The Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server Blog has a 2 part article giving an overview of services integration in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. Part 1 takes a look at Windows Azure Active Directory integration, as well as the major day-to-day management tasks associated with it, whilst part 2 looks at SharePoint Online […]
John Stutsman explains to us in this 6 minute video how to install a hard disk in a Gen8 MicroServer that was taken from a HP N40L MicroServer.
The Advanced Admin Console 2011 Add-in has had an update which fixes 1 issue and adds support for WS2012e R2. Maintenance release version 1.5.3 has the following change log: FIXED: The Dashboard crashed when the Explorer tab home location was set to a folder that no longer existed. ADDED: Compatibility with Windows Server 2012 R2 […]
After installing Update Rollup 3 (UR3) for WS2012 Essentials you may have to clean up DNS on your remote machines. Thankfully Microsoft have issued a fix and Paul Braren from TinkerTryIT explains the procedure: After installing UR3…If you have to reboot or take down your Window Server 2012 Essentials system, your remote systems will be […]
Kevin Remde from the TechNet blog "Full of I.T." had the opportunity of interviewing Brad Anderson, Sr. VP responsible for Windows Server at Microsoft. Three videos are available in the series: Part 1 What’s New in 2012 R2 – Empowering People-Centric IT (31 mins) Part 2 What’s New in 2012 R2 – Transforming the Datacenter […]
After a week of no news for Windows Home Server users, the Home Server Show is back with episode 240, and this week it’s about Antivirus on WHS: We are talking antivirus AGAIN for Windows Home Server. There is a nasty virus called CryptoLocker and I’ll tell you the details and how to stay away […]
newegg TV have WD explaining about their Red NAS Hard Drives: If you’re into mass storage, and particularly if you’re interested in NAS or server storage, WD has a lineup of drives made just for you. The WD Red series is designed for reliability and data integrity within a Network Attached Storage system, and WD […]
WHS 2011 Media Collector is a replacement for the HP Media Collector that was included with the HP MediaSmart Server and, unfortunately, not ported to WHS 2011. Made by "Viros", here are some notes: It assumes (and in fact only works on) the standard media folders (i.e., SERVER\Music, etc). Upon installation, you need to run […]
Microsoft have released the Windows Server Essentials Media Pack. This pack enables the media streaming functionality for Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and the Windows Server Essentials Experience server role in Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter. This functionality was available before the R2 release from within the program, and […]
Tom on Tech has published a how-to on installing Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. Tom has available a 22 page PDF on how to accomplish this, which you can find here. P.S. To configure your client workstations to connect to WSUS, it is highly recommended to use Group Policy. […]
