and monitoring client health from the server side. On a Mac, it provides health monitoring and the Launchpad. join domain Read More