MS Windows Home Server

There is a new Knowledge Base article from Microsoft. Article ID 944993 is entitled “Information about the automatic router configuration feature in Windows Home Server”. The article contains information about automatic router configuration in Windows Home Server and also describes the steps that you can take if Windows Home Server cannot automatically configure the router.

View the article here.

The reviews for Windows Home Server are a plenty. Here we have 5 more for you.

• News 8 Austin from Texas has a news cast on the HP MediaSmart Server, which is available for viewing from the following page.
• One of the team at Connected Internet, the site dedicated to the latest technology is building a Windows Home Server, the details of which can be found at Building a Home Server Part I and Part II.
• Technology site JusTech’n has a comprehensive review with screen shots on Windows Home Server. Ryan McLaughlin the author of the article concludes by saying:

“I am really happy with this new operating system. It has become an integral part of my home network. Even if it just did backups I would be happy…Home server wraps up all of this into a nice and very easy to manage package that I think is excellent.”

• TwinCities also takes at look at Windows Home Server but this time from a Mac perspective in their article Setting up home servers becoming almost effortless.
• Finally Website TheTechLounge mission is to inform consumers of the latest and greatest in the technology market. And they have done so with their Windows Home Server Review. Nine pages of information, from the installation through to the features that make up Home Server.
  Their full review can be read here.

Microsoft has released a new white paper, “The Windows Home Server Technical Brief for Home Networking”. This PDF document provides an in-depth look at home networking and how it applies to WHS. Within it’s contents we are shown a recommended home network configuration, are taken through a list of home networking acronyms and most importantly there is a WHS port reference which list the ports used by the Connector Software as well as the ports used for Media Sharing on Your Home Network and Remote Access.

The 14 page PDF file can be downloaded from here.