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Configuration of Server 2016

Hi -
I am setting up my first Server 2016 server. Doing the initial setup is easy but I am looking for the additional configuration - like sending daily logs and making sure the server is healthy.

Can anyone point to a resource that goes past the initial installation and promoting the server to a Domain Controller? Any help would be really appreciated.

Thanks
Rich

Cliff Galiher

You'll need to be more specific. How someone sets up a SQL server would be vastly different than how someone sets up a print server, for example. Not even comparable. So "additional configuration" is very dependent on the task and desired end goal.

Windows does not have any built in functionality for emailing daily logs. If you want log aggregation or health monitoring, there are many 1st and 3rd party products in the market, but the build in "Server Manager" with its bright red warnings are all you'll really find in-box, and there is no automation behind it, nor any real noise filtering, thus no real additional configuration.

webentpr

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Sorry - obviously I am new to Server 2016. It is just going to be used as a file server for a dental firm - i had setup a Server 2012 sever previously and was able to get a daily log - i had assumed a similar process was available for Server 2016. This machine will replace a SBS 2011 server. It will have Dental Applications on it but they are all custom. I just want to make sure the server is healthy.

Thanks

Cliff Galiher

Was the 2012 server the Essentials version? And is the 2016 server Essentials?

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