Error while setting up Anywhere Access on Windows Server 2012 Essential (personalized domain name from Microsoft)

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Published on 2012-09-23T20:52:15Z Indexed on 2012/09/23 21:39 UTC
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I am trying to setup Anywhere Access on a Windows Server 2012 Essential Release Candidate, but keep getting this error:

"The domain name was not setup for your server. Wait a few minutes and run the wizard again. An unknown error occurred. Please wait a few minutes and then try again".

These are the options that I selected in the Wizard:

  • I want to set up a new domain name
  • Get a personalized domain name from Microsoft
  • Entered my Windows live id and password
  • xxxx.remotewebaccess.com

And on the next page the error is displayed.

I have setup my router (Linksys WRT160N) to forward all TCP traffic to the Server. UPnP is also enabled.

If I hit my public (dynamic) IP (http://188.182.194.182/) I get the Windows Server 2012 homepage.

Any ideas?

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