1. Windows Server 2012 R2 The Essentials Experience

2. Server & Tools Business
4/13/2018
Agenda
How your business can benefit
Features overview
Protect your data
Provide secure remote access
Integrate cloud services
Planning and deployment scenarios
Final thoughts
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“Our customers place a tremendous amount of trust in us, and it would take only one data leak for our reputation to be destroyed. With Windows Server 2012 Essentials, our data is far more secure.”
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Here is an example of a midsize customer that is benefiting from virtualization and specifically using a new feature in Windows Server 2012 that helps with disaster recovery. This customer is part of the Windows Server 2012 beta program and we are excited to share their experience. Disaster recovery is just one example of what we are hearing our customers talk about--that and the need for a solution to help address the challenges that SMB customers face.
Let’s take a look now some of the challenges you may be facing in your business.
—Matthew Anderson President, Republic Title Agency
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How your business can benefit
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5. Your business is changing
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Your business is changing
Work/life blur
Digital generation
More mobile
Let’s first take a look at how the workplace environment has dramatically changed over last few years:
As the line between people’s life and work gets blurred, people’s personalities and individual work styles have an increasing impact on how they get their work done and what technology they prefer to use. As a result, users increasingly want a say in what technology they use to get job done – this is great because it unleashes people’s productivity and passion, innovation, and competitive advantage.
These tech savvy users are also increasingly mobile, and operate in a fast-paced environment. The dynamic environment, along with ubiquitous connectivity erodes the lines between people’s life and work.
The digital generation entering the workplace raises these expectations to a whole new level – a generation that has grown up completely fluent in the language of digital technology has dramatically different expectations about the tools they should be able to use at work.
Device proliferation, with users having broad access to consumer devices at home, leads to higher user expectations of technology at work.
Do any of these sound familiar?
Multiple devices
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6. Spotlight on: mobility
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Spotlight on: mobility
The facts
Conclusions
57% of European firms are not aware of all the devices their staff are using for business purposes.
Your employees want:
A variety of devices.
To no longer be tethered to the office.
Seamless access.
45% of firms surveyed said employees already use their own devices for business purposes.
How can small businesses keep their team productive on the go?
A big trend we see globally across small businesses today is more and more employees are on the go and working remotely; they also have expectations of being connected and the ability to get their work done whether they are working from a client’s office, from home, or while on the road. This can help a business be more productive and at the same time, it poses challenges for IT when it comes to data security and compliance.
A recent study discovered that:
Only 43 percent of the firms surveyed are aware of all of the devices that their staff are using for business purposes.
45 percent of firms know that their employees are using devices for business purposes.
And 61 percent of employees want to make their lives easier by using the same device for business and personal use. In 50 percent of these cases, the personal device also offers greater functionality or flexibility than the one provided by the employer.
Are you seeing similar things in your business? Are your employees looking to use a variety of devices and want seamless access from remote locations?
We believe there is a power in saying “yes” to users and their technology requests in a responsible way. Our goal is to help you embrace these trends and ensure your business has enhanced security and is well and easily managed.
Source: Productivity-Gains-in-One-in-Three-Businesses/?p=1988
61% of employees want to use the same device for business and personal use.
Source: Survey undertaken by youGov.
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7. Spotlight on: tablet devices
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Spotlight on: tablet devices
Tablet shipments
Tablets for work?
Conclusion
When asked, “Does your business, or do your employees, use tablets for work purposes?”
85 million tablets are projected to be sold in 2012, trending to outpace traditional PCs by 2015.
Tablets are quickly becoming mainstream devices for both consumers and the workplace. How can a small business keep its data secure?
14% yes.
43% no.
43% in planning.
Devices, and particularly tablets, are changing the way employees work:
It is estimated that 85 million tablets will be purchased this year, which at this pace means that by 2015, more people will be purchasing tablets than traditional PCs. (Source:
When organizations were asked about their employees using tablets for work purposes, over half (57%) of respondents said that their employees either were or were planning on using them. (Source: expenses.html/)
What this means is that clearly tablets are becoming mainstream devices for both consumers and the workplace, and just like the emergence of smartphones, employers will need solutions that allow them to embrace this trend and still maintain data security and compliance.
Do you currently have tablets that are used in your business? What are some of the challenges you have encountered or concerns that it has raised for you?
Source: Morgan Stanley Research (2011)
Source: smallbiztechnology.com
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8. Helping you grow your business
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Helping you grow your business
With solutions
that offer…
Simplicity
Flexibility
Security
Mobility
Through research and listening to what our customers have said about the needs of small businesses, we understand the challenges of these trends. As small businesses grow and manage their businesses day-to-day, a solution must offer:
Simplicity: The solution must be simple; we understand you can’t put things on hold to get up to speed on or deploy a server solution.
