It looks like Windows Home Server with Power Pack 1 integrated will soon be on MSDN as was announced at PDC2008, and also on TechNet as well and both within the next few weeks.
Our friend Silver at the website UneIT discovered the information on special beta pages used at MSDN and TechNet which are designed to hold software before it is placed on the subscriber secure downloads pages.
The beta pages utilize the old subscriber downloads interface and is used for beta software before it is rolled out, which usually takes a couple of weeks, making the pages more like a forecast for new software coming to MSDN/TechNet. Although a little birdie tells me that it could take until Mid January for the software to appear.
NOTE: Sorry we cant publish the links as they are used as internal test pages within Microsoft and are not appropriate for public presentation.
December 27, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Awesome; finally it will be available fo developers to build/test against on MSDN – awesome! Thanks for this info Phil.
Warm Regards
December 31, 2008 at 10:56 am
[...] (HP’s codename for the next MediaSmart Server range) could be called the EX485 and EX487 and more news comes to light that the Windows Home Server software will be available shortly to MSDN and TechNet [...]
January 19, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Has anyone heard when this will be made live? Are we looking at the Q1 refresh?
January 22, 2009 at 3:03 am
Is there any update on this? I’ve been checking technet every day looking for an update but not having any luck.
February 17, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Still waiting I hope it has not been pulled…
March 17, 2009 at 3:50 pm
It is available on MSDN as of this morning.