Windows server essentials 2011 vs 2012

Cancer12

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I was planning on doing a server upgrade this weekend to Server Essentials 2012 but just checked Newegg and found that 2012 is over a hundred dollars more expensive. I've been toying around with a 2012 demo but haven't worked with 2011 yet. Does anyone know what the difference is besides the ui redesign? I did a quick google and didn't find anything.

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Gooberlx2

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You mean Windows Home Server 2011 vs Windows Server Essentials 2012? What sort of server duties do you require?

http://winsupersite.com/article/win...012-essentials-home-server-replacement-144275

The most interesting feature WSE2012 brings, imo, is ReFS. But I don't think that's worth the cost.

For simple home use, I'd probably just go with a copy of Windows 8 Pro. Win8 has the new Storage Spaces, drive-extender-like functionality which was dropped in WHS 2011. Most typical home server services can be achieved with other, free, software.

- Media streaming: Plex Home Server, UPnP/DLNA, Google Play/Amazon Cloud ($)/iTunes Match ($)
- File Backup: Crashplan
- System Image: Windows Backup + Network Share
- Remote Access: Teamviewer
- VPN: Hamachi
- Web Services: IIS or Apache
- Database: SQL Server Express, MySQL, Postgres, etc...
- SSH/SFTP: cygwin

Probably more hassle to setup, but a helluva lot cheaper.

Also consider something like FreeNAS or other *nix home servers.
 
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Cancer12

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For business
Small Business Essentials 2011 vs Microsoft Server Essentials 2012

They do pretty much the same thing but MS dropped the small business monicker
 
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