Help! Office 365 and Windows Server 2012 R2 (Essentials) no longer communicating

Hi - I have had this problem beginning November. From what I can tell, it started after I applied a Windows Update patch of the latest Microsoft Online Services Sign-in Assistant. Now when I go in to the Windows Essential Dashboard, where I have
my domain linked with Office 365 for business, the "Microsoft Online Account" area shows as "unknown". I have tried removing and re-adding the assistant but to no avail. I have read some clue that the version should be 7.250.4259.0
but I am unable to find the download locally or online.
Additionally, the area of Office 365 does not show my Org, Domain, Subscription or exchange online information. However, when I click "Link a Domain" it is recognizing that I have already done so. Again, everything worked great until
this blasted update.
We are a school and I need to be very careful not to break/disconnect the Drive Shares of the "Cloud" component as that's how students access their files.
I did see this link from NEO YU but am a bit nervous as my knowledge of AZURE is near null.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj151815.aspx#bkmk_installmodule
Please help get me reconnected and thanks to all for ALL you do!

you may need follow that documation...start a PowerShell as administrator and type the cmdlet
Import-Module MsOnline. After successfully importing the module, continue with
Connect-MsolService. You will be asked for credentials. Type a global administrator of Office 365.
this...
https://mshiyas.wordpress.com/howto-adfs-adfs-proxy-on-windows-server-2012-r2-with-office-365/
Best,
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Hi,
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See here for confirmation:
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Hi guys, thanks for your time!
SCENARIO:
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WORKAROUND:
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CONFIGURATION:
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- No faulty network hardware: switch, cabling, NICs.
- Computers and Server hardware is new.
- UPS are used everywhere.
SOME LINKS:
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- Initializing the
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Oplocks
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offline files
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Thanks for your reply.
Software is from a 3rd party provider. It currently supports concurrency. It was deployed on Windows XP. SQL Server would be a nice upgrade, however that is
not an option.
Something has changed with newer versions of Windows. That is what I am going to study in a lab I prepared with a real server and some clients.
File-sharing databases (Microsoft JET databases) are very old technology even before I was a college student. However, I have been very busy researching this technology.
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Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 use different versions of this protocol. I think that is the root of the problem. With old technology, application was running fine.
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4) @Server: disable the leasing on the file server.
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- https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365433(v=vs.85).aspx
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- http://tipsntricks.sherr.co.uk/stop-smb-corrupting-files/
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- https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/7336d31b-6c24-468a-9c47-750244ae3a8c/moved-to-server-2012-getting-access-database-corruption
- https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e9567167-22db-4b8c-9f96-a08b97d507f9/server-2012-r2-file-server-stops-responding-to-smb-connections
- http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2957623
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- http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2955164
- https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/7bd0aa5b-eb95-40a8-a56d-c6013273665c/extremely-slow-smb-network-speed-server-2012-r2?forum=winserver8gen

[Forum FAQ] Introduce Backup in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials provides reliable ways to perform regular backups of your server and backups of your network computers.
1. Server Backup
Description:
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Operations:
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Start a backup for the server. (Figure 1)
Figure 1
More information:
Manage server backup in Windows Server Essentials
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3. Microsoft Azure Backup
Descriptions:
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Operations:
1) Open Dashboard and follow the path: HOME-> Get Started-> ADD-INS-> Integrate with Windows Azure Backup. Then as Figure 3 shows, you need to “Click to sign up for Windows Azure Backup” and “Click to download Windows Azure
Backup integration module”.
Figure 3
Please note: when you click to download, you may encounter the issue as Figure 4 shows. If so, please follow the path:
Tools-> Internet Options-> Security->
Trusted sites-> Add this website to the zone and add
http://downlaod.microsoft.com,
https://activedirectory.windowsazure.com in Trusted sites in IE. (Please uncheck
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Figure 4
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InstallAddin log file if you can find some clues.)
3) During your installation, KB 2873390 may be required. Please download the update package and run it. Then Windows Azure Backup Agent Upgrade Wizard appeared. Please follow it and complete as Figure 5
and Figure 6 show.
Figure 5
Figure 6
4) Then please re-open Dashboard, you will find ONLINE BACKUP option. (Figure 7) There will be three steps that you need to do: (i)
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(iii) Configure backup settings.
Figure 7
(i). Upload a certificate. (In this example, we use the second option: Upload certificate to Windows Azure Backup vault)
Please logon Windows Azure, select RECOVERY SERVICES and click
NEW. Follow the path: RECOVERY SERVICES-> BACKUP VAULT->
QUICK CREATE. Please type NAME and select
REGION, then click CREATE VAULT. When create completes, please click the name of this new recovery service that you create. As Figure 8 shows. Then select Manage Certificate to add or update the certificate file (.cer) that contains
a public key for the vault. The certificate is used to register servers with the vault.
Figure 8
(ii). Register your server
On Dashboard, navigate to Online Backup and click Register. (Figure 9)
Figure 9
Then it will check the certificate. And then you need to set a passphrase to secure your data. (Figure 10)
Figure 10
When you set passphrase complete, please click Next to continue. When register successfully. You will see Figure 11.
Figure 11
(iii). Configure backup settings
When register completes, please click Configure Online Backup. Then you can follow the Configure Online Backup wizard to configure online backup (add folders), specify the backup schedule, specify the backup retention policy and choose bandwidth usage. The
all process will be shown in Figure 12-16.
Figure 12
Figure 13
Figure 14
Figure 15
Figure 16
After all configurations complete, you will be able to see that the server integrates with Windows Azure Backup. (Figure 17)
Figure 17
On the Dashboard in server essentials, you will be able to start backup online. (Figure 18)
Figure 18
After backup online, you will see the protected data as Figure 19 and Figure 20 show in Dashboard and Windows Azure.
Figure 19
Figure 20
More information:
Manage Online Backup in Windows Server Essentials

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials will only recognize 1 USB drive at a time in primordial pool

I have a new install of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials. I added 2 identical 2TB Seagate Expansion USB drives. Initially they had a volume on them, so I deleted the volume in order for them to be added to the primordial pool and storage spaces,
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I've installed and evaluated Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials English.
This server edition works like a charm for my smaller projects.
I've been testing this version and I'm at 'Windows License valid for 159 days'.
Now I would like te use this setup for one of my projects, so I would like to transform this evaluation version to a full version.
I bought a full license of Windows Server 2012 R2 ESSENTIALS 1-2 CPU Dutch.
What is the best way to transform my current setup (Evalution - English) completely to a full license Dutch?
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I think you would have to do a migration.
You should add another Domain Controller, transfer FSMO roles.
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Can a 180 trial license of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials be converted to full use license without uninstalling

Hi,
Is it possible to convert a 180 day trial version Windows Server 2012
R2 Essentials to a full retail license? Or do I have reinstall it again?
I found this information: http://technet.microsoft.com/library/jj574204
But it doesn't say anything about Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials.

Is this also true of the WSE 2012 R2 is a domain controller? The TechNet article was pretty clear that if the server is a domain controller, then you cannot convert from trial to retail (though if I read the TechNet article literally, then it looks
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