A preview version of Windows Server 2012 R2 is now out, complete with a nag feature aimed at administrators. The new preview pushes related Microsoft services at SMBs via a dashboard that will “remind ...

Microsoft on Wednesday announced plans to release a Windows Server 2019 Essentials edition for small businesses sometime later this year, but it might the last Essentials edition it'll ship. "There is ...

The small business Windows server suite from Microsoft. Designed to integrate with Office 365 and Internet backup such as Windows Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials supports up to 25 users and ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Today, Microsoft announced the "general availability" (GA) of Windows Server 2016 Essentials. It's the server edition that's aimed at small businesses, with support for 25 users and 50 devices maximum ...

A forthcoming -- and possibly final -- version of Windows Server Essentials is on tap from Microsoft later this year aimed at small businesses. "There is a strong possibility that this could be the ...

Microsoft has announced that the Windows Server 2019 Essentials SKU from the Server family will be the last such edition to cater to small businesses of 25 users and under, or 50 devices. The company ...

Office 365 is a great tool for small businesses, but many still need local servers and joint cloud/on-premises administration With its pulling of the plug on Small Business Server (SBS) in 2011, ...

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I don't really see a reason to use Windows Server for anything. You can do Active Directory for Windows clients using Samba on a RHEL based Linux distro. I might be wrong, but I think you can even do ...

I have a home windows server I setup ages ago. Installed windows server 2012 r2 essentials (got the license through school) and it's been my NAS/workhorse for 10+ years now... It runs my stablebit ...

Some users may notice an error where the Windows Server Essentials Email Server service stops and refuses to start because of the .NET Framework. The Windows Server ...