Flexibility: There is a strong need for a product that can be adapted to the different needs of small businesses; this includes fulfilling a need for a product that will grow as they grow, and not be limiting.
Security & Ease of Use: This has been and always will continue to be an important item for small businesses. Most notably is the ability to use a central dashboard for the management of devices, users and files, which is a significant and important improvement over peer-to-peer networks.
Mobility and Access: Your team members want to have access to the network and the server from wherever they are - in the office or when working remotely.
Foundation for growth…
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9. Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Protect your data
Provide secure remote access
Integrate cloud services
Protect your data
Simplified backups. Enjoy peace of mind with daily, automatic backups of every computer on your network and the server itself.
With the growing number of remote workers and more devices, automatic backups can help provide peace of mind.
Built-in disaster recovery. Be protected from fire, theft, or flood. Even if your hardware fails, Microsoft’s online backup service helps you keep your data safe and secure in the cloud.
In a fast-paced environment, you need a solution that can keep up with you and get you up and running quickly. You don’t want to risk having downtime impact your customers.
Centralized IT management. Save time by managing your devices through a single IT dashboard designed to easily handle common tasks and address IT issues before they occur. Make sure software, anti-virus tools, and backups are active and up-to-date, control who has access to what documents, and that you don’t run out of storage space. Get even more out of your IT investments when combined with Windows 8.
The Dashboard is a simple tool designed to help small businesses like yours keep up with the growing demands of your tech savvy team members.
Provide secure remote access
Consistent productivity. Quickly connect to the computers in your network and access all your files and apps from virtually any location, just as if you were sitting in your office. Save time looking for scattered files with the powerful and centralized data storage and sharing features.
As the line between people’s life and work gets blurred, you need a solution that supports individual work styles and helps them get the job done from virtually anywhere.
Easy connectivity. Stay connected to the tools you use most with access to your , calendar, and contacts by using Windows Small Business Server together with Office 365, Hosted Exchange, or Exchange Server running on a second server.
As your team continues to be more and more on the go, they expect to have access to the tools they need to get their jobs done.
Increase security. Stay productive by protecting your computers against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software by leveraging Windows Defender through the server. Protect your devices with automatic backup and security features that function when away from the office.
Enhanced security continues to be top of mind when evaluating the solution.
Integrate cloud services
Business agility. Increase productivity and collaborate with customers, vendors, and partners using a broad range of cloud-based services, without losing control over, or the security of, your confidential information and documents.
This is a great scenario that you can customize to their industry – for example, maybe they have clients they share files with, vendors they bring on seasonally, or have sensitive data such as confidential client records or secret sauce recipes, that they want only certain people to access.
Flexible cloud solutions. Enjoy the flexibility to choose the right solution for your business’s needs, with seamless integration and centralized administration of cloud services and on-premises applications.
Here, you can provide an example based on the students’ familiarity and use of the cloud, and help them understand what they next step could be.
Powerful partnership. When combined with Office 365, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials gives you a variety of secure cloud-based collaboration options while providing a single, easy-to-use dashboard to manage them all. You can work seamlessly with the programs you know and use most, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
This can be a great example of the cloud connection for their business because most small businesses are familiar with the programs such as Word and Excel. You can then highlight how the familiarity of the solutions help ensure the solution is easy-to-use.
Simplified backups for servers and client PCs
Built-in disaster recovery
Simplified management
Consistent productivity
Easy connectivity
Increased security
Business agility
Flexible cloud options
Improved management
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Protect your data
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Windows Server backup
The same Windows Server 2012 R2 backup feature
Supports volumes > 2 TB
Key scenarios:
Single file restore
Folder restore
Full server “bare metal” recovery
Use multiple external removable backup destinations (such as USB drives) to allow for offsite rotation
Key message: Server Backup
Windows Server Essentials uses the built-in Windows Server Backup feature, which has been significantly upgraded to include more granular support for designing backup jobs, including support for system state operations, and it has been optimized to run faster and to use less disk space. Backup now supports volumes larger than 2 TB.
The Windows Server Backup feature is designed to support the restore of files and folders, as well as a bare metal recovery of the server.
The Windows Server Backup feature is also designed to support the restore of the client backup database and factory reset of the server.
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Client backup
Automatically back up client computers on a nightly basis
File and folder restore wizard
Recover full system and data (bare metal restore) of backed up client computers to similar hardware
VSS writer for backup and restore of client backup database
Key message: Client computer backup
In Windows Server Essentials, client backup is automatic and server-driven – no client-side configuration is required (except to configure whether to allow backup to wake clients from hibernation).
It offers:
Automatic backup of all computers on the Windows Server Essentials network on a nightly basis.
Resumable checkpoint backups.
Improved diagnosis and repair of backup database.
New backup configuration and single file restore wizards.
