What are the best practices for setting up a standalone server? #M365AMA

In this episode, the #M365AMA panel discusses the following community question:

“I plan to install a new local standalone server, for manufacturing software that requires SQL express. The server will not be connected a ‘local’ domain and configured to not perform any typical server roles except remoteApp publishing. And remote access for manufacturing software Support and Admin for me. All client machines / users within the business are now enrolled onto MS365 business, and some business premium (Intune), meaning we have no longer have a local domain controller and AD is within Intune / Azure. Here is my question…. What is best practice for standalone server setup? Do I install the new server OS and straight sign in with a admin365 account.. or use admin@onmicrosoft.com account? thus enrolling straight into MS365?”

Check out the discussion here:

 

Participating in this discussion were:

Some relevant notes/links shared by the team:

  • Ronald Caldwell on LiquidWeb walks you through How to Set Up a Dedicated Server [https://www.liquidweb.com/blog/setup-a-dedicated-server/]
  • For those interested in some coursework, Udemy has an offer: Master How to Install a Windows Server for a Small Business [https://www.udemy.com/course/master-how-to-install-a-windows-server-for-a-small-business/]

Christian Buckley

Christian is a Microsoft Regional Director and M365 Apps & Services MVP, and an award-winning product marketer and technology evangelist, based in Silicon Slopes (Lehi), Utah. He is a startup advisor and investor, and an independent consultant providing fractional marketing and channel development services for Microsoft partners. He hosts the weekly #CollabTalk Podcast, weekly #ProjectFailureFiles series, monthly Guardians of M365 Governance (#GoM365gov) series, and the Microsoft 365 Ask-Me-Anything (#M365AMA) series.

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