25Aug2016
22Aug2016
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...
18Aug2016
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...
15Aug2016
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...
21Jul2016
New Options for High Availability using Hyper-V with Storage Spaces Direct (S2D)
Windows Server 2016 introduces a new feature called Storage Spaces Direct. Expanding on their existing software-defined storage technology, Microsoft now allows us to pool internal disks across multiple servers--meaning that you do not need to use a separate enclosure and extra cabling to enable a shared storage solution. Shared storage is required for...
18Jul2016
Windows Server 2016 Essentials Experience: Bug with alias addresses
You may or may not be aware that certain mailbox properties are exposed and configurable from the Windows Server Essentials Dashboard. Â For example, you can quickly add or edit alias SMTP addresses. If you didn't know it before, now you do! From the Users tab, select a user, View the account...
14Jul2016
Remove SBS 2008 or SBS 2011 Source Server from the domain
Sorry Old Yeller--I know you were a faithful companion for many years--but it's time to put you down, buddy. I usually wait until the end of the migration project for this. There is no harm leaving the old server as-is for the duration of the project while you finish migrating file shares, DHCP, Remote Access...
11Jul2016
Migrating SBS Remote Web Access to Essentials Anywhere Access
In Windows Small Business Server environments, one of the more popular features to implement was the Remote Web Workplace (or Remote Web Access in 2011). The idea was to grant secure, web-based remote access to corporate resources (such as Remote Desktop or web-enabled access to Server Folders). In Windows Server 2012...
07Jul2016
Migrate Printer Shares from SBS to Windows Server 2016
If you have printer shares on the source server, you will want to export them, then import and publish them on the new server. Whether you are coming from Windows SBS 2008, 2011 or Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2, the following steps will work for you.Step 1: Add the Print Server...
04Jul2016