So if you are still using Windows Server Essentials 2012 or Windows Server Essentials 2016, you have to rely on the Windows clients and the Essentials connector. Peter Perry reports that this time with 1903 you'll need to totally uninstall the connector and reinstall it to get it to hook back into the console. In the past we've been able to tell people to reboot the pc several times and the connector 'wakes' back up again.

Every feature release there is a constant battle with the connector software on the clients.

Susan Bradley, who is active on and runs the platform, has posted this short article.įor those of you still using the Windows Server Essentials 2012 or Windows Server Essentials 2016 platforms in your client base that provides the ability to backup the client workstation as well as provide storage, just a heads up. Windows Server Essentials broken? Lots of reports of problems, especially with Win10 1903. Leonhard, who runs the platform, pointed out the problem on Twitter. I became aware of this topic through Woody Leonhard.

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