although a lifetime technophile and IT person with my own home server - admittedly with most work experience on the application side - I am stumped with how to access my new Win2022 server remotely. I have always relied on the simplicity of Essentials, with my current server running Win2016 Essentials, and want to build my new server with the latest and greatest. However there is no Essentials in Win2022 besides OEM options not readily available to me, so I am seeking advice about how to replace the super-simple Remote Web Access where Microsoft allows you to create your own domain @ remotewebservices.com.
When on my local network I use good ol' reliable RDP, but am intrigued with this Windows Admin Center. Is there a way to access my server remotely without some domain name? It throws out a local url as in https://servername which of course is invisible to the rest of the internet. I'm too cheap to pay a monthly service fee for GoDaddy, but every once in a while it's very helpful to access my home server from work and find documents or download files - which was easily doable using my Windows Server 2016 Essentials server despite working in healthcare where IT Security tries its best to block such traffic.