Update Essentials Connector before Upgrading Windows 10
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 …
Can’t Remove Essentials Computer
I was having trouble removing a computer from the Essentials 2012 R2 dashboard. Can’t recall the error but I do recall the entire dashboard crashing. I found this thread on …
Windows 10 Update Breaks 2012 R2 Essentials Connector
If you have a Windows 10 machine connected to an Essentials 2012 R2 server and you apply the Windows 10 November update (1511), all Essentials connections will be lost.
Essentials 2012 R2 Anywhere Access VPN Failure
I’ve set up Anywhere Access on my Essentials 2012 R2 server including the VPN option. However, when I try to connect, the connection fails and I get error 20253 on …
Can’t Email Essentials Health Report Since Daylight Savings Time
In the U.S., daylight savings time ended on November 2 at 2:00am. Which means that at 2:00am, it was suddenly 1:00am. At that moment, Essentials lost its ability to send …
Can’t Connect to Essentials 2012 R2 with RWA
I usually use straight RDP to connect to my Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials machine, but I wanted to try Remote Web Access. I had no problem logging in to …
Set Up Client Restore on Server 2012 R2 Essentials
A few months back, I migrated to Server 2012 R2 Essentials. I read how the client restore service works: just start the service on the server and boot the client …