![]() This feature, while great for a few workstations, does not scale well. The first is the client PC backup feature. There are two that I believe contributed to the demise of Essentials. While Essentials has been great in the past, the number of issues has been steadily creeping up. Windows Server Essentials then matured into Essentials 2012, then 2012 R2 and finally peaked with 2016. The product was changed some, but when first released was about 98% the same. This is why I believe Microsoft decided to re-badge Windows Home Server as Windows Server Essentials edition. Unfortunately due to the all interactions between the different software packages, SharePoint, Exchange, Active Directory, etc… it meant that putting out SBS 2014 was not going to happen. ![]() I watched that product mature into SBS 2008 and then peak with SBS 2011. I say this as I have been supporting Microsoft small business products for about 15 years now. I tend to view this as business as usual. Based on my interactions, most people I talk to see this in a negative light. This includes the dashboard, connector software, remote web access and client PC backup. The removal of the essentials experience. Let’s tackle the elephant in the room first. I do not work for Microsoft and my views here are my own. This article will attempt to take a more unbiased review of the situation. I have heard a lot of grumbling over the removal of some features. I wanted to take a few minutes to go over the changes good and bad and my views on why we see are seeing them. ![]() Longtime readers of this blog likely figured out that I work quite a bit with Essentials.
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