For example, in the following figure, you can quickly identify how many users, shared folders, and computers you have in the environment.Īs you can see, the home page is also the entrance for you to configure email solutions, add-ins, and get online Help content. In the entire design, we’ve adopted the latest principles of UI design to make the user interface clean and to help the user to focus on the task.Īfter you’re finished with the setup tasks, you will be able to view the quick status of each server, which provides a summary on the status of the server features. After you receive a green checkmark for all the items, your server is on its way to bringing productivity to your business. In this way, you will get an opportunity to understand the key value propositions of the product and have full flexibility to choose what you need. You can also skip the task if you decide not to configure a certain feature. For each task, you will be educated about what the feature is and be able to complete the task directly from the home page. These tasks represent key features in the product that you can use to increase business productivity. Following are the key common tasks for initial configurations that we have identified: After you walk through the home page tasks, your server will be configured to offer greater productivity. We redesigned the entire home page to offer you a guided initial configuration experience.
One of the most obvious changes you’ll see when you open the Dashboard is the new home page. In this release, our major goal is to make sure we have a comprehensive management story across the usage life cycle of the products. The Dashboard has traditionally been the central place for common administrative tasks, such as managing users and devices, and can be accessed from both the server and the client computer. Provides actionable steps for troubleshooting Tasks are simplified without requiring lots of IT knowledge Provides a central place for IT admins to do common administrative tasks Windows Server 2012 Essentials is designed to make management easy and optimized for customers in three ways: Today, I’d like to give you an overview of the Dashboard in Windows Server 2012 Essentials. Hi my name is Mike Chen, a program manager on the Windows Server 2012 Essentials team. Joe Nalewabau, group program manager on the Windows Server Essentials team Windows Server 2012 Essentials addresses how to bring enterprise level IT infrastructure to small businesses in an affordable way.” “One of the greatest challenges for small businesses from the IT perspective has been that they can’t afford a dedicated IT pro to set up, deploy, and administer their IT environment however, they leverage IT infrastructure for their productivity as much as enterprises do. First published on TechNet on Oct 01, 2012
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