MS Windows Home Server

Home Automation Inc (HAI) is a manufacturer on integrated automation and security products who will shortly be releasing WL3 for Windows Home Server. The add-in will allow you to monitor and control a HAI Home Control System from any device with a web browser including iPhone, iPod and a PDA.

WL3 will allow you to adjust your home’s lights, security settings or temperature as well as allowing you to view supported security cameras. Traffic and weather information from public cameras can also be viewed as well as the ability to add RSS feeds for custom data such as weather forecasts, sports scores, news and personal blogs.

By continuously monitoring your home.  WL3 can inform you of events such as the alarm being disarmed or activated or a car entering the garage/driveway.  WL3 for Windows Home Server can record video based on an event and/or send e-mails or text messages to inform you when an event has taken place.  Recorded videos and snapshots are categorized and can be viewed anytime you log into WL3, locally or from over the Internet.

WL3 for Windows Home Server will be with us from July with more information being available from here.

The Release Candidate (RC) of F-Secure Home Server Security 2009 has just been released and includes the following:

• Automatic software updates – the product automatically receives and applies software updates whenever they are available.
• Improved look-and-feel – the user interface has been enhanced to follow Windows Home Server style.
• Power Pack 1 support – the product has been tested with the beta version of Windows Home Server Pack 1.
• Additional languages – the product is now available in English, German, French, Italian, Swedish, and Finnish languages.

Bug fixes:

• SideBySide errors may be reported in the event log
• Dates/times are shown in different formats on Virus&Spy protection and Automatic Updates panels
• The product may display a malfunction after receiving new database updates
• You can create a weekly or monthly scheduled scan task without specifying the date
• The license expiration date is reported differently after the installation
• Files cannot be selected in the Exclude Scanning dialog if a folder does not contain subfolders

For more information or to signup to the beta program, do so here. Release notes and an installation guide are also available.

On the latest edition of The Home Server Show, your host Dave interviews Allen Buckner from HP on the latest news regarding updates for the MediaSmart Server.

You can listen/download episode 4 from here.

For more news on the public beta of Power Pack 1 check out Ed Bott’s article Windows Home Server gets a big bug fix (and much more).