I have just installed the Direct Access role. When I try to open the "Getting Started Wizard" to configure the role I get the following error message:
File C:\Window\system32\RAMgmtUI.exe cannot be located.
Please advice.
Regards,
Michael
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Direct Access Wizard fails with "RAMgntUI.exe cannot be located"
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Unable to Transition Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials (Trial) to Paid Version
I am trying to convert a trial Windows 2012 R2 Essentials to a paid version, but I am getting errors. Here is the Current Edition:
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 6.3.9600.17031
Image Version: 6.3.9600.17031
Current edition is:
Current Edition : ServerSolution
If I try the command: DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerSolution /ProductKey:xxx-xxxx... /AcceptEula it says:
Deployment Image Servicing and Management Tool
Version: 6.3.9600.17031
Image Version: 6.3.9600.17031
Error: 50
This Windows image cannot upgrade to the edition of Windows that was specified. The upgrade cannot proceed.
If I run the Get-TargetEditions command, it says it can only be upgraded to ServerStandard. Am I missing something? I just need Essentials.
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Devices Dissapeard from Manager
I am running Server 2012 Essentials and there are no devices showing up in the device manager to manage the computers. They simply disappeared. Anybody ever seen this?
Thanks,
David
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Unable to set up Office 365 integration on Windows Server essentials 2012 R2 Essentials
I am trying to integrate our Office 365 with a newly installed instance of Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2.
When i run the integration wizard in the Windows server essentials dashboard and supply my username and password for my Office 365 admin account,
the wizard runs for a very long time, and returns "An unknown error occurred. Make sure that the computer is connected to the internet, and the try again. If you continue to to experience, restart the server and then try again".
I have tried to restart the server several times and reinstalling the server from scratch, but the error still appears.
When i try to integrate the server with another, separate trial Office 365 tenant, I am able to integrate, but when I try to integrate with this
Office 365 tenant, the wizard always returns this error. This leads me to think that there is a problem with this specific Office 365 tenant.
We need this integration to work, and hope that you will be able to help us fix this error and get the integration with our server to work.
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Problems with Office 365 Integration
I'm having difficulties integrating Office 365 with Windows Server Essentials R2.
I previously successfully completed integration using a new O365 tenant, but recently ran into issues. I tried to create a new user in the Essentials Dashboard and assign a O365 account to the user, but was prompted for my administrator credentials for O365. When entered I received an error message about internet connectivity.
Having checked all aspects of network connectivity (all fine) I proceeded to look online for help. A guide I found recommended disabling the O365 integration and then re-integrating.
The integration disabled without issue, but I have not been able to run the integration successfully again. The process starts, but once I enter my O365 creds, the process runs for several minutes and then throws an error message telling me to check internet connectivity.
Checking the essentials dashboard tells me that the server is integrated with Azure AD but not O365. Attempts to disable both and then re-integrate have failed. I've tried using the O365 cmdlet to integrate but this times out. Azure AD shows as being integrated and the Office 365 integration status shows "N/A".
I did read one article on the technet forums that suggested having a populated O365 tenant may be the issue.
I've tried looking online but can't find anything specific relating to this issue.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!
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Server 2012 and SQL server 2008
I have both running on the same machine, but the ASP pages running on the IIS reaches out through the network to touch the database.
I cant remember how to set the IIS to reach the database on the same machine.....
Any ideas guys?
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Client Backup Service stopped, can not be restarted
Recently I started to get a critical error saying the service Windows Server Essentials Computer Backup is not running.
It did work before and I hadn't made any changes to the server.
I can not repair the error / restart the service. It will stop again in a few seconds.
I have installed the latest updates to my WSE 2012 R2.
I have tried to move the backup folder to different hard drives, and I have checked all disks for errors. I tried to empty the folder and ran the "wbadmin delete catalog" command.
How can I continue my troubleshooting?
Thanks.
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Setting up Internet access with two ADSL Routers
Hello,
We have a small network with 20 PCs, the internet connexion is very slow due to infrastructure, so I want to set up a second Internet connexion with a 4G router.
I want to use the existing connexion only for the backups which are made through Internet and set up all the HTTP traffic on the 4G router.
Is it possible to do that knowing I have a Windows 2012 R2 server running on a Dell Server PET320 with two network cards?
Here is a simple schema of what I want to do:
Thank you in advance for your answer.
Greetings
J-D Gasser
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Question regarding transitioning from Server 2011 Essentials to Server 2012 Essentials
We currently run Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and have 5 users and 5 client computers connected to the server. I have purchased a new server with Windows Server 2012 Essentials. What is the best way to make the transition? My
goal is to have the users on all 5 client computers retain their existing files, settings, and Outlook profile. Since we only have 5 users and 5 client computers, I can manually add all of the users in the new server. Is it simply a matter of uninstalling
the existing connector software from the clients, then installing the connector software from the new server? When I uninstall the old connector software, do I need to remove the Domain on the client and set up the client to workgroup or will the
new connector software automatically take care of this? Can I keep the same Domain name or is it best to start with a new Domain name for the new server? I am somewhat of a novice so I would appreciate some step by step instructions. Thanks
in advance for your help.
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RDP working VPN not: Using AnywhereAccess
Hello I have a problem connecting to my Server via VPN. It used to work but no longer does, and I can not see why.
I use Remote Desktop services. I am able to connect to my remote desktop sessions via the Gateway, but when I use the same Gateway to VPN, it connects for a second then drops straight away.
I have tried removing my Anywhere Access settings and starting again, but I have had no joy.
