WS2012 Full System Restore Wizard does not recognize my M.2 NVME SSD
I am trying too replace my existing SATA drives with a NVME M.2 SSD drive.I disconnected the SATA drives, installed the NVME and now I am trying to do a full restore of a Win10 client machine from my...
View ArticleAnywhere Access Configuration
Hi. I've been using Anywhere Access on WSE 2016 for a few years. After re-installing the OS and attempting to configure Anywhere Access through the wizard, I receive a message when trying to log in...
View ArticleErrors with GPO startup script to set DNS servers on client computers
I am using a GPO startup script to set DNS servers for all my domain member client computers because they use use static IPs instead of DHCP. Recently, I've been purchasing client computers with SSDs....
View ArticleNo Devices availalbe when using Remote Access
We are using Server Essentials 2012 R2 and have been using Remote Desktop for years last week No Devices showed up while trying to do remote. When I go onto the server it shows that no computers under...
View ArticleHow to set up remote web services without domain name...
I need to stand up a Sharepoint service using a NON-INTERNET connected WS 2012 R2 server configuration and am having difficulty in setting up the Remote Web services as it REQUIRES you to have an...
View ArticleSudden Connection Failure to Remote Web Access
I have a question regarding the Anywhere Access/Remote Web Access function in Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2. We have a small law firm client that has used RWA/AA for many years successfully. The...
View ArticleMigration from Server 2012 Essentials to 2019 Standard
Hello,I am trying to migrate from an old server which has Windows Server 2012 Essentials installed to a new server which has Windows Server 2019 Standard. I have been using the Storage Migration...
View ArticleWrong time with windows server 2012
Win server 2012's clock is always incorrect. Have changed internet time servers - no help. Have disabled sync with internet time - no help. Have verified correct time in Bios. Have disabled the time...
View Article[Announcement] “Windows Server 2012 Essentials” Forum will be migrating to a...
This “Windows Server 2012 Essentials” Forum will be migrating to a new home on Microsoft Q&A! We’ve listened to your feedback on how we can enhance the forum experience. Microsoft Q&A allows us...
View ArticleTrace route timeout every step except last one
Hallo, I have a windows 2012 essentials that is my dc controller with dhcp, dns and so on and it has something wired with the network. If I try a trace route on every ip it returns just timeouts on...
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Duplicate computer showing on remote web access homepage.
Hello - i'm having a strange issue. On my remote webaccess home page i'm seeing a duplicate computer. i only have one computer named oneway. A 2nd computer is missing from this list. Everything on...
View ArticleServer 2012 DNS / Internet issues
I upgraded to Server 2019 (fresh install) but wasn't please with the Network Policy Server issue. So I decided to revert back to Server 2012 also as a fresh Re-install as I replaced the physical server...
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client backups stopped after last update
Belt and Suspenders: Yes, everything is backed up to the cloud, but still like the security/convenience of the local server. That said, perhaps coincidentally, client backups stopped after I rebooted...
View ArticleUpgrade / Migrate 2012 Essentials to 2019 Essentials on same hardware?
I have a customer with a reasonable spec of server for their limited requirements, which is File Server and AD server, synced to AAD.(Single quad-core Xeon, 16GB RAM. plenty of free hard drive space)I...
View ArticleDomain Remotewebaccess.com
As of today three severs using name.remotewebaccess.com for remote access have stopped working. Anybody else having this issue?KentBA
View ArticleDomain Remotewebaccess.com
Is there any info on when the name.remotewebaccess.comwill be fixed?
View ArticleCannot Delete or Ignore Alerts within Dashboard
Newly Installed Windows Server 2012R2 Essentials on HP MicroServer-Gen8 exhibits the following behaviour: Whenever an alert is popping up on the Dashboard i cannot Ignore it or Deleted it. An example...
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Anyhwere Access: An error occurred while setting up your domain name
Migrating a SBS 2008 server to Windows Server 2012 Essentials. When attempting to configure Anywhere Access the following error is seen:
View ArticleServer Essentials 2012 Connector Install Issue
Hi,As seems to happen with some Windows 10 feature updates, upgrading our clients to version 2004 has again broken the Server 2012 Connector. So we're having to uninstall and re-install the connector...
View ArticleSetup of Essentials Role Fails on 67%
Hi, the Essentials Role Configuration Fails on 67% on a freshly installed 2012 R2 Server.I read in some other sites, that I should take off the essentials role and reinstall, but I cannot uninstall.How...
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