Microsoft provided details this month about its Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials product to come, which is designed for small-to-medium (SMB) businesses as a "first server" product. Microsoft ...

AI thrives on data but feeding it the right data is harder than it seems. As enterprises scale their AI initiatives, they face the challenge of managing diverse data pipelines, ensuring proximity to ...

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

As expected, Microsoft is ripping its Windows Essentials suite of programs off of life support. The company will cease supporting Windows Essentials 2012 as of January 10. Customers can still use the ...

10 cool new features in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Your email has been sent Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials will now allow Essentials features in larger domains as a Windows Server role. See ...

The preview version of the next release of Windows Server 2012 Essentials, the version of Windows Server 2012 targeted at small businesses, is available and Microsoft has detailed its new features.

In October, we reported Microsoft will end support for its Windows Essentials 2012 suite of programs on January 10. That is just a day away, meaning Microsoft will pull the suite installer offline, ...

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

I'm playing around with WS 2012 Essentials in a lab environment, and I hit a problem that I'm not sure how to handle. My goal is to design and validate a solution for our smaller customers whom we'd ...

Microsoft has released a preview version of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, offering up a way to see the new features for the version of Windows Server 2012 made for small businesses. In 2012, ...