Bare Metal Restore - x86 and x64 dual boot.
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13. File History integration
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File History integration
Enables Windows 8 and 8.1 users to restore files and folders
Improved File History management and restore
Enabled per user rather than per PC
Automatic restore for new PCs
Select the folders to protect
Documents and Desktop
Libraries, Desktop, Contacts, and Favorites
All profile data except Libraries of media
Set desired frequency (from once every 10 minutes to once per day)
Set desired retention policy
Key Message: File History data for Windows 8 clients can be centrally stored on the Windows Server Essentials server.
File History in Windows 8
File History is a new feature in Windows 8 that helps to ensure that your personal files are safe. In addition to being a backup solution, File History also provides the capability to restore multiple backup copies (versions) of your files. File history in Windows 8 is easy to setup, powerful, and reliable. This means you can have more confidence when working with files, and also keep less redundant copies around for your own personal “data history”. You can easily configure File History to protect some or all of the files that are in your libraries on Windows 8. You can add folders to your libraries easily in Windows 8, giving you the ability to use File History with any group of folders and files that you choose. File History automatically checks your files at the frequency that you select (the default is every hour), and automatically makes backup copies when file changes are detected. File history works with inexpensive attached or network storage, and requires minimal fuss to get working.
Restoring Files
Here’s how you restore files with File History:
Click on “Restore personal files” in the File History Control Panel dialog
Browse to the location where your files were backed up to
Double click on the file or folder that you wish to restore
Select the version to restore
Click on the “Restore” button
Customizing File History settings
In the Dashboard, on the Devices page, select Customize Computer Backup and File History settings from the Tasks pane, then select the File History tab
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User management
Uses Active Directory for authentication and authorization
User accounts can be created as Standard or Administrator
Built-in “Administrator” account is disabled
Integrated mailbox management with cloud or on-premises messaging
Manage user security groups, and also  distribution groups if integration is configured
Set password policy
Key message: Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials uses Active Directory for User Authentication and Authorization.
All user accounts have a user name and a password, and there is a domain-wide password policy to enforce strong passwords and to control whether passwords automatically expire.
Users are given either standard user or administrator-level rights.
For security, the Windows built-in “Administrator” account is automatically disabled, and during server configuration, at least one other account must be given the administrator role.
Active Directory provides for pass-through authentication across all access areas, including resources located on the server and client computers (for business editions of Windows client; home editions of Windows require manual authentication).
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Health monitoring
Helps customers and partners monitor the security status of the servers and client computers
Send alert notifications to customers and/or partners
Three severity levels (informational, warning, critical)
Alerts include proscriptive guidance for resolution
Many alerts include active links
Integrated health monitoring and reporting
Send health report to chosen address on a customizable schedule
Key message: The monitoring and alerts features in Windows Server Essentials help customers and their partners to monitor the security status of the network.
The monitoring and alerts sub-systems are extensible, and third parties can develop health definitions for application monitoring, and VAPs can develop health definitions to meet the specific needs of their customers.
Alert notifications can be sent via to local user accounts or external partners to take further action.
All events are assigned one of three severity levels:
Informational – Reports that an operation has successfully completed or a service started, for example; follow-up action not necessary.
Warning – Warns that a more serious problem might occur if action is not taken.
Critical – Reports that a failure has occurred and that the service or component cannot automatically recover, and that further action if probably required.
For any event, third parties, including value-added partners, can provide custom actions that will display to help customers address that specific issue.
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Business continuity
Replicate Hyper‑V virtual machines from a primary site to a replica site
Benefits:
Affordable in-box business continuity and disaster recovery
Failure recovery in minutes
More secure replication across network
No need for storage arrays
Automatic handling of live migration
Simple configuration and management
Virtual instance running Windows Server Essentials
Hyper-V replica site
Key Message: Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials makes it easy to take advantage of Hyper-V Replica when deployed as a virtual machine.
Current situation
Business continuity is the ability to quickly recover business functions from a downtime event with minimal or no data loss. There are number of reasons why businesses experience outage including power failure, IT hardware failure, network outage, human errors, IT software failures, and natural disasters. Depending on the type of outage, customers need a high availability solution that simply restores the service. However, some outages that impact the entire data center, such as a natural disaster or an extended power outage, require a disaster recovery solution that restores data at a remote site in addition to bringing up the services and connectivity. Organizations need an affordable and reliable business continuity solution that helps them recover from a failure.
Before Windows Server 2012
Beginning with Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper‑V and Failover Clustering can be used together to make a virtual machine highly available and minimize disruptions. Administrators can seamlessly migrate their virtual machines to a different host in the cluster in the event of an outage or to load balance their virtual machines without impacting virtualized applications. Although this can protect virtualized workloads from a local host failure or scheduled maintenance of a host in a cluster, this does not protect businesses from outage of an entire data center. Failover Clustering can be used with hardware-based SAN replication across data centers, but these are typically expensive. Hyper‑V Replica fills an important gap in the Windows Server Hyper‑V offering by providing an affordable in-box disaster recovery solution.
