I solved this on my own. For all who want a clean install with all like the original Windows Server Essentials 2016 and without manually creating AD-Domainservice but with latest server 2025 you can do it like I have done: Clean Install Windows server 2025 26100. Activate it. Make sure Internet Connection is available. Start WSEE-Setup.ps1. After restart of pc, Windows server essentials (WSE) wizard will start automatically. Make all settings. The Wizard will restart pc automatically. But WSE-Wizard will not restart on its own. Go to startmenue, and search for EssentialsRoleConfigWizard.exe and click on it. This will restart WSE Wizard which will continue to configure WSE Server. Do this after every pc restart till Wizard shows that it has finished succesfully. This will bring a clean "Windows server 2025 Essentials".
Yes, I sent a thank you above "You sir are a God among men, many thanks for sharing". The only issue I am facing is I cannot uninstall programmes. I do not know if it is related to an essential role or a software I have installed. All I have installed is the Macurium Reflex server and DiskGenius
I only have installed oracle vm virtualbox but did not tried to uninstall it because i need it for my virtual machines.
yes I tested it & didn't need it. As soon as I made all my settings rebooted. Done essentials was all set up Edit: After a couple of reboots Dashboard no longer loads. And several bugs in personalizations in settings.
Yes I found the culprit. I had added Security Harding.admx into Policy definitions. Set a few settings & messed up Dashboard. So set setting back to default deleted .admx rebooted & everything was back to normal. Pilot error. Lol
Installed this onto my Server 2025 Essentials. Works wonderful. https://forums.mydigitallife.net/threads/discussion-alpha-taskbar2.88461/#post-1844231
I Have a Problem with my Server2025 Essentials which I created as described above: Everything seems too work fine. I now wanted to connect a client using the connector software. But If i try to open http//xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/connect (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx should be the IP Adress of my server) there is no answer. If i open http//xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/ I get the IIS startpage. So connection to server seems to work, but Connect-Site not. I have downloaded the connector software before so this is no problem. I started it and entered manually the IP of the Server. The Response was that there is no connection to server. Is there a service not running? I Installed server essentials Experiance without creating domain before manually. Can some proof this? Which Services are needed for connector?
Does anyone knows why realtime protection of Windows defender is turned off, can not be turned on or updated? Windows Update shows "up to date". Trying to turn on realtime protection turns switch off automatically again immediately. Has it something to do with the very old WSE-Role?
So it seems better to wait for final Release of Server 2025? Or is the latest eval worth a try? I used Server 2025 26100 for WSEE.
I'm convinced the best Server available as of late is Server 23598 core with UI added. Newer than Server 22 & more stable than Server 26100.
Is it possible to upgrade from Windows Server 2025 26100 to Windows Server 2025 Eval 26252 without loosing data or loosing previous installed WSE-Roles?
Due to my problems with Windows Defender and Windows Updates, I have made an Inplace installation of Windows Server 2025 on my existing Windows Server 2025 WSEE. After this Defender was okay again but WSEE and Dashboard was gone. I tried to reinstall WSEE-Setup.ps1. But it seems that it has stopped or not completely reinstalled all components. Is it possible that someone modifies the WSEE-Setup.ps1 skript so that it completely reinstalls and configures WSEE even when it was installed before? I am not familiar with script writing.
Too many bugs for me in 2025, including programs that will not uninstall. Have gone back to 2022 for now. Shame as I like the interface of 2025.