The Essentials of Essentials JEREMY ANDERSON – SMALL BUSINESS SERVER MVP
Essentials 2012 Todays Session is a Three Parter :
Regular Old Utility type stuff.
Cool Fun Stuff
Need to Know = Killer Apps.
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Fun Stuff – Play With the Server
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What is Essentials
Separate “Product Edition”
25 Users / 50 Devices
Must Be Domain Controller
Transition From Essentials
Media Services Disabled
Enables De-Dupe
Allows you to run client backup still but exist as a full featured Server
Licensing
Essentials 2012 - > purchases as Essentials 2012. No CALS Required. Has NO virtualization rights.
Essentials 2012 -> Purchased as Essentials 2012 + 1 LOB server. Requires CALs now for any amount of users / devices.
Server 2012 – Purchased as server 2012 & downgraded to Essentials 2012 – requires CALS for any amount of users
Essentials 2012 – Purchased as server 2012 – Now w/ 27 users - > requires Server 2012 license and 27 CALS.
Anywhere Access
Anywhere Access is a two part feature out of the box that includes VPN and Remote Web Work Place.
Remote Web Workplace is awesome
Play Music and Movies in any Browser
Work With Files and Folders on the file share
Remotely Access your computer at work
RemoteWebAccess.com
A custom domain name for Remote Web Access (for example, yourhostname.remotewebaccess.com). Your domain name is associated with your public IP address.
A dynamic DNS service so that Remote Web Access using your domain name will not be interrupted if your public IP address changes. Typically, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for your organization’s broadband connections provide dynamic public IP addresses which can change.
A trusted certificate associated with the domain name.
Remote Desktop vs. Console
Server 2012 is “server manager based”
Media Streaming
Works with DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) technologies. You can “see” these DLNA-compatible media servers in Network Explorer, under the Media Devices group:
Stream Music and movies over the web.
Tips N Tricks Accessing the server
My Server App
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2013/01/29/my-server-windows-appfor-windows-server-2012-essentials.aspx
Available for Windows 8 / RT
Windows Phone App
Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 7.5
Any Web Browser.
Tips N Tricks Customizing the RWW Page
Links
Names
Photographs
Supported Client Operating Systems
Windows 8,
Windows 7,
Macintosh OS X version 10.5 to 10.8.
WSUS
Can Now Be installed on Essentials 2012
Was Previously blocked
Download and full details are available in Microsoft Knowledge Base article #2762663 .
Install The hotfix
Server Manager / add roles and features
Wizard to Install WSUS
Implement Group Policy
Group Policy For WSUS
DHCP and DNS
Designed for “Zero Configuration” DHCP on the Router
Can be set up on the Server if necessary
Installing DHCP on Server
Configure Static IP
Disable any other DHCP servers on network
Configure DHCP
Office 365 Integration
Synchronize passwords for network user accounts and Office 365 accounts. This allows network users to sign in to Office 365 using their Windows password.
Link to Office 365 a professional Internet domain that you have set up on Windows Server 2012 Essentials.
Users And Computers in Console
To add a user in the console use PowerShell.
To Add a computer install the LaunchPad
Client Backups and Bare Metal Restore
A hotfix is available to add backup support for UEFI-based computers to back up to servers that are running Windows Home Server 2011: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2781272
A hotfix is available to add backup support for UEFI-based computers to back up to servers that are running Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2781274
A hotfix is available to add backup support for UEFI-based computers to back up to servers that are running Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2781270
Bare Metal Restore
Create USB Key or DVD
Direct Access
No more VPN
Direct Access
The certification authority (CA) root certificate is incompatible with DirectAccess. Therefore, after you deploy DirectAccess on a server, a Windows 7-based client cannot establish a DirectAccess connection to the server. Note This fix takes effect only if Update Rollup 1 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials is applied before DirectAccess is deployed on the server
Installing Updates !
Windows Server 2012 Essentials Update Roll Up #1
You are not automatically offered Update Rollup 1 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials from Windows Update if you follow the steps that are provided in the following Microsoft TechNet topic:Transition from Windows Server 2012 Essentials to Windows Server 2012 Standard