Windows Server 2012 Hyper‑V Replica
Windows Server 2012 introduces Hyper‑V Replica, a built-in feature that provides asynchronous replication of virtual machines for the purposes of business continuity and disaster recovery. In the event of failures (such as power failure, fire, or natural disaster) at the primary site, the administrator can manually fail over the production virtual machines to the Hyper‑V server at the recovery site. During failover, the virtual machines are brought back to a consistent point in time, and within minutes they can be accessed by the rest of the network with minimal impact to the business. After the primary site comes back, the administrators can manually revert the virtual machines to the Hyper‑V server at the primary site.
Hyper‑V Replica is a new feature in Windows Server It lets you replicate your Hyper‑V virtual machines over a network link from one Hyper‑V host at a primary site to another Hyper‑V host at a replica site without reliance on storage arrays or other software replication technologies. The figure shows secure replication of virtual machines from different systems and clusters to a remote site over a WAN.
Benefits of Hyper‑V Replica
Hyper‑V Replica fills an important gap in the Windows Server Hyper‑V offering by providing an affordable in-box business continuity and disaster recovery solution.
Failure recovery in minutes. In the event of an unplanned shutdown, Hyper‑V Replica can restore your system in just minutes.
More secure replication across the network. Hyper‑V Replica tracks the write operations on the primary virtual machine and replicates these changes to the replica server efficiently over a WAN. The network connection between the two servers uses the HTTP or HTTPS protocol and supports both integrated and certificate-based authentication. Connections configured to use integrated authentication are not encrypted; for an encrypted connection, you should choose certificate-based authentication. Hyper‑V Replica is closely integrated with Windows Failover Clustering and provides easier replication across different migration scenarios in the primary and replica servers.
Hyper‑V Replica doesn’t rely on storage arrays.
Hyper‑V Replica doesn’t rely on other software replication technologies.
Hyper‑V Replica automatically handles live migration.
Configuration and management are simpler with Hyper‑V Replica:
Integrated user interface (UI) with Hyper‑V Manager.
Failover Cluster Manager snap-in for Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
Extensible Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) interface.
Windows PowerShell command-line interface scripting capability.
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Provide secure remote access
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18. Empower the remote worker
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Empower the remote worker
The tasks you want to perform
The tools you need
Access your files and folders
Remote Web Access
Connect to the PCs in your office
My Server app for Windows 8 and 8.1
Key Message: Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials supports key remote worker scenarios by providing multiple options for accessing the server environment.
Perform light admin tasks
My Server app for Windows Phone 8
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Remote web access
Remote access to shared folders
Remote access to computers and the applications running on them
Remote access to the dashboard or the server desktop to perform administration tasks
Ability for users to remotely change their passwords
Key message: Remote Web Access provides an easy way for users to connect to data and applications remotely using a supported browser.
Remote Web Access is a dynamically updated website that uses encrypted connections to provide a single, simple, secure and consolidated entry point into a small business network. It provides a stream-lined, touch-friendly browser experience for accessing applications and data from virtually anywhere you have an Internet connection and using almost any device. Authorized users can connect to Remote Web Access using any Internet-connected computer or mobile device with a supported browser. Compared to the remote access feature in earlier versions of Windows Small Business Server, Remote Web Access has a higher degree of extensibility in the software development kit (SDK), allowing for more customization, gadgets, add-in extensions, mobile rendering and an improved shared folder experience.
Remote access to shared folders. Users can download files and folders, and upload one or more files to the shared folders on their server while away from the network. Users can also search through the shared folders to locate a specific file or files. Providing easy remote access to files encourages users to keep data stored on the server where only authorized users have access and the data is protected.
Remote access to computers. Connect remotely to the computers in your network and run applications as if you were sitting in front of your computer. To connect to one of your computers, on the Computers tab, click the Connect button next to the computer. You can only connect to a computer that is Available for connection and that is running one of the following operating systems:
Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise
Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Professional
Use of the Remote Web Access feature may require additional services from your broadband provider, such as access to certain “ports” that some providers may block for customers on some service plans. Contact your broadband provider if you have questions about their services or service terms.
Remote Connection Monitoring. Windows Server 2012 Essentials allows administrators to see who is (and has been) remotely connected to the server.
Remotely connect to the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Dashboard. If the need arises, you can access the Windows Server 2012 Essentials Dashboard while working remotely to add new users, add new shared folders, check the health of your network, or perform other administrative tasks. You can also configure Remote Web Access to connect directly to the server desktop, so that all the Windows Server native tools are accessible.
