Microsoft Kills Key Support Resource Eight Years Early
According to the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy, Server 2016 Essentials should have support through January 12, 2027:
According to the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy, Server 2016 Essentials should have support through January 12, 2027:
I wrote in November 2017 about Windows Server Essentials certificates getting renewed every two days. That problem suddenly stopped. The only change I had made was replacing a router. Now, …
You may have heard that Microsoft has removed the Essentials role from Server 2019 Standard/Datacenter but is still offering a Server 2019 Essentials SKU. But did you know that the …
I blogged in October 2016 and February 2018 about incompatibilities between the Essentials 2012 R2 dashboard and .NET 4.6 and 4.7. I’ve now confirmed that under Server 2016 Standard with …
On an Essentials 2012 R2 machine, I have a dashboard alert that I need to ignore. But when I try to ignore the alert, the green bar just runs from …
On my new-ish Server 2016 with the Essentials role, I set up the Anywhere Access VPN with a static address pool (described here). When I connected via VPN from a …
I installed Server 2016 Standard with the Essentials role about three months ago. I set up mydomain.remotewebaccess.com in the Anywhere Access Wizard. It automatically revoked a certificate with the same …
I blogged in 2014 about setting up client restore service on Server 2012 R2 Essentials. I wanted to do the same thing for Server 2016 with the Essentials role. I …
I’m in the process of migrating from Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials to Windows Server 2016 Standard with the Essentials role. It is astonishing and somewhat concerning how poorly documented …
Almost a year ago, I wrote about how the Windows 10 Update Breaks 2012 R2 Essentials Connector. I thought that was fixed if you install KB3172614 on your server as …