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Install Windows Server Essentials with a Custom Domain Suffix

June 27, 2015 by Robert Pearman 2 Comments

After a brief argument with Susan Bradley, and i use the term brief and argument loosely, Grey Lancaster and i were left with a problem…

So can someone blog that/post that on TechNet so that folks aren’t hacking up what they are doing now?

Grey, of course, deferred to me. So here i am Saturday night and I’m writing this. I don’t mind of course because i have nothing better to do, but i digress.

Yes, you can install Essentials 2012 R2 (and probably other versions) with any domain suffix, not just the “.local” that the Essentials Configuration Wizard (ECW) will default to..

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Filed under Essentials, General, PowerShell, Tips & Tricks, WSE Tagged with Domain Name, Essentials 2012 R2, Essentials Experience, Power Shell

You cannot restore files from Windows Server Essentials

June 10, 2015 by Robert Pearman 4 Comments

You may be aware that a recent update broke the restore wizard that is a key component of client PC backup in Windows Server Essentials.

A hotfix was released that fixed the issue for Windows 7, but Windows 8 was not included.

Yesterday Microsoft updated the Hotfix to now include a Windows 8 version. Great news if you are waiting on file recovery. Slightly disappointing it has taken quite so long, but who knows maybe it was harder to fix on Windows 8!

Filed under Backup, Essentials, WIN 8, WSE Tagged with Essentials 2012 R2, recovery, Windows 8

Enable UDP for RDP Gateway Essentials 2012 R2

February 3, 2015 by Robert Pearman 4 Comments

A question via twitter prompted me to remember that Essentials 2012 (and R2) supports the use of UDP transport, just like any other Remote Desktop Gateway.

One of the things i do on the systems i manage is install the tools for RDP Gateway as soon as i have finished with the OS install. Saves you having to go looking for it later, which you would do now as we are going to look at it.

It is easy to install the tools if you do not already have them, as i posted just the other day.

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Filed under General, Tips & Tricks, WSE Tagged with Essentials 2012 R2, Essentials Experience, RemoteFX, UDP

Remote Desktop Gateway SSL Error, or Network Access Protection LIES!!!

January 23, 2015 by Robert Pearman 3 Comments

Your computer can’t connect to the remote computer because your computer or device did not pass the Network Access Protection requirements set by your administrator.

Had an email from a friend today, who had an Essentials 2012 R2 Server with a problem when trying to use the Remote Desktop feature of RWA. They were presented with this warning message,

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Filed under Essentials, General, WSE Tagged with Essentials 2012 R2, Essentials Experience, Gateway, NPS, RDS, SSL

Quick Fix: Hide users from Essentials 2012 R2 Dashboard

September 18, 2014 by Robert Pearman 19 Comments

If you have installed Exchange 2013 into your Essentials network, chances are upon loading the dashboard you will see a large amount of new users appear, you may even notice an alert telling you, you have too many users!

These are all of the exchange service accounts, and you may decide you don’t want them to appear in your dashboard.

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Filed under Essentials, General, Quick Fix, Tips & Tricks, WSE Tagged with Dashboard, Essentials 2012 R2, PowerShell

Windows Server Essentials–Client Backup Monitoring

September 18, 2014 by Robert Pearman 4 Comments

Just a quick post to say i have posted a script that works with GFIs RMM platform to monitor Client Backups for Windows Server Essentials.

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Filed under Backup, Essentials, PowerShell, Tips & Tricks, WSE Tagged with Backup, Essentials, GFI, PowerShell

This task must be performed on the Domain Controller – Fixed

August 13, 2014 by Robert Pearman 2 Comments

For anyone who has deployed Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2, or more likely the 2012 R2 Essentials Experience Role, you may well have hit the issue where you were unable to run any of the integration wizards with online services such as Office 365 or Windows Azure.

When trying to run one of those Wizards from the Essentials Dashboard, you would have been given the helpful response “This task must be performed on the domain controller"

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