Change password. End users can remotely change their passwords from the Remote Web Access Home page.
The Remote Web Access page can be easily extended:
OEM only branding / customization
Add OEM product logo to logon page
Replace logon page background picture
Replace logon page website title
Replace logon page default website logo
Add links to logon and home page
SDK extensibility
Add links to integrated online services
Add additional content pages to navigation area
Add additional gadgets to home page
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20. My Server app for Windows 8 and 8.1
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My Server app for Windows 8 and 8.1
Windows and Windows RT app is a free download from the Microsoft Store
Work with files offline; automatically sync when connected
Quickly see file synchronization status and any conflicts
Provides light administration functionality
View alerts, users, and devices
Reset user passwords
Key Message: Laptop and tablet users can leverage the Windows 8 RT app to work remotely.
My Server integrates with the Windows 8 Search function:
Transparently search for documents located on the local device or in server shared folders.
Open, edit, create, and delete files and folders.
Customize app to control account, file, recent history, and customer experience settings.
View alert notifications for the server and client computers:
Alerts can be ignored/enabled as you review them.
View the servers and client computers in the network:
Initiate manual backups.
View user accounts:
Activate/deactivate accounts and reset passwords.
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21. My Server app for Windows Phone
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My Server app for Windows Phone
Quick Status panel
Summary of Essentials server status
Server panel
Enables light server management and monitoring
View alerts, devices, and user accounts
Files panel
Access to shared folders and files
Recent panel
Keeps a history of recently accessed files
Media panel
A centralized media library
Key message: The My Server phone app is designed to help you keep seamlessly connected to your servers through smartphones while working on the move.
It is one of the various ways of accessing Windows Server 2012 Essentials, covered by the Anywhere Access feature. A previous version had been released during the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials time frame. For Windows Server 2012 Essentials, we have delivered an updated application with new features, including file browsing and opening, server quick status, recent history of file operations, as well as a new appearance.
Overview of the functionalities
After the startup of My Server, you will be presented with five panels, as shown in the following image. The panels you’ll see depend on the permission level of your account and how your server is configured. Basically, administrators will see all five panels, whereas standard users will only see a limited server panel, files panel, recent panel, and media panel.
Quick Status panel: Provides administrators with a quick summary of the server’s running status. In this case, you can figure out how everything is going on your server without logging on to the Dashboard.
Server panel: Provides the user interface (UI) entry for light server management and monitoring, enabling you to manage alerts, devices, or accounts.
Files panel: Access to files is one of the major new features for this version. Customers can now access shared folders and files.
Recent panel: Keeps a history of the files that users have recently accessed so that they can reopen these files without navigating to a folder.
Media panel: A centralized library for media playback that already existed in the previous version. In this version, we have optimized the streaming logic to deliver a better media experience over networks with differing bandwidths.
How to manage Windows Server 2012 Essentials by using My Server
My Server enables you to manage your servers from your phone if you are the administrator. You can perform the following operations:
Address alerts: You can check alerts by using My Server and ignore or repair them accordingly.
Manage accounts: My Server allows you to disable or enable any user account that you think is not in good status. You can also change the password of user accounts when necessary.
Manage devices: This function helps you keep track of the devices that have joined your server domain. You can start or stop the backup process for any device online.
How to access shared documents and media by using My Server
You can access your folders and files anywhere when your phone has a network connection. The Files panel on the home panorama is actually designed for a better touch experience. You can tap any of the folders on the Files panel to browse files, or you can launch a search box to find particular files from server shares.
The new application provides a tap and hold context menu and an application bar to help you access files and folders through My Server. The operations provided include:
Browsing and opening files.
Renaming and deleting files.
Sorting files by name, date, or size.
Switching between details view and icons view.
Searching files globally or within a folder.
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Integrate cloud services
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integration
Flexibility to choose the desired messaging solution
Office 365
On-premises Exchange Server
Hosted Exchange
All options provide integrated mailbox management
Key message: Enjoy the flexibility to choose the hybrid solution that fits best your business’ needs, with seamless integration of cloud services and on-premises applications.
Messaging and Collaboration with Office 365. Office 365 is an online subscription service that provides , shared calendars, the ability to create and edit documents online, instant messaging, web conferencing, a public website for your business, and internal team sites—all accessible from virtually anywhere from nearly any device. Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials includes an integration module that can be used to easily manage your user accounts across both the local Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and online Office 365 environments from within the Dashboard. In addition, customers with Office 2010 installed on their client computers can quickly configure it to work with Office 365. Users can then easily retrieve, edit and save Office docs in the Office 365 cloud, co-author docs in real-time with others, quickly initiate PC-to-PC calls, instant messages and web conferences with others.
