Windows 10: Windows 2008R2 Server Does Not Show Up as a Network Object

Using a Windows 10 Pro workstation at the latest build, I am not able to see a Windows 2008R2 server as a network object.

When I click the yellow folder icon on the task bar to view my folders, and then I click to expand the "Network" section on the left sidebar, I never see the Windows 2008R2 server as one of the objects in my network.

How can I get the Windows 2008R2 server to show up here as an object?





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I got the server to show up as a network object on the Windows 10 Pro workstation.

On the server, I unchecked the LMHOSTS lookup within the IP v4 properties, and I also made sure the WINS server and DNS was correctly addressed, and I enabled NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

On the workstation, I made sure the WINS and DNS were correctly addressed.