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:

• Christian Buckley @buckleyplanet 
• Shari Oswald  @shortcutshari
• Mike Nelson  @mikenelsonIO
• Joy Apple  @JoyOfSharePoint
• Sharon Weaver  @sharoneweaver
• Hal Hostetler  @tvwizard

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/]