Mitch Garvis has a great primer on Storage Spaces which takes us through the process of creating a Storage Pool and how to extend it if the need arises: Storage Spaces are going to revolutionize the way we (as administrators) think about storage. We can now hot-add drives to volumes and extend them in seconds […]
If you are using WS2012 Essentials you may experience a problem when trying to rejoin a client computer to a WSE 2012 Domain: The NETBIOS name of the client computer was left the same and the client could communicate with the server in order to download the connector software but the connector installation would fail […]
"Microsoft Online Backup Service", may be a old post, but its a good one. The post on the Windows Server Blog explains in detail how to setup and configure the Microsoft Online Backup Service. From registering for the service, setting up the backup schedule to recovering your data. Its a comprehensive tutorial which you can […]
ServeTheHome have an article on making a UEFI Bootable USB Drive for Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012, which will equally work with WS2012 Essentials. Since most UEFI motherboard’s can only boot from FAT32 and not NTFS, this guide can come in handy to getting your USB drive setup for Ws2012e installation. You can find […]
Alex from Covecube, the company behind StableBit DrivePool has posted a few pointers on his experience with the HP MicroServer N40L not supporting an eSATA port multiplier. With Alex’s tips and workaround you will be able to get a port multiplier working over the eSATA port on the HP MicroServer N40L – A great piece […]
Yang Cao again, program manager on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials team has written a blog post on using Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 Essentials. In the post Yang explains why small business users would love Storage Spaces and goes on to explain how to configure, use and manage it. You can read the […]
There’s a great write up and video on the HP MicroServer running 16BG of memory with vSphere. The 10 minute video demonstrates the installation and running of VMware ESXi 5.1 on the HP MicroServer through what brand of RAM to use and how to install it on the HP MicroServer to gain 16GB of memory. […]
Mike Faucher aka pcdoc shows us how to create and expand a RAID 5 Array using HighPoint Version 2 software. In the following videos we are shown how to create, partition, format and initialize a RAID 5 array and then expand it by adding another drive. creating a RAID 5 Volume Initializing and Formatting your […]
If you are unable to connect to a Windows 7 SP1 client on SBS 2011 Essentials domain after it has been updated with RDP 8 update, then Microsoft have an answer for you. This happens after you have applied updates from KB 2574819 and 2592687 to enable Remote Desktop Protocol 8.0 on a client running […]
MaximumPC has a guide on how to use Windows 8 as a Home Server: Saying that Windows 8 is a major shift in strategy for Microsoft is pretty obvious at this point. Between the Metro interface, complete dismissal of the start menu, focus on touch screen devices, and myriad other changes; this is not the […]
