Power Pack 1 Public Beta is Here

June 9, 2008 — Philip Churchill

We have some great news for you. The Windows Home Server Power Pack 1 (PP1) public beta is here. This means you can now download a copy from Microsoft Connect (as long as you are registered) and help with the thousands of others who will test, operate and work through various scenarios to show that WHS is now one of the most stable and feature rich home backup solutions available.

So what’s new?

Well, of course the data corruption bug is fixed and the following new features have also been added:

  • Support for PCs running Windows Vista x64 editions
  • Backup of home server Shared Folders
  • Easier, enhanced remote access capabilities
  • Better energy efficiency
  • Improved performance
  • Chinese and Japanese versions

    Apart from all this Windows Home Server has been greatly improved, from speed enhancements to the overall customer experience. So, what are you waiting for? The download is available as an update package or as an ISO image of the evaluation version of Windows Home Server with Power Pack 1 integrated.

    Once this public beta of PP1 has been validated by the community the final version of Power Pack 1 will be shipped and as Windows Home Server product manager Charlie Kindel states:

     The only remaining question is how quickly those testers download the bits and start testing them.

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    Windows Home Server on Apple Mac Mini

    June 9, 2008 — Philip Churchill

    Home Server Hacks has a step by step guide on installing Windows Home Server onto a Apple Mac Mini.

    WHS on Mac Mini

    Why? Well its small and neat and hey…why not! Check out the guide here.

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    Another EX475 MediaSmart Server Review

    June 9, 2008 — Philip Churchill

    Gadget news and review site Pocket-link has reviewed the EX475 MediaSmart Server from HP and give it a respectful 8 out of 10.

    The 1TB drive is big enough that you can use it as a media streamer without forcing you to run out of space on your own computer and we love the ability to access stuff remotely with an internet connection

    You can read the full review here.

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    Upgrading Hard Drives on WHS

    June 9, 2008 — Philip Churchill

    Blog the OS Quest takes us through the painless task of replacing his Windows Home Server hard disks with the green Western Digital Caviar WD10EACS 1GB drives.

    Read the story here.

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    Windows Home Server Chinese Style

    June 9, 2008 — Philip Churchill

    Over in the Asia-Pacific region the Chinese version of Windows Home Server will officially launch in the second half of this year with equipment being made by major manufacturers including Gigabyte, VIA and Sharp. Appliance company Sampo will also be releasing several products including a IP security monitoring camera.

    More Information available on the Windows Home Server team Blog.

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    Windows Home Server World Cup

    June 9, 2008 — Philip Churchill

    As reported on the Windows Home Server Team Blog, it is the last month of the WHS World Cup and Norway still dominates the prime position. The top 8 looks like this:

    1. Norway
    2. New Zealand
    3. United States
    4. Denmark
    5. Germany
    6. United Kingdom
    7. Canada 
    8. Australia

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    Add-In: Advanced Admin Console 0.4.3

    June 9, 2008 — Philip Churchill

    The add-in Advanced Admin Console which allows you to access administrative tools on the server directly from the console has been updated to version 0.4.3 Beta and includes the following changes:

    • New wizard for adding URL shortcuts
      This new wizard makes it easy to add URL shortcuts to the Advanced Admin Console toolbar. This way you can access the web configuration interface of other devices in your home network from within the WHS console.
    • Shortcuts to folders and URL shortcuts are no longer opened in external windows. Hold the Shift key while clicking on a folder or URL shortcut  to open it in an external window.
    • The tooltip of an URL shortcut displays the URL of the shortcut.
    • Update availability notification
      An update notification bar is displayed in the Advanced Admin Console when an updated version is available. You can turn this feature off in the settings dialog.
    • Setting for displaying the shutdown button removed from the settings dialog
      This setting was a leftover from an earlier build where the shutdown button was displayed in the toolbar. Since the shutdown button is now located in the status bar the setting became unnecessary.

    More info is available here.

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