MS Windows Home Server

Tom from the “Ramblings of a Home Server Tester” blog has added a great Tips and Tricks section. Tips for the week for June 18th include Windows Home Server Troubleshooting Guides for Client Join, Connector Install, Admin Console and Remote Access. All guides can be downloaded as .doc documents. He also has details on removing large log files on WHS to regain some space. Give it a read!

John Wiley & Sons “For Dummies” series will have a new addition. From 26 December 2007 “Windows Home Server For Dummies” will be released. This 384 page paperback by author Woody Leonhard will get you rolling with everything you need to know to set up and configure Home Server on your home network, add users, and start sharing photos, music, videos, and other files from any PC in the home.

It will also provide instruction on using Home Server to perform networking functions like back-up, virus scanning and protection, working with a print server, and managing the network remotely as well as accessing files you need when away from home or streaming your own media files to your laptop while on vacation.

Finally, it will show you how to get the most multimedia bang for your buck by doing things like managing your digital photo library, recording TV programs to the server, and streaming content from the server to your Xbox 360 for your living room enjoyment.

 Windows Home Server User’s Guide by IT professional Andrew Edney

Available from APress,US from 29 October 2007 this 400 page paperback is a practical and comprehensive guide to installing, configuring, and troubleshooting Microsoft’s Windows Home Server. Inside Windows Home Server User’s Guide, you’ll learn how to install, configure, and use Windows Home Server and understand how to connect to and manage different clients such as Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Media Center, and more. Its straightforward and easy-to-understand style will help you maximize all the benefits that Windows Home Server can bring. This guide includes the following:Step-by-step instructions for configurations
Lots of troubleshooting tips
Comprehensive coverage of different clients that can connect to, manage and be managed by Windows Home Server
Many useful illustrations for a quick-to-learn approach
Packed with handy hints, tips, and extensive walkthroughs to get you up and running as quickly and painlessly as possible, author Andrew Edney is your expert guide to help you get the most out of Windows Home Server.

What you’ll learn

Discover the benefits of Windows Home Server.
Centrally back up all of your home machines.
Manage the configuration and operation of all computers in your household.
Configure centralized storage so all computers can store files in one location.
Bring many of the benefits of a Windows Server–based domain to your house without the overhead and expense of a traditional server product.
Understand how to monitor and maintain the health of all of your machines.

Who is this book for?

This book is for IT administrators, or anyone with some professional IT experience, who wants to learn about the Windows Home Server and how it can be used in their homes. Experience with Windows Server will be beneficial, but even with only some general computing experience, you will find this book a valuable companion to Windows Home Server.

Terry Walsh over at We Got Served has written up 2 great How To’s:

• How To… Add A USB Hard Drive to Windows Home Server, where he explains how to add an external USB hard disk and
• How To… Install a Battery Back Up Power Supply which documents adding a back up supply. Apart from allowing your server to remain on with no electric and allowing it to close down properly this will also help protect and detect power surges to your WHS.