Server 2012 Essentials Connector Software fails to properly configure a Win8.1 Pro for domain connection

I'm having problems getting the connector setup software to properly install and configure a machine for connecting to a domain running on a Windows Server 2012 r2 Essentials machine. The machine is a Windows 8.1 Pro laptop. I've successfully setup two other
machines that connect to the domain.
The software runs and prompts for admin user name and password. It then asks about server backup and then completes the setup (successfully according to the setup). The whole process takes less than two minutes and never reboots the machine. The next time
I login into the machine, I'm prompted for my hotmail password (not Ctrl-Alt-Del and domain login). I can access the server and all of the files, but the launchpad and dashboard are not installed. I've searched the Internet for a solution and found nothing.
I downloaded the connector install files from the Microsoft Download Center, but that ran as an update in less than a minute and did nothing.
Anyone run into this? Anyone know of a solution? Help would be much appreciated!

Can you share the log files from the client?
Should be under: c:\programdata\microsoft\windows server\logs
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials Connector version is more current than server

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Hi C.R.Lowe,
Based on your description, I’m a little confused with this issue. Before going further, would you please let
me confirm something more? Thanks for your understanding.
When connect the client to Windows Server 2012 Essentials, did you mean that use
http://<servername>/Connect
and then select Download software for Windows option? More descriptions, please refer to the following article.
To connect a client computer to the
server
If I misunderstand, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
On current situation, please navigate to the registry path as the error message shows. And check
Version value and let me know. Meanwhile, please right click
Windows Server folder in Registry Editor and select “Permissions…”, then check if the account was assigned the correct permission to delete key.
In addition, please check if you have installed the
Update Rollup 1 for Windows Server 2012 Essentials
By the way, please check Event Viewer and some related logs if can find some more clues. If any update, please
feel free to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
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500 Internal Server Error - WS 2012 Essentials connector software

I get this error on the client computers after entering http://<servername>/connect into client computer browser.

Hi,
Have you tried to visit the URL you mentioned on the server side?
Also I suggest that you should try IP address instead of server name to verify the webpage you have received.
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials (not R2) - all client computers offline

The server is Windows Server 2012 Essentials (not R2). I have had this problem ever since I first installed the Windows Server 2012 Essentials server in the summer of 2013 (before R2 was released). The Windows Server 2012 Essentials server shows offline
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One of the most troublesome things about this problem is that it prevents the client computers from being accessed remotely using the website setup by Anywhere Access. I can login to get remote access to the shared files on the server, but
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HELP!

Hi,
Just addition, please check if all necessary Windows updates are installed on those
“Offline” client computer.
When connect client computers to the Windows Server 2012 Essentials server by using the Connector software, there
will be LAUNCHPAD on the client computer. Was this LAUNCHPAD grayed out? Please check if can access Shared Folders via this LAUNCHPAD. Meanwhile, please ping the Windows Server 2012 Essentials via IP address and server name when client computers show as
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In addition, please follow the path on Server and client computer:
%programdata%\Microsoft\Windows Server\Logs. Did you check any relevant Server-side logs and
Client-side Logs if find more clues?
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Server Essentials 2012/2012 R2 Log Files
If any update, please feel free to let us know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials not listed in EasyStartup 3.8.1d for TS140

Recently purchased a TS140 (70A4 001RUS). Came factory installed RAID 1 with Windows Server 2012 Essentials pre-installed. Needed to reinstall, however:
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I tried to correct by installing R2 from its DVD, hoping it would do an upgrade. That didn't work.
Is there a simple way to make it possible to install the correct OS?   For example, can I just demote the existing server and remove any roles that were installed, so that the R2 disk will install over top of the existing installation?
Alternatively, is it safe to just reformat the partition and install R2?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn408635.aspx seems to imply that this is OK.
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Hi Larry.   Thanks for the reply. It didn't work, but I don't believe you are wrong. Rather I think there is something weird in my system. I'm marking your reply as answer.
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backup again.
I get the following error in the Application Event viewer:
The backup operation that started at '‎2014‎-‎01‎-‎16T05:00:12.595237100Z' has failed with following error code '0x80070020' (The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process.). Please review the event details for a
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- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Backup" Guid="{1DB28F2E-8F80-4027-8C5A-A11F7F10F62D}" />
<EventID>517</EventID>
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<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-01-16T05:05:12.199871300Z" />
<EventRecordID>141805</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="7204" ThreadID="12092" />
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<Computer>ServerName.Domain.local</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
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<Data Name="ErrorCode">0x80070020</Data>
<Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2147942432</Data>
</EventData>
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Best Regards,
Abby_Doc

