Tag - Essentials Experience

More Azure Site Recovery bugs in Windows Server Essentials?

Previously, I wrote about the Azure Site Recovery plugin for Windows Server Essentials Dashboard. One might say that it hasn't been the best product so far, in that getting it to work without hiccups is apparently luck of the draw.  Microsoft Support hasn't been able to reproduce the issues that...
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How to migrate from Office 365 Essentials Dashboard Integration to Azure AD Connect

As we've previously discussed on this blog, Windows Server Essentials comes with the ability to integrate with Azure AD & Office 365, using the Essentials Dashboard plugin. It is important to know that this technology is very different from the more widely adopted Azure AD Connect.  While there is nothing...
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2016 Essentials Integration: Azure Virtual Network, part 2

In the previous post, we enabled the Windows Server Essentials integration with Azure Virtual Network, and configured a virtual network in the cloud with a Site-to-site VPN right from our Dashboard. While we wait for the connection to become active, we can deploy a virtual machine into that network. Step 5:...
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2016 Essentials Integration: Azure Virtual Network, part 1

This is one of the new features I am most excited about in Windows Server 2016 Essentials Experience.  Today we are going to setup a connection to an Azure Virtual Network. With this technology, we have the ability to extend our on-premises server and domain infrastructure into the Microsoft Azure cloud, and run...
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2016 Essentials Integration: Azure Backup

Customers of the late SBS line of products will be familiar with the Essentials Experience backup options for client PC's, and Windows Server Backup to external hard drive, but these days we have a new option with Microsoft Cloud Services integration: reliable offsite backups to the Azure cloud. From the Home screen of the Dashboard,...
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2016 Essentials Integration: Microsoft Intune

Today we're going to enable the Microsoft Intune integration service from the Essentials Dashboard and discuss what it means a little bit. Intune is another cloud offering by Microsoft. It's purpose is to enable more robust Mobile Device Management. You can obtain an Intune subscription separately, which is what this process is basically leading...
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2016 Essentials Integration: Manage SharePoint Libraries

Once you have Office 365 Integration working with Windows Server Essentials 2016, you can also manage SharePoint libraries from the Dashboard. The process is very similar to adding and managing local Server Folders. To get started, go to Storage and then SharePoint Libraries. Select Add a library from the right. Next, give your...
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2016 Essentials Integration: Manage Exchange Active Sync Policies

Assuming you have already setup integration to Azure AD and Office 365, you should be able to start applying Exchange Active Sync policies to your mobile devices. Now, the way to add a mobile device into your Dashboard is really quite simple. Just add an Office 365 email account to...
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2016 Essentials Integration: Azure AD & Office 365

This post is part of a series on the Microsoft Cloud Services integrations that are included with Windows Server 2016 Essentials Experience. To begin we will connect our local on-premises Windows Essentials Experience Server to the Microsoft cloud by enabling the Azure Active Directory and Office 365 integrations. Please note that this is very different from using Azure...
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Find out why Windows Server 2016 Essentials Experience still matters

Upcoming Windows Server Essentials Experience Series For many months now, I have been playing around with the Windows Server 2016 Technical Previews, especially the Essentials Experience role. You might ask: Why? Does the Windows Server Essentials product matter anymore, now that we have Office 365 and have moved well past the days of Small Business Server? It...
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