Reset DNS Server to DHCP from the Command Line
If a user can’t access the internet because their DNS is static, you can’t connect remotely but you may be able to walk threm through entering a couple of commands …
Unbox a ROK
Windows Server 2022 Essentials is sold only as a Reseller Option Kit (ROK). While I understand that this is a kind of vendor-specific OEM product, I wasn’t sure what to …
Server Essentials 2022 Not Available as Volume License
In a development that still has me scratching my head, I learned today that the current version of Windows Server Essentials 2022 is not available from the Volume License Service …
Can’t Connect to Essentials 2016 from New Windows 10 Machine
I purchased a new Windows 10 21H2 computer for a client and upgraded it from Pro to Enterprise. After connecting it to the customer’s network and downloading the Essentials connector …
Secure AD CD on Essentials 2016
This month, Microsoft is re-fixing an NTLM Relay Attack vulnerability and recommending additional mitigations on some servers. I checked how Server 2016 with Essentials is affected.
Debugging remotewebaccess.com
Microsoft’s remotewebaccess.com service has been a cornerstone of Windows Server Essentials going back at least to 2012 R2. It’s a free dynamic DNS service hosted by Microsoft that facilitates finding …
Windows Essentials Client Restore Errors 10060, 0x8007003B
In testing an Essentials Client Restore under Hyper-V, the restore kept failing. It would show the server name, prompt for the username and password, but then it would fail with …
Errors after Server Essentials Local Certificate Renewal
Last week, I got an email from my monitoring system that a certificate on a Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine was about to expire. I tracked it down to the …
Hardening LDAP in Server 2016 Essentials
If you run a fully patched Windows Server Essentials 2016, you’ve probably been seeing this event in your daily Health Report since around March 2020:
Essentials Server Folders Missing
Windows Server Essentials 2016 sometimes reports that most or all server folders have gone missing, even though they haven’t and all shares are accessible.