Hi Abby_Doc,
Regarding to this issue, generally some application is causing sharing violation on files. Then backup fails to access those files. Such as some
Antivirus program and so on. Please temporarily disable antivirus program and monitor if this issue still persists.
Meanwhile, you can perform a clean boot in Windows to eliminate software conflicts that occur when you backup.
How to perform a clean boot in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135/en-us
In addition, the Process Monitor will help us to find out which file was actually locked. You can download from following link.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

DirectAccess on Server 2012 Essentials R2 Breaks Client Connectivity

I recently completed a Windows Server 2012 Essentials > R2 migration. All is well, clients all working and backing up etc.
I decided to follow the instructions at
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If I disable the DirectAccess Server GPO and do a gpupdate /force on the server, the clients connect again and backups work. I've reviewed the contents of the Server GPO and the only settings which it applies are Windows Firewall settings which I cannot
see would cause any conflict with client connectivity but clearly there is some.
Clients are running Windows 8.1 Pro at the moment as I haven't looked into the Enterprise client requirements just yet so the Client GPO is not the issue as the WMI filter on the Client GPO is blocking my current clients from applying it, it's definatly
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This was caused in the past by not excluding port 6602 from NetNatTranisition, in the original instructions it was excluded by having two ranges 6601-6601 6603-10000 (i think)
they then updated that doc to start at 10,000
So i would first check that you didnt have a typo in that command and mistakenly set it from 1000.
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[Forum FAQ] Introduce the Windows Essentials Connector software and checklist for its configuration issues

Introduction
The Connector software for the Windows Server Essentials OS connects the computers in your network to the Windows Server Essentials server. When you connect computers to the server via Connector
software, it will help you to automatically back up the computers and monitor their health. Meanwhile, you will be able to configure and remotely administer the Windows Server Essentials server. The Connector software is installed when you connect a client
computer to the server. You can start by typing http://<your_server_name>/connect
Example: Windows 8.1 connects to Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
1. Open the Dashboard on Windows Server 2012 Essentials, navigate to USERS tab. Right click and select Add a user account (Figure 1). Then follow the Add a User Account wizard to configure
and add the user account (Figure 2).
Figure 1: Add a user account -1
Figure 2: Add a user account -2
2. Logon the client computer, type the http://<your_server_name>/connect in IE. Then you will see the download page for Connector software (Figure 3).
Figure 3：Download the
Connector software
3. Click Download software for Windows and download the Connect software (ComputerConnector), then run it.
After restart automatically, please follow the Windows Server Essentials Connector Configuration Wizard (Figure 4 – Figure 7).
Figure 4: Windows Server Essentials Connector Configuration Wizard -1
Figure 5: Windows Server Essentials Connector Configuration Wizard -2
Figure 6: Windows Server Essentials Connector Configuration Wizard -3
Figure 7: Windows Server Essentials Connector Configuration Wizard -4
4. When complete the configuration wizard and logon the client computer, you will be able to use the Launchpad (Figure 8).
Figure 8: Launchpad
5. Meanwhile, when you open Dashboard, will be able to find that the Windows 8.1 is listed under DEVICES. It will help administrators to manage the client computer (Figure 9).
Figure 9: Clients listed in the Devices panel
For Windows XP
You can type http://<your_server_name>/connect in IE. Then the download page will appear (Figure 10).
Figure 10: Download page
However, it will encounter the error: “xxx.exe is not a valid Win32 application” (Figure 11).
Figure 11: Error message on Windows XP
Windows XP is not a supported OS for client computer. For more details, please refer to
Get Connected in Windows Server Essentials.
In addition, please note:
Microsoft ended support for Windows XP on April 8, 2014. This change has affected your software updates and security options.

