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Windows Server Essentials Experience as a server role in the Standard and Datacenter editions of Windows Server R2 can be installed as a member server in a domain. Windows Server R2 Essentials must be the domain controller at the root of the forest and domain, and must hold all the FSMO roles.

If an Active Directory domain does not exist, installing the role will create an Active Directory domain, and the server will become the domain controller at the root of the forest and domain, holding all the FSMO roles. You can have more than one server with the Windows Server Essentials Experience role installed in your network. As part of your installation process, you can opt to install Windows Server R2 Essentials as a virtual machine by following instructions in a wizard.

The following improvements and changes are made in the client deployment process for Windows Server R2 Essentials:.

The Connector can be used to connect to a server running Windows Server R2 Essentials from a remote location. The Connector can trigger automatic VPN dialing in domain-joined clients, so that customers can always be connected to Windows Server R2 Essentials when they are working off-premises. The Connector can be configured to connect to other servers running Windows Server R2 Essentials without reinstallation. You can create user groups and add user accounts to them. User account permissions can be managed through their user group memberships.

If your server is integrated with Office , you can manage your Office distribution groups from the Dashboard. You can create shared folders on a secondary server while keeping the same Universal Naming Convention UNC path prefix. You can specify a space quota for a server folder. You receive an alert when a server folder size grows beyond its defined quota. File History backups are configured per user instead of per device.

Also, you can automatically restore your data through File History backups on a new computer if your old computer is no longer functional or is unavailable.

The first time you log on to your new computer in the network, you are prompted to restore your files from your File History backups. Health Reports is integrated with Windows Server R2 Essentials, and it no longer needs to be installed as an add-in. The Home page includes the Alerts and Reports tabs. Depending on your business needs, you can customize the system health reports to display items that you want to monitor.

You can turn on BranchCache to improve data access if the server running Windows Server R2 Essentials is located offsite. The following functionalities are available when Office is integrated with Windows Server R2 Essentials:. No page specified. To populate this tab, choose which page you wish to display in Theme Settings under the Product Pages heading. Maybe it does but it was not readily available for me to use or configure.

I went online for help and many people in the Microsoft community platform are saying the same thing. Home Windows Server R2 Essentials. Windows Server R2 Essentials. Get Started. Windows Server R2 Essentials can be installed on a physical server or as a virtual machine.

The following improvements and changes are made in the client deployment process for Windows Server R2 Essentials: The Connector can be used to connect to a server running Windows Server R2 Essentials from a remote location.

The Connector performance has been improved by reducing its memory and CPU usage. Users and Groups The following functionalities are added for managing users and groups : User groups management Office distribution groups management You can create user groups and add user accounts to them.

Health Reports Health Reports is integrated with Windows Server R2 Essentials, and it no longer needs to be installed as an add-in. Office Integration The following functionalities are available when Office is integrated with Windows Server R2 Essentials: SharePoint Libraries management Office distribution groups management.

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