On-premises Exchange Server. Microsoft Exchange Server is a flexible and reliable messaging platform that millions of users rely on every day to stay connected and be productive. Although Exchange Server is no longer a core product component in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, running Exchange Server on a separate server remains a fully supported choice for providing your small business with services. Like with Office 365, an integration module can be used to easily manage your user accounts across both the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and Exchange Server from within the Dashboard.
Hosted Exchange. Many small businesses have taken advantage of cloud-based messaging services based on hosted Exchange offerings. Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials will provide a framework that service providers can easily build a custom add-in on top of to work with their specific hosted Exchange environment. This will allow you to manage your user accounts across both the local Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials and hosted Exchange environments from within the Dashboard.
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24. Additional Office 365 integration
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Additional Office 365 integration
Manage SharePoint Online libraries
Manage SharePoint Online storage from within the Dashboard
Simplified SharePoint permission management
Manage mobile devices
View connected devices
Configure password policy
Allow/block access from mobile devices
Remote wipe a mobile device
Key Message: Improved integration with Office 365 enables even more manageability options right within the Dashboard console.
Manage SharePoint Online libraries
Manage SharePoint Online storage from within the Dashboard
Simplified SharePoint permission management
Manage mobile devices
View connected devices
Configure password policy
Allow/block access from mobile devices
Remote wipe a mobile device
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25. Windows Azure Backup integration
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Windows Azure Backup integration
Reliable offsite data protection
Convenient offsite protection
Safe data
Encrypted backups
ENCRYPTED DATA 1
Sign up 4
Back up 3
Register and configure 5
Recover to the same or a different server 2
Install Agent
A simple and integrated solution
Familiar interface
Windows Azure integration
Key Message: Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials integrates the management of Windows Azure Backup into the Dashboard console.
Windows Azure Backup helps protect server data against loss and corruption by enabling backup to offsite cloud storage in Windows Azure. It provides a consistent experience configuring, monitoring, and recovering backups across local disk and cloud storage, integrating with the in- box backup program in Windows Server or System Center Data Protection Manager.
Windows Azure Backup encrypts and protects your backups in offsite cloud storage with Windows Azure, adding a layer of protection in case data loss or disaster impacts your servers.
Windows Azure Backup can integrate with the backup tools in Windows Server or System Center Data Protection Manager. You can manage cloud backups from these familiar tools to configure, monitor, and recover backups across local disk and cloud storage with ease.
Windows Azure Backup delivers efficient data protection. It minimizes network bandwidth use, provides flexible data retention policies, and provides a cost-effective data protection solution.
Convenient offsite protection: Windows Azure Backup provides convenient, automated offsite data protection. Local backups leave data vulnerable to unfortunate events such as fire. Continuously migrating backup media offsite can be inconvenient. Windows Azure Backup stores data safely away from your premises, reducing the need to secure and protect onsite backup media.
Safe data: Data stored in Windows Azure is geo-replicated among Windows Azure data centers, for additional protection.
Encrypted backups: Your data is encrypted before it leaves your premises, and remains encrypted in Windows Azure – only you have the key.
Familiar interface: Small businesses protecting a single server, or a few servers, can use the familiar in-box backup tool to protect data – manually or on a regular, automated schedule. Larger organizations with System Center 2012 can use the Data Protection Manager component to centrally manage backups across multiple servers.
Windows Azure integration: Windows Azure Backup is fully integrated with the Azure Management Portal for sign-up, billing, and web-based management.
Efficient use of bandwidth and storage: Both WAN bandwidth and Windows Azure storage are conserved by sending only changes to files with incremental backups.
Flexibility in recovery: Incremental backups provide multiple versions of data for point-in-time recovery. Plus you can recover just what you need with file-level recovery.
Flexible configuration: Configurable data retention policies, data compression, and data transfer throttling provide for both flexible backup policies and backup efficiency.
Cost-effective: Control costs by reducing the need for local storage and offsite media management, while benefiting from simple storage-based pricing with no per-server or data transfer fees.
Efficient backup and recovery
Efficient use of bandwidth and storage
Flexible configuration
Flexibility in recovery
Cost-effective and usage metered
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Planning and deployment scenarios
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27. New deployment options
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New deployment options
New for 2012 R2!
Implement as a role with Windows Server Standard or
Windows Server Datacenter
Implement as a virtual machine with Windows Server Essentials
Key Message: There is now new flexibility in deploying the Windows Server Essentials edition and the Windows Server Essentials Experience on other editions.
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28. Typical primary server deployment
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Typical primary server deployment
Replacement for peer-to-peer networking and PC-as-a-server
Most often deployed pre-installed on physical hardware
Apps running on the server
Messaging and collaboration in the cloud
Other cloud-based apps and services
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Online apps and services
Key Message: For many small customers, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials is typically deployed pre-installed on a physical server and combined with cloud-based apps and services.