Checklist for the configuration issues
First of all, when we want to connect the client computers to Windows Server Essentials, please check if the date and time settings for the client computer is consistent with the server.
Meanwhile, please also check the Regional and Language settings.
Issue 1: Installation did not succeed
When accept the license terms to continue in the configuration wizard, you may encounter the error (Figure 12).
Installation did not succeed
Windows Server Essentials Connector has not been installed because:
Cannot download the package.
Verify that your device is connected to the Internet, and then install the Windows Server Essentials Connector.
Figure 12: Installation did not succeed
Checklist:
1. Verify the DNS client settings.
2. Check the communication between DNS server and the client.
3. Check if you can ping server via IP address and server name successfully
Issue 2: Cannot connect this computer to the network (Network related)
This computer is already connected to another Windows Server network. Before connecting this computer to the Windows Server Essentials network, you must remove this computer from the
current network.
To resolve this issue, contact the person responsible for your network.
Figure 13: Cannot connect this computer to the network (Network related)
Checklist:
1. Check if the client computer is a member of another server network.
2. Change the client computer to Workgroup via administrator. Then check if you can connect it to the new Windows Server Essentials network.
Issue 3:
Cannot connect this computer to the network (Account related)
The computer cannot be connected to the server using the user name and password credentials provided. This may be because an existing computer account having name “ComputerName” was previously
created using a different set of credentials. Rename this computer and then try to connect this computer to the server again, or contact your administrator to remove any old conflicting account.
When you connect the client computer to server essentials with a new user account, please check if the client computer has been connected to the server essentials, and didn’t remove from
Dashboard. You may encounter the following error.
Figure 14: Cannot connect this computer to the network (Account related)
Checklist:
1. Check if the client computer has been connected to the server essentials, and didn’t remove from Dashboard.
2. Remove the client computer from the Dashboard, then try again.
Additional resource:
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Boot up of Windows Server 2012 Essentials seems slow (extended Please Wait screen) and there are errors in Health Report

