Category: Tutorial

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Integrating WS Essentials Tech Preview 3 with Azure Virtual Networks

The Microsoft Australia OEM Team have published a blog post on integrating Windows Server Essentials Tech Preview 3 with Azure Virtual Networks: …if you need to extend your network into the Azure for the purpose of enabling Azure RemoteApp, virtual machines running a variety of OSs and applications, as well as a variety of other […]

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Configure Azure Online Backup on WS2012 R2 Essentials

A post on the Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server blog has an article on how to configure Microsoft Azure Online Backup on Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials: Microsoft Azure Backup is a cloud-based backup solution that enables online backup and restore of important data to help protect against loss and corruption. This feature […]

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Install Nano Server in a VM

With all the chat about Nano Server what about if you have the ISO downloaded but you would like to install Nano in a VM? The best way would be to create a Nano VHD file and luckily for us Russell smith has written up a tutorial on how to do just that, which can […]

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Add Online Services to your Windows Server Essentials Install

The Australian Microsoft OEM team have put together a series of articles about adding online services to your Windows Server Essentials install. The first article in the series is an introduction, which is followed by adding: Office 365 User Account Integration Microsoft Intune An interesting how to series which is well worth a read.

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N54L MicroServer Rear Fan Replacement Guide

A user by the name of PhilUK has detailed his experiences with changing the rear fan on the HP N54L MicroServer. PhilUK gives us all the details including how to swap the pin connectors over on the fan lead to comply with the MicroServer which uses a non-standard pin-out on the motherboard. All the info […]

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Add This PC or Computer to Your Desktop in Windows Server 2012

If you would like to add "This PC" or "Computer" on your desktop in Windows Server 2012 then a Powershell script is available for you: Although Windows has provided File Explorer, users and IT Pros used to use computer (This PC) on desktop. However, it is not convenient to show the icon through GUI in […]

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Windows Bare Metal Recovery on the WD DX4000

If you would like to know how to setup a recovery solution for the DX4000 when it is being used with Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard or Essentials then we have an article for you. Troy Walker explains: The recent editions of Windows has introduce some really cool features that allows a technician or end […]

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Spin-Up Windows Server Technical Preview on Azure

With Windows Server Technical Preview being available for you to test, the fastest way to spin-up your test lab environment in the Cloud is to use Microsoft Azure. Keith Mayer has a blog on TechNet where to details how to use a virtual machine image on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform to spin-up your own […]

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Log Files in WS2012 Essentials R2

Want to know what log files refer to in Windows Server Essentials 2012 and 2012 R2 and also where they reside? The Windows Server Essentials and Small Business Server Blog have compiled a list of important logs and their associated wizards which are handy for troubleshooting issues on an Essentials server. You can find the […]

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Video: Installing & Cooling a Radeon HD6450 on the MicroServer

Another couple of videos from John Stutsman for MicroServer users. The first is John installing a Sapphire Radeon HD6450 Graphics card in his HP ProLiant Gen8 MicroServer providing him with HDMI and DVI Output to two Monitors with Sound playing through the HDMI connection monitor: This second video is John testing the impact of adding […]