Windows Server 2012 Essentials, An Error prevented the Dashboard from opening

April 29, 2013 37 Comments

Windows Server 2012 Essentials LogoThis is an issue that has caught me out once or twice in my testing and general messing about with Essentials over the last age, and also someone in the forum just posted a question along these lines so i thought it worth a post. I have been struggling with a bit of ‘writers block’* recently and this seemed to be something easy to get back into blogging again with.

* I do not consider myself to be a writer, merely a lazy admin who had nothing interesting to say.

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Quick Fix: Transmogged Essentials 2012 no UR1?

March 5, 2013 Leave a comment

Did you Transmog your Essentials 2012 Server to remove the 25 User Limit?

Following the release recently of UR1 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials, we have learned that it is not being automatically offered to you, if your server has been transmogged.

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Manually creating a Certificate Request Windows Server 2012 Essentials (Essentials R2 & SBS 2011)

February 6, 2013 11 Comments

padlockFollowing on from my recent post about SSL issues, another topic of conversation is the actual SSL installation process for the RWA.

Again i have blogged on that before, and the new Essentials 2012 wizard makes the process a lot lot easier. However if you get stuck with generating a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) then you can always use IIS to do this for you.

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Quick Fix: Reset Windows Firewall SBS & Windows Server Essentials

February 5, 2013 11 Comments

windows firewallWhilst troubleshooting a problem on a server, have you ever reset Windows Firewall back to Defaults?

It would seem like a logical step in some cases, however it could have unexpected consequences. Read more of this post

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SBS, Essentials, RWA and SSL

February 1, 2013 9 Comments

padlockI have blogged before about setting up the RWA on Essentials, we all remember that mammoth post right?

The countless hours we wasted trying to make the wizard work, troubleshooting certificates with GoDaddy, Enom, Microsoft and that’s before you worry about where your domain name is hosted. Thankfully, or should it be, mercifully, in Essentials 2012 the whole wizard process is a lot cleaner and dare i say more intuitive.

That is, however, unless you lack an understanding of what this stuff actually does and how it works.

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What am i reading? Introduction to Windows Server 2012

January 14, 2013 1 Comment

675353.inddI got notification (like many im sure) that my Windows 2003 certifications will be phased out this year. Having skipped the 2008 track until now, i decided to get off my ass and do some studying. I haven’t done an exam since the Windows 7 beta’s in 2009, so im looking forward to hitting the books again.

Im planning to take 70-410 –  Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 first, and then move on through the new MCSA/E track. Read more of this post

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Windows Server 2012 Essentials: Transmog to DataCenter?

January 14, 2013 Leave a comment

Logo1A question popped up on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials forum about Transmog scenarios, and whether a Transmog to 2012 Data Center edition would work. I suggested that i saw no reason why that wouldn’t work. I was wrong.

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