Dear Sir or Madam,
I have been experimenting with the evaluation version of WS2012e trying to get the installation and subsequent build into an optimal set up, and once I have everything I want it to do mapped out, I'll set it up with the full version with using the key that
I bought.
However, I've noticed that the server seems to experience a delay during cold boot - it sits with a Please Wait screen for about 60-90 seconds before it presents the screen with an option to Log on. I have also discovered from running Health
Report, that there are some entries in the event logs which appear to coincide with start up times, and which seem to be interconnected to each other in the issues they are describing, and I have copied an example of one of those health reports below.
I assume that everything sorts itself out in due course, because the events say the process will be re-attempted and these errors don't repeat again after the system has booted up. I also have the server set to suspend when not in use with the Lights
Out add in, so it shouldn't need to cold boot often - but I wondered if there's a way to correct these errors so that they don't hold up the boot up process? I'm also concerned that these errors will cause me later problems with storage pools and
the like at a later date - the disk replication one seems particularly worrying. Alternatively, are these errors just a normal part of the start up process - the timing of when different processes start relative to each other - and can be safely ignored?
In trying to understand what the events describe, I thought that WE2012e acted as its own Domain Controller, and yet it seems from the event log entries that it is waiting for another server to respond to AD / DC requests (but there isn't another server
on my home network). The other thing I remember from when I first tried out WS2012e, is that it took control of DHCP or DNS from the router, and I found that frustrating when waking up my laptop and it wouldn't connect to the internet until the server
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to the internet when the server wasn't available, and was going to try to find that again to see if that helped.
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server. I moved all the data on the trial server off onto an external disk, with the intention of importing it back once I had the Storage Pools set up the way I wanted on the new build, and since I didn't want to keep anything else about the server
trial. Am I correct in thinking that I don't need to go down the Migration route during installation, and can go through a Clean install in this circumstance?
I'm running on an Asus P8-H77-i motherboard, with an i5-3470s CPU and 16MB RAM, and I have WS2012e installed on 256Mb SSD formatted under GPT with uEFI boot - the latter being the main reason for the reinstall, instead of just giving the Evaluation
version the new key on the original MBR set up. I've also enabled Intel Rapid Storage and Rapid Start - and successfully set aside the hibernate partition on the SSD - but discovered that this is about forcing a hibernate after suspend, allowing
the system to power down until its needed again, and then resuming from hibernate on the SSD rather than cold boot each time. That seems to work, but doesn't improve the cold boot times at all, which was what I was hoping for - ideally the way my
laptop will boot from cold in a few seconds into Windows 8.
Yours faithfully,
Avon
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Health Report extract.
Critical Errors in Event Logs in Last 24 Hours
DFSR
Event ID: 3221226674
The DFS Replication service failed to contact domain controller to access
configuration information. Replication is stopped. The service will try again
during the next configuration polling cycle, which will occur in 60 minutes.
This event can be caused by TCP/IP connectivity, firewall, Active Directory
Domain Services, or DNS issues.
Additional Information:
Error: 160 (One or more arguments are not correct.)
Last occurrence: 26 May 2014 18:51:28
Total occurrence(s): 2
DNS
Event ID: 2147487661
The DNS server is waiting for Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) to signal that the initial synchronization of the directory has been completed. The DNS server service cannot start until the initial synchronization is complete because critical DNS
data might not yet be replicated onto this domain controller. If events in the AD DS event log indicate that there is a problem with DNS name resolution, consider adding the IP address of another DNS server for this domain to the DNS server list in the Internet
Protocol properties of this computer. This event will be logged every two minutes until AD DS has signaled that the initial synchronization has successfully completed.
Last occurrence: 26 May 2014 18:51:15
Total occurrence(s): 2
ADWS
Event ID: 3221226674
This computer is now hosting the specified directory instance, but Active Directory Web Services could not service it. Active Directory Web Services will retry this operation periodically.
Last occurrence: 26 May 2014 18:51:08
Total occurrence(s): 2
NTDS General
Event ID: 2147486534
The security of this directory server can be significantly enhanced by configuring the server to reject SASL (Negotiate,
Kerberos, NTLM, or Digest) LDAP binds that do not request signing (integrity verification) and LDAP simple binds that
are performed on a cleartext (non-SSL/TLS-encrypted) connection. Even if no clients are using such binds,
configuring the server to reject them will improve the security of this server.
Some clients may currently be relying on unsigned SASL binds or LDAP simple binds over a non-SSL/TLS connection,
and will stop working if this configuration change is made. To assist in identifying these clients, if such binds occur this
directory server will log a summary event once every 24 hours indicating how many such binds
occurred. You are encouraged to configure those clients to not use such binds. Once no such events are observed
for an extended period, it is recommended that you configure the server to reject such binds.
For more details and information on how to make this configuration change to the server, please see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=87923.
You can enable additional logging to log an event each time a client makes such a bind, including
information on which client made the bind. To do so, please raise the setting for the "LDAP Interface Events" event logging category
to level 2 or higher.
Last occurrence: 26 May 2014 18:51:00
Total occurrence(s): 2
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Hi KerguelanAvon,
Based on your description, it seems to be hard to narrow down the cause of this issue. Please refer to following operations and monitor the result. It may help us to go further, and then solve this issue.
1. Please refer to the following article and troubleshoot slow boot.
New Slow Logon, Slow Boot Troubleshooting Content
2. On your server 2012 essentials, please start a BPA scan and fix all that it can find, then monitor the result.
Regarding to those critical Errors in Health Report, please perform
Dcdiag on the server. Meanwhile, please refer to the following article and troubleshoot network connectivity, firewall setting and AD DS issue.
DFSR Event 1202 (DFS Replication)
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu
Hi Justin,
I'm reading through the links you referred me to but it's taking a while. In the meantime I tried running BPA as you suggested. I'm sure when I ran it before, it didn't say much beyond 81 checks completed, and I couldn't find a way to get any
more detail.
Now it says
Problem:
The DNS client is not configured to point only to the internal IP address of the server.
Impact:
If the DNS client is not configured to point only to the internal IP address of the server, DNS name resolution can fail.
Resolution:
To resolve this problem:
1. From the client computer, open the Properties page for the network connection.
2. Make sure that DNS is configured to point only to the internal IP address of the server.
Except that it is.
Connection-specific DNS Suffix:
Description: Broadcom 802.11n Network Adapter
Physical Address: ‎00-1B-B1-28-AE-63
DHCP Enabled: Yes
IPv4 Address: 192.168.1.133
IPv4 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained: 03 June 2014 21:56:49
Lease Expires: 05 June 2014 20:24:20
IPv4 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1
IPv4 DHCP Server: 192.168.1.1
IPv4 DNS Server: 192.168.1.49
IPv4 WINS Server:
NetBIOS over Tcpip Enabled: Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address: fe80::80ef:48d5:9fde:f10e%14
IPv6 Default Gateway:
IPv6 DNS Server:
I'll try rebooting from the current windows 7 build over to windows 8 on my dual boot laptop, to see if that makes any difference, since it is the only other client PC connected to the server at the moment.
Thanks, Avon.