Paddy
Paddy
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Outlook Resolves To Old SBS 2003 Server And Not Office 365
Hi Guys
I have a small but annoying issue that I hope I can get some help with? When trying to configure outlook (2013) internally to connect to Office 365, the checkname autofills using the decommisioned SBS 2003 server details! I can reolve this by changing the DNS values on the adapter to use 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. Outlook functions fine when the setting is returned to automatic.
I have also added a CNAME for autodiscover in the Server 2012 DNS but this didn't help. Any ideas? Many thanks :)
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Cannot integrate Server Essentials 2012R2 with Office 365
Hi,
I am having issues integrating Server Essentials 2012R2 with Office 365. The wizard shows as configuring but errors asking to reboot or try again.
A Warner
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Server backup wizard disables the drive letter for external backup drive.
Running Server 2012 Essentials R2. current on updates.
Using a 3TB Western Digital USB3 external drive for the backup.
I have assigned the drive letter to the external WD drive to drive B:
I used the server move folder wizard to move the client computer backups folder to the B: drive. At this point all the client PC’s on the network are able to do backups without errors. At this point I can browse the backup (B: ) drive from the server or the clients if I need to.
The problem happens after I configure the server backup
If I run the “customize backup for the server” and select the external drive it removes the drive letter. The server will successfully back up to the external but the Dashboard will have errors about the missing “client computers backup folder” that was on drive B: but no longer found.
I can get around the problem, if I go into Disk manager and re-assign the drive letter back to the external. The client computers will resume backing up the external and the server will backup to the external drive. If I reconfigure the backup on the server it will again disable the drive letter and cause problem until I go back in and assign the drive letter.
Out of the 4 R2 essentials servers I have setup I am only having the issue on one.
Why does the server backup wizard disable Drive letters?
How can I prevent the backup wizard from disabling the drive letter?
I want the client and the server to store backups on the external.
Staple Bench Computers
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Can Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials be set up with a home network as opposed to a specific domain?
I am basically a beginner with servers and I was looking to replace my old Windows Home Server 2011 and would like to use Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials with my home network as opposed to using the domain controller. Can this be done? Also, I
heard that I could join the server with my Windows Live Account as opposed to joining a domain. Would this be possible? I have three Windows 8.1 Pro computers in my home network and would like to keep their current configuration and settings on my home network.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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Expanding VHDX file in 2012 Essentials (non R2)
I have a 2012 Essentials server (not added role but the SKU) with a dynamic VHDX on a drive that I use for backups. I want to expand the VHDX file so I can store more backups on it.
I'm used to using the Edit Disk wizard in Hyper-V to do this but Essentials doesn't have Hyper-V role and can't be added. I can't use the powershell cmdlet because that is only in R2. I've tried Diskpart but I get the message "not enough usable space for this operation" which I suspect is because with Diskpart you have choose the volume/partition on the disk and of course the volume occupies the entire VHDX file.
So how do I expand this VHDX file on 2012 Essentials? PS and Diskpart are out and I haven't found any GUI tool that will let me work on VHDX files, only VHD.
Jonathan
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WSSMSS error 1068
I don't know whether this is coincidental or not, but since the last round of patches (4/14/2015), this service fails to start. When I try to start it manually, I get error 1068 "The dependency service or group failed to start." I've checked
both RPC service and DCOM launcher service, and they seem to be running normally. For the time being, I've disabled WSSMSS (media streaming is not used here), but what is the problem?
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How do I deactivate a license key for server 2012 r2 essentials
I bought a retail version of server 2012 r2 essentials to upgrade my 2003. I found my software is not compatible with "essentials" and it
is compatible with "Standard". Now I am buying a retail standard edition. My buddy is interested in the "essentials" for his server.
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Anywhere Access not working after Removal Direct Access (Server Essentials 2012 R2)
Hi
Ive been running anywhere access at the company I work for, its been working well for almost a year.
I removed direct access and Remote access via the "Roles and Features" menu in server manager, ever since then its not been working and when I try to Config/repair I get a message saying that "Anywhere Access to your server is blocked"
Ive Upgraded the Router firmware and set up manual port forwarding to make sure it wasn't an issue with uPNP
Is there anything I need to check that I may have removed when I removed direct access? Or anything I need to change?
Im sure I've done something silly.....
Thanks :)
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Office 365 integration fails with "An Unknown Error Occured"
I'm working with a brand new fully updated Server 2012 R2 Essentials server and a new Office 365 account. The O365 account is setup at a very basic level - I have the administrator account and everything else has not yet been configured.
As Server Essentials has integration with O365, I ran the tool to complete that integration. It fails with a SUPER helpful "An unknown error has occurred" message with no other indication of what the problem may be, and no troubleshooting hints other than a reboot of the server (which did not help.) The event log shows nothing. Perhaps this tool creates a log file - somewhere - that may be helpful. Any ideas?
The TechNet article covering this process assumes that the connection wizard will work perfectly, and doesn't state if there are any other setup requirements for the O365 account. It also does not mention any troubleshooting steps. A funny thing is that the article shows my exact error as part of "UN-installing" rather than "Installing."
With so little to go on, I don't even know where to begin to troubleshoot this system. The Office 365 support team was completely unhelpful, and gave me the phone number for "Xbox support."
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get started with essentials 2012r2 installation and configuration!
hi,
I have just installed essentails server 2012r2 to study purpose.
I enabled every role just to test . now I get an error that certification authority is installed on this server and I can't go on with configuration. I went to server manager and tried to remove certification authority roleby add server role and features wizard , but it is not removing it. I don't know how to solve this problem?
thanks
hovhannes
h.david
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