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29. Virtualized Deployment
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Virtualized Deployment
NEW deployment model using a single license of Windows Server Essentials
Install Hyper-V on the host server and run Windows Server Essentials as a guest VM
Designed for easy configuration of services that require the server running as a virtual machine, such as Hyper-V Replica
Physical
Windows Server Essentials as Hyper-V host server
Virtual
Windows Server Essentials guest VM
Key Message: Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials can be deployed as a virtual machine without having to obtain a hypervisor separately.
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30. Windows Server Essentials Experience
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Windows Server Essentials Experience
Windows Server Essentials functionalities are enabled via a server role in Windows Server Standard and Datacenter
Familiar seamless deployment experience that sets up the most fundamental roles for the primary server
Key Message: The Windows Server Essentials Experience can be deployed as a role in both the Standard and Datacenter editions of Windows Server 2012 R2.
In the past, if a larger customer had already deployed Windows Server Standard but also wanted the features of Windows Server Essentials, this would have been difficult to achieve.
The features of Windows Server Essentials are now implemented as a server role. Just like any other server role, during setup (or later) the admin can add the Windows Server Essentials Experience role and effectively “turn on” the great features that Windows Server Essentials provides without changing their topology or hardware setup.
Optional unattended deployment and configuration using Windows PowerShell
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31. Deploying using virtualization
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Deploying using virtualization
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter include the new Windows Server Essentials Experience (WSEE) role
New deployment scenarios are now possible—multiple servers can run the WSEE role
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard running Hyper-V
Provides up to two virtual instances with a single server license
Key Message: The Windows Server Essentials Experience can be deployed as a role in both the Standard and Datacenter editions of Windows Server 2012 R2.
Virtual instance running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard with the Windows Server Essentials Experience (WSEE) role enabled
Virtual instance running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Remote Web Access
Client computer backup
integration
Dashboard, etc.
Can be used for additional workloads, such as Exchange Server, SharePoint, WSUS, SQL Server, Remote Desktop Services, etc.
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32. Growing beyond 25 user accounts
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Growing beyond 25 user accounts
Businesses that grow beyond 25 users can perform an in-place license transition to Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Windows Server Essentials value-add features remain, with a maximum supportability limit of 100 users and devices
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard licensing would then apply, including the use of the CAL licensing model
The value-add features can
be removed entirely for businesses that grow larger than 100 users
Key Message: Customers who initially purchase the Windows Server Essentials edition and perform an in-place license transition to Windows Server Standard if their future needs require it.
Grow your business. One of the major pieces of feedback about Windows Small Business Server Essentials was that after a customer had grown beyond the 25-user limit, they had to migrate to Windows Server Standard. After the migration, key Windows Small Business Server–specific features that they had come to depend on (such as client backup or Remote Web Access), were no longer available. We addressed this issue in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, so we now allow customers to do an in-place license transition to Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard. After the transition, customers are running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard without any of the licensing limitations of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, but the majority of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials functionality continues to operate and is fully supported for up to 100 users and devices. (Note that while there are no restrictions placed on the number of users/devices that can be added to a Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard environment, there are maximum supportability limits for the Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials features.)
Ability to perform an in-place license transition from Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials to Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
Most of the value-added features of Essentials will remain, but the locks and limits will be removed, e.g., gaining the ability to have Active Directory trust relationships
The value-added features of Essentials 2012 will not scale indefinitely, but for supportability purposes, it will be subject to a maximum of 100 users and devices
Customers will need to purchase a full copy of Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and the appropriate number of CALs for their users/devices to be license-compliant
Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter include downgrade (or “down-edition”) rights for running Essentials as one of their virtual instances (no separate purchase required)
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Final thoughts
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34. Helping you grow your business
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Helping you grow your business
While considering…
Devices
Price
LOB apps
Growth
We are also hearing that the following attributes should also be considered:
Connection to multiple devices: Related to the previous point about access, it is more than just remote access; instead, it is about access from multiple devices, both employer-provided and an employee’s personal device.
Price: Most of our customers want to make sure they are receiving value without sacrificing quality.
LOB applications: You may ask, :Can the solution help me run line of business applications to make my employees more productive and in turn grow my business?” (NOTE TO SPEAKER: Small business don’t buy a server because they want a server, they buy a server because they want to be more productive and often productivity is tied to a line-of-business application. When that is the case, whatever platform they need to run their business and be more productive in doing so is the platform that will succeed.)
Growth: And finally, ensuring that your growth will not be limited by your IT decisions is important—you want a product that will grow with you as you grow.
Do these needs and considerations sound familiar? Are there others that come to mind for your business?