Can't download files on Android from Server 2012 Essentials Remote Web Access

I have two servers, one with Windows Server 2012 Essentials, and the other SBS 2011. Employees like using Remote Web Access to log in from anywhere and have access to shared folders. It works perfect on a Desktop computer, but when they try to
use their Android tablets or phones, and want to download a file (e.g. a PDF) from one of the shared folders on the server, the download fails. When Microsoft was pushing 2012 they said RWA worked great on mobile devices, do I have to set up something
separately to make this happen?
I've completely disabled the firewall, and have ports 80,443,987, and 1723(just to be safe) all forwarded to the server.
I can log into the RWA site on the android, browse files and folders, but when I select a PDF to download, the download shows as if it's starting, shows in my android notification as if its going to start downloading (Shows MobileDownload www.mydomain.com)
but eventually after a few minutes, will time out and show "Download Unsuccessful".
Network connectivity is fine as I can do this on a Windows Desktop PC using any browser (Chrome, Firefox, IE) and successfully download anything I want.
UPDATE: I found this in the event handler when I tried to download something from a mobile device...
- System
- Provider
[ Name] ASP.NET 4.0.30319.0
- EventID 1309
[ Qualifiers] 32768
Level 3
Task 3
Keywords 0x80000000000000
- TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2014-01-12T16:49:12.000000000Z
EventRecordID 72818
Channel Application
Computer MYSERVER.MYDOMAIN.local
Security
- EventData
3005
An unhandled exception has occurred.
1/12/2014 11:49:12 AM
1/12/2014 4:49:12 PM
953eedf1ad414391a193e5f98a281da5
263
3
0
/LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Remote-1-130340167702975633
Full
/Remote
C:\Program Files\Windows Server\Bin\WebApps\RemoteAccess\
MYSERVER
2592
w3wp.exe
NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
HttpException
Server cannot set content type after HTTP headers have been sent. at System.Web.HttpResponse.set_ContentType(String value) at System.Web.UI.Page.SetIntrinsics(HttpContext context, Boolean allowAsync) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(HttpContext context) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Web.RemoteAccessSite.RealPageHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)
https://remote.MYDOMAIN.com:443/Remote/fs/MobileDownload.aspx?path=\\MYSERVER\PICTURES\2013603.jpg
/Remote/fs/MobileDownload.aspx
MY.IP.ADDRESS.141
MYDOMAIN\user
True
Forms
NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
31
NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
False
at System.Web.HttpResponse.set_ContentType(String value) at System.Web.UI.Page.SetIntrinsics(HttpContext context, Boolean allowAsync) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestWithNoAssert(HttpContext context) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) at Microsoft.WindowsServerSolutions.Web.RemoteAccessSite.RealPageHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext context) at System.Web.HttpApplication.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)

Hi,
Before going further, would you please let me confirm something firstly?
Would you please let me know if all Android devices
encounter this same issue? If you download different type files, will still this issue persists? You can upload a small file (such as a text file) to the share folder, then check if Android device can’t download it.
Based on your description, when logon a desktop computer, you will download files via RWA successfully. Please use the user account which logon computer to logon
the Android device, will still fail to download?
Please check if there has enough free space in Android devices that be used to save download.
When this issue occurred, please check the state of Android device in Dashboard. Besides, I suggest you should run the Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) and fix all
it can find. Then monitor the result.
Run the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Best Practices Analyzer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj200181.aspx
In addition, regarding to the Event ID 1309, please refer to the following articles.
Event ID: 1309 Source: ASP.NET 4.0.30319.0
http://www.eventid.net/display-eventid-1309-source-ASP.NET%204.0.30319.0-eventno-11022-phase-1.htm
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu

Windows server 2012 essentials errors

I get 2 errors in an email since I turned on my windows 2012 essentials server that I can not resolve. One is related to my router setup and the other is about the media server. Have not found any solutions to either of these problems and the router setup
show to be good on the dash board. Anywhere access is also working fine but it show the error below. Cannot get the media services to say anything except to try restarting the server and run the setup again.
CCS-SERVER: The router is not configured correctly
   The router is not configured correctly for Anywhere Access. You must configure the router to remotely access the network.
   12/7/2014 12:49:39 AM
Existing alerts:
CCS-SERVER: One or more services are not running
   The following important Windows services are not running: Windows Server Media Streaming Service (wssmss) Note: Services can be stopped when software updates are applied.
   11/13/2014 7:18:27 PM
Any help with this would be appreciated.

