The Web's Largest Dedicated Windows Home Server Resource by Microsoft MVP Philip Churchill.
Microsoft Windows Home Server - WHS will automatically backup and restore your PCs and allow you to share and access files from any machine in the house as well as giving you remote access to those files and PC’s as well. This site will guide you on your journey of discovery with WHS.
A table was setup by Microsoft at the “Linux Cafe” coffee shop in Tokyo to promote Windows home Server. Ironically the cafe was setup by a group of people to promote Linux and here we have what appears to be coffee Windows Home Server style.
On closer inspection MARS Magazine said that:
“Microsoft’s people simply wrapped cans of Boss coffee in their product logo”
I don’t feel so much of a geek now…one lump or two?
If you are a Microsoft employee then we have some good news for you, Windows Home Server is now available from the Microsoft Company Store for $35 (online not sure about physical).
Wow, I want to work for Microsoft… One of the perks for working at Bill Gate’s empire
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Thanks to Bob for the info.
PC Magazine has an online review on Windows Home server. Writer Oliver Reed came to the conclusion that it was a
“..respectable first attempt at a software-based, home-oriented network-attached-storage environment”. He added however that “from a full-fledged home server perspective, the company missed the boat on features such as parental controls and auditing. It’s also aimed squarely at the OEM market. Those who want to construct their own WHS appliance can do so at their own risk.”
It was given an overall editor rating of 3.5 out of 5.
The full review is available at PCMAG.COM along with accompanying photos.
Paul Thurrott one of the judges in the Code2Fame Challenge has posted some pics on his blog of when he was there in Seattle. Anybody for a sweetie?
Congratulations to the first Windows Home Server Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Grey Lancaster. The MVP award is an annual award presented to individuals for their exceptional contributions to technical communities on certain technologies.
Grey was first awarded as a MVP in the Small Business Server (SBS) professional category in 1998. We welcome him as the first Windows Home Server MVP Oct, 2007.
More details are available from Microsoft’s MVP Site.
Thanks to The Norwich Group for the information.
Microsoft have just released “Windows Home Server Release Documentation” at their Download Center. The document contains late-breaking information to help with the set up and run your Windows Home Server. It is available in English and German and is divided into three sections. Pre-installation which contains the information you need to know before you install. Installing which contains Setup information and finally post-installation, listing any issues that affect how the product functions. Information may also be included to correct or enhance performance, reliability, or security.
The .doc document is available from the following site.
For our Dutch readers Hardware.Info TV has some great video on Windows Home Server with guest Hugo Leijtens from Microsoft explaining this new control system in detail. The video is in 3 parts. The first being entitled What is Windows Home Server? Next is a product demonstration and finally there is a look at Intel Helena Island Barebone for Home Server.
English WorldLingo Website Translation
Thanks to Patrick Van Ermengem for the info.
The Code2Fame Challenge winners have been announced. The three finalists presented their add-in’s to the panel of judges who included Paul Thurrott, Charlie Kindel and Ed Bott amongst others.
Back row in picture , left to right: tech journalist Paul Thurrott, analyst/industry pundit Rob Enderle, director of product management for Windows Server Solutions Steve VanRoekel, Home Server engineering GM Charlie Kindel, and author and blogger Ed Bott. Prakash, Andrew and David are pictured in front, left to right.
In third place winning $1000 was Prakash Gautam for Community Feeds for Windows Home Server which pulls RSS feeds to an Xbox or any Windows Media Connect device.
In second place is David Wright for Jungle Disk. An inexpensive online backup and storage add-in for our home server taking home $5000 for his troubles.
And the Winner in first place Ladies and Gentlemen is Developer Andrew Grant for his add-in Whiist. The add-in that allows users to easily host multiple web pages and photo albums on Windows Home Server wins him a cool $10,000.
As the team said:
“Many thanks to all of our Code2Fame contestants for their great submissions. It was hard to choose the finalists, let alone the winners. One of the coolest things about the contest was the variety of applications….and Windows Home Server isn’t even widely available yet!”
Well done folks, the community of add-in developers gets better and better. All I want now is an add-in that will wake me up at 7.30AM and make me a coffee…umm! Thanks to the Windows Home Server blog for the info.
Community Feeds for WHS allows you to view RSS and other XML based content feeds on the Internet from your Xbox 360 console. The software supports viewing text with images, listening to audio and viewing videos downloaded from the Internet to your home console. Reads news, weather, sports information, gaming sites and enables you to listen to blogcasts and podcasts .
Jungle Disk for Windows Home Server allows you to back up your files stored on your Windows Home Server off-site using the Amazon S3 Storage service from Amazon.com. Your data is backed up to multiple Amazon.com data centers around the country. With Amazon S3 there is no minimum and no maximum amount of data you can store. You pay only for the actual amount of storage you are using, which costs $0.15 per gigabyte per month of storage used, and $0.10/0.18 per gigabyte of data uploaded/downloaded.
You can install Jungle Disk as an “add-in” for the Windows Home Server Console where you can configure online backup with just a few clicks. Once configured, Jungle Disk runs in the background keeping your data protected at all times against loss from fire, flood, theft, or catastrophic machine failures. Jungle Disk protects your shared folders and allows you to keep your most important, irreplaceable files backed up online.
The software include features such as multi-version historical backups, byte-level delta updates, and easy file restoration. In addition to automatic backup, the PC version of the software offers the ability to access your online storage as a mapped drive directly from your desktop to see what you have backed up to S3.
Protection mechanisms include:
The add-in is currently in private internal testing and will be available shortly at a price to be announced, but it should be less than $20.
More information about Jungle Disk for WHS and pricing are available.
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