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35. Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
Protect your data
Simplified backups for servers and client PCs
Built-in disaster recovery
Simplified management
Provide secure remote access
Consistent productivity
Easy connectivity
Increased security
Protect your data
Simplified backups. Enjoy peace of mind with daily, automatic backups of every computer on your network and the server itself.
With the growing number of remote workers and more devices, automatic backups can help provide peace of mind.
Built-in disaster recovery. Be protected from fire, theft, or flood. Even if your hardware fails, Microsoft’s online backup service helps you keep your data safe and secure in the cloud.
In a fast-paced environment, you need a solution that can keep up with you and get you up and running quickly. You don’t want to risk having downtime impact your customers.
Centralized IT management. Save time by managing your devices through a single IT dashboard designed to easily handle common tasks and address IT issues before they occur. Make sure software, anti-virus tools, and backups are active and up-to-date, control who has access to what documents, and that you don’t run out of storage space. Get even more out of your IT investments when combined with Windows 8.
A simple tool designed to help small businesses like yours keep up with the growing demands of your tech savvy team members.
Provide secure remote access
Consistent productivity. Quickly connect to the computers in your network and access all your files and apps from virtually any location, just as if you were sitting in your office. Save time looking for scattered files with the powerful and centralized data storage and sharing features.
As the line between people’s life and work gets blurred, you need a solution that supports individual work styles and helps them get the job done from virtually anywhere.
Easy connectivity. Stay connected to the tools you use most with access to your , calendar, and contacts by using Windows Small Business Server together with Office 365, Hosted Exchange, or Exchange Server running on a second server.
As your team continues to be more and more on the go, they expect to have access to the tools they need to get their jobs done.
Increase security. Stay productive by protecting your computers against pop-ups, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software by leveraging Windows Defender through the server. Protect your devices with automatic backup and security features that function when away from the office.
Enhanced security continues to be top of mind when evaluating the solution.
Integrate cloud services
Business agility. Increase productivity and collaborate with customers, vendors, and partners using a broad range of cloud-based services, without losing control over, or the security of, your confidential information and documents.
This is a great scenario that you can customize to their industry – for example, maybe they have clients they share files with, vendors they bring on seasonally, or have sensitive data such as confidential client records or secret sauce recipes, that they want only certain people to access.
Flexible cloud solutions. Enjoy the flexibility to choose the right solution for your business’s needs, with seamless integration and centralized administration of cloud services and on-premises applications.
Here, you can provide an example based on the students’ familiarity and use of the cloud, and help them understand what they next step could be.
Powerful partnership. When combined with Office 365, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials gives you a variety of secure cloud-based collaboration options while providing a single, easy-to-use dashboard to manage them all. You can work seamlessly with the programs you know and use most, including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
This can be a great example of the cloud connection for their business because most small businesses are familiar with the programs such as Word and Excel. You can then highlight how the familiarity of the solutions help ensure the solution is easy-to-use.
Integrate cloud services
Business agility
Flexible cloud options
Improved management
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37. What’s new in 2012 R2? Feature 2011 2012 2012 R2 Remote Web Access X
Simplified management (dashboard, client deployment, setup)
Data and device protection (storage, client backup, health)
Third-party add-in framework
Office 365 user/domain integration
Add-in
Modern client access apps (My Server Phone and Windows 8)
Richer device management (automated Health Reports, File History)
X/Add-in
Extended options Office 365 , hosted , and Exchange
Storage Spaces
Windows Azure Backup integration
Azure Active Directory integration
Richer Office 365 support (dist. groups, SharePoint Online, Exchange ActiveSync)
User groups and increase scalability to 100+ users and 200+ devices
Data Protection improvements (Storage Spaces, BranchCache, File History)
Windows Server Essentials Experience role in Standard/Datacenter allows for more deployment scenarios (more than one server running WSEE role)
Optimized for hosting (auto VPN, remote domain join, SCOM, Katal template)
Windows Server Essentials edition virtualization support
Modern Remote Web Access with full HTML5 support
“My Server” application updates for Windows Phone and Windows 8
Better cloud services integration
More deployment options
Support for hosting and IaaS
Modernized experience

38. Top 10 features
Windows Server Essentials Experience (WSEE) is now a role.
Increased scalability when running the WSEE role on Standard/Datacenter editions—up to 100 users and 200 devices.
Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials edition can now be its own Hyper-V host for running as a virtual machine—easily enable Hyper-V Replica scenarios.
Automatic backup for servers and client computers, including optional integration with Windows Azure Backup.
Enhanced File History integration with Windows 8 clients.
Expanded integration with Office 365:
Simplifies management of SharePoint Online document libraries.
Enables mobile device management via Exchange ActiveSync.
Control access to resources and information via security/distribution groups.
Improved management experience for creating and maintaining storage spaces.
Redesigned Remote Web Access interface for modern, touch-friendly experience.