Hi,
à
The router is not configured correctly
Please open Dashboard, click
Settings. In Settings panel, navigate to Anywhere Access tab, did you find anything as “Issues detected. Click Repair to attempt resolving the issues.”? If it exists, please click “Repair…” button and check if can help you.
For Router Setup, please refer to following article.
Windows
Server 2012 Essentials: Router Setup
à
Anywhere access is also working fine but it show the error below.
Did you remember that encounter similar router issues when previously Set up Anywhere Access? If Remote Web
Access and other features really run as normal, you may be able to ignore it.
anywhere
access wizard issues
à
One or more services are not running. The following important Windows services are not running: Windows Server Media Streaming Service (wssmss)
Please logon the Windows Server 2012 Essentials, type
services.msc on RUN to open Service panel, navigate to Windows Server Media Streaming Service, open its Properties and start it. Did it start successfully or get error message?
If issue still exist, please open Event Viewer and check if find more clues. Meanwhile, please also check other
relevant log files.
Windows
Server Essentials 2012/2012 R2 Log Files
If any update, please feel free to let me know.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Justin Gu
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Running two instances of Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 on the same domain

We have Windows Server 2012 Essentials R2 running as a domain controller -- and have installed another licensed copy of the same thing on the same domain. We want to use the 2nd server for running an LOB application and provide backup for the
AD services.
The 2nd server is a member of the domain. Can I do this and have the 2nd server provide AD failover services like they do with 2012 Standard?

Two things to consider. In the XP and 2003 era, the OS was not written in a security-first fashion. While XP did have LUA, almost nobody used them. Then came Vista and UAC, and those prompts were a major pain point because nobody wrote for security. Fast
forward 6 years and standard accounts are a normal best practice. Almost nobody in business recommends running daily tasks as administrator.
I mention all this to illustrate that, similar to admin accounts, what you used to get away with no longer applies. Running LOB apps on a DC is just bad. Many times, the app just doesn't work. But even if you could get it to work, it is a terrible idea.
If the stories of Home Depot, Target, and most recently Sony don't already give it away, I'll spell it out. We no longer live in an age where you can take shortcuts and expect to be safe. Large organizations make national news when they screw up. But small
businesses are targeted just as often and are at just as much risk. From "leaking" their client info to having their data held for ransom, the small business is abused regularly, but never makes national news because they are, by definition, small.
If you can take simple easy steps to help minimize that risk, such as keeping a domain controller free of other software and locked down, then it is almost unethical to do Otherwise in the modern computing era. The world ha changed. It is our responsibility
as I.T professionals to change with it. That's why we get to call ourselves "professionals" in relation to I.T.
So, what bad things? Risking the customer's very livelihood. I consider that pretty darn bad.

Windows Server 2012 R2 RAS Install Fails

I have a server 2012 Essentials R2 box installed and running at a client site, however when trying to configure the VPN for the client I receive an error. 'The referenced assembly could not be found. Error: 0x80073701
To narrow down the role that was causing it to fail I started to install the roles and features separately so that I could find which role was causing the error. I installed IIS and a few other bits, and when I got to installing the Remote Access
feature it fails with the above error, I have done some research on the web and found the windows update readiness tool, so I ran the elevated command 'DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth'. Upon completion this returned: 'The restore operation completed
successfully. The component store corruption was repaired. The operation completed successfully.' I also found this point in the CBS log, however the summary on there reported no errors were found?
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get the installation to finish successfully? And can anyone shed any light on why this might've occurred to avoid it in future installs.
Many Thanks
Sam Padgett

You can get a free SSL Cert from Microsoft, and the VPN on Essentials uses SSTP by default which is better than PPTP.
You can always enable PPTP afterwards if you really want to, but there is no reason not to setup Essentials with the SSL considering it is free, and a lot less hassle to get other things working the way you want them.
Robert Pearman SBS MVP
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Windows Server 2012 Essentials upgrade to Windows Server 2012 Standard

I've just upgraded a Windows Server 2012 Essentials to Standard via the Powershell command. The server restarted and is now Standard version. However I've noticed in the services that one particular service fails.
silsvc <Failed to Read Description. Error Code: 2 >
C:\Windows\system32\silsvc.exe
It is set to automatic.
I guess this is part of the essentials license and hasn't been removed. I would like to keep the Essentials Features however on a VM I replicated the same problem but when I removed Essentials features this service also got removed.
Is it ok to just disable this service? because I want to keep the Essentials features. Is it going to cause any issues?

Hello,
What is the procedure to migrate to standard essentials without losing programs?
Can you help me?
actually I have windows server 2012 essentials and I want to